I need to free and remove the swivel base nut from this Reed 204 R. It is seized. I tried this home-made socket I got somewhere, attached to a breaker. It is too small and I’m doing damage to the slot in the nut head. How can I free it with regular tools? I am not able to weld or fabricate metal...
Okey dokey Kev, here’s the deal...
You will find and buy one or more a month now. They’re commonish and affordable. You’ll keep wanting one bigger or smaller or older or rarer or different. You’ll find they are easy and fun to disassemble and strip and finish and lube and reassemble and then...
Finally completed my American Scale 79. Disassembled, stripped, painted, lubed, reassembled. Next owner can fix the blown-out rear dovetail portion. See how it dwarfs the Reed 106.
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At flea got this 1951 Coleman 220e in aluminum storage case with original instructions and mantles and funnel etc
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Don’t know yet. Did not test it. Need a big ball bearing. Not a fan of just directly whacking it with a hammer to find out.
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Tonight I was able to get this 225# (2 cwt) John Brooks cast steel anvil in nearly unused condition. Probably from 1940s or 1950s is my guess. Let me know if you determine otherwise please. Oh and it came with a tight-fitting custom stand.
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Well first, what a great score. Congratulations. My guess is 50s vintage. I just got one similar that need drawers attention.
This case does not seem to use clips but rather has a “lance” system instead.
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