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That machine looks like some of the oddball stuff that I occasionally saw, back in the 70's. I'd look carefully at how that swingarm is built. Don't want it to bend or twist after a jump or a bump.

Had a mouse get into the oven at the family place. Little @%$&* peed in every thing in the bottom drawer. Griswold (I think) iron skillets with over 40 years of use. Grandma and Mom had cooked in them my entire life. They taught me to scramble my first eggs in the small one. Sister said...

Don't forget the old smelly sulfur loaded brown oil we used to use. "Machinists Cologne" That company that made people learn to weld a bandsaw blade, the lead man and foreman said that they kept fire extinguishers near the milling machines, during the war. Gang milling and swapping parts with...

I've had magnesium cuttings flash off. Working in an electric motor shop. .125 thick parting tool, about three inches deep into cutting the end ring off of a rotor. Oil/coolant can clogged or ran low. You couldn't get that cross slide (hand) cranked out fast enough to avoid the fire. Roughly...

Aluminum should make it non-sparking. Cheaper than working with beryllium I assume.

Arcing is one issue with something getting hung. But you'd be amazed at how well a layer of oxide/rust can impede heat travel for a little while.

Ever seen a bar without a mirror behind it? :D

Symmetrical casting, no need for front/rear indexing in whatever fixture when you cut the notch. Knob end says someone will work around it. Extra mold/pattern work to create that shape. Slight recess/under cut around the opening it appears. Was there any sign of having an insert in the notch...

Any chance that this is the photo in question? red/orange silicone on the ignition plate, after the repair. https://opeforum.com/threads/285cd-ignition-coil.26719/#post-1372693

How long before the kids realize that they could tie a cargo sling to the flying sprayer and then take joy rides around the farm?

I've seen some angle iron used to span the box and then a handful of bar clamps on the ends of the angle iron, pull a couple of tool cabinets back fairly well.

These folks caught my ear a couple years ago. If you like the longer version of CCR "Heard it through the grapevine", 2nd half of The Rolling Stones "Cant you hear me knocking" and the guitar tones from "In-a-godda-da-vida... You might like this one. 17 minutes. The Third Mind. (East West...

Grab the big hair dryer and hit the charcoal. Just don't get it dirty!! Back when those little Hibachis were everywhere (late 70's) I showed a friend that hair dryer trick. Drawback was He had a habit of just hanging the dryer over the railing and forgetting it. I got stink eyed pretty good...

Third Eye Grip on the top?

Spent a few months in a metal furniture shop. Most material went through a wet sander. Basically a conveyor belt running underneath a vertical belt sander. Recirculating coolant and the belt contact was where the belt goes around the roller. Not against a flat platen like freehand stuff...