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Thanks for the reality check. I was certain the part made it to paint before someone finished the actual welding. I do have a MIG setup and haven't had any of my welds fail so I'll remove the paint and give it a go and do my best.

Recently, I swapped the front 5-foot snowblower for the loader on my Kubota B2650. When I went to loosen the T-handle bolt that secures the front of the quick hitch and subframe assembly, it wouldn't budge even though I only hand tighten it during install. After I got it loosened with a bar...

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Three years ago during a week of 20 below nights, the stove began shutting off but the pilot remained lit. The thermopile tested good but I swapped in a new spare with no luck I spoke with a technician who wouldn't come out because parts weren't available but he said it sounded like the gas...

Thanks. I am very pleased with the results and with the awesome help from this forum. Saved three grand for a new stove plus the installation fees and kept a still nice looking stove out of the landfill.

After re-reading the caution in the owner's manual below, I think the warning not to vacuum applies when the logs are in place. Now that I know the burner is just a 5-sided sheet metal rectangle capped with ceramic tile, I see no reason why I can't clean the burner with a vacuum after the logs...

The manifold repair was a success! I couldn't have done it without the help from this forum. Thanks for the comments and suggestions. Here is the repaired manifold. The first copper swage was much too loose on the aluminum tube so I removed several thousandths from the swaging tool on the...

The plumbing and heating contractor finally got back to me and said the stove I had suggested (Napolean Arlington) was no longer available with the millivolt gas valve. I looked at the stove's parts list and saw that it uses the same SIT-820 Nova mV valve that I used when I replaced the...

I made it into town today and visited two plumbing supply shops. The first didn't do anything with propane but the manager thought swaging a short length of copper tube over the aluminum and using a flare fitting on the other end would work. The second shop was more helpful, had the 3/8 NPT to...

I woke up thinking about another option. What about removing the aluminum input tube at the brass hex junction, drilling and tapping for a fitting then using flexible metal gas line to connect the manifold to the gas valve. I don't know if there is enough meat in the brass hex junction for a...

Thanks for clarifying. That makes much more sense. I have never used a swaging tool or annealed copper. But a little more reading and a few videos and I understand the process. It looks simple. Now I have some direction. Thanks again.

I agree and that is my plan for tomorrow. And the more I can learn beforehand the better I will understand their recommendations.

Thanks. This is very helpful. I read up on AlumaBraze and it appears to be for joining aluminum to aluminum and aluminum to copper. Since I would be joining the new copper tube to the brass junction I would need silver brazing and not AlumaBraze. I have some silver alloy brazing rod (56% Ag...

I thought compression fittings were not allowed in gas applications.

The long broken tube is 3/8" OD and the two short tubes feeding the burner are a bit smaller around .31" OD. My concern is compromising the short tube solder joints when heating the brass. If it was possible to re-flare the existing tube that would be an option. Then the tube would be maybe...

That's a good idea. I will give that a shot tomorrow.

I have a 25-year-old Vermont Castings stove for supplemental heating in our home. A few years ago, I unnecessarily (long story, turns out problem was the regulator on the propane tank) replaced the gas valve and it was a real challenge to find a replacement part. Recently, when turning the...

I haven't been able to find the original lamp for my bench grinder. While searching for a different vintage light on eBay I saw the gooseneck lamp below and thought it might be a reasonable substitute for the original. It was cheap so I grabbed it. From the pictures I have seen, the original...

That may have been the thread that sent me on a search for my own candidate for restoration. I wish I could find the original lamp to add to mine. Here are the dimensions of the tool rests I created:

So I found a single original used tool rest on ebay. I wasn't about to pay 30 bucks for just one but I used the ebay pictures, parts diagram pictures and other pictures I found here on GJ and created these from 1.5" lengths of 2" steel angle: Here's a picture of the bench grinder before...