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Offline shaner

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while iam on the subject of doin things hahah
« on: January 03, 2007, 11:59:48 AM »
heres what i built for my son whos a firefighter /parmedic on wright pat airforce base , ( civilian , )its a 1948, soda acid fire extingusher i got out of an old building i was inspecting  last fall , its all brass its 26in tall, and still has the orginal  labels on it,and still had the hydrocloric acid and soda water in it ,  i polished it for about 3 weeks , and turned it into a lamp for his apt,  one of them priceless type of gift i suppose , he bout had tears when he got it , hey dads and sons never get to old for each other
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Re: hell while iam on the subject of doin things hahah
« Reply #1 on: January 03, 2007, 12:28:55 PM »
what an awsome gift. never to old for dad....
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Re: hell while iam on the subject of doin things hahah
« Reply #2 on: January 03, 2007, 12:32:14 PM »
Nice work!! ;)

Tim
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Re: hell while iam on the subject of doin things hahah
« Reply #3 on: January 03, 2007, 01:05:00 PM »
Ha shaner , thats my work , i'm the e-lec-trish-ion .

Very nice gift , but he still wants the new Ford F-150  ;)  ;D
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Re: hell while iam on the subject of doin things hahah
« Reply #4 on: January 03, 2007, 01:19:11 PM »
hey  he can get his own  truck he makes double  what i make
ill tell ya that  thing had a coating of crud on it , wow , it was  green an crappy
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Re: while iam on the subject of doin things hahah
« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2007, 02:33:24 PM »
Shane, you da man!!  ;D

Great work on that extinquisher and the stock job in the other post!

Cheers
Kerry
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Re: while iam on the subject of doin things hahah
« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2007, 02:40:02 PM »
I have seen how nasty those old copper ext. can get , so it was a labor of love , just one ?? , was there more labor or love involved .

Great job , i know he will keep if forever .
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Re: while iam on the subject of doin things hahah
« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2007, 05:18:10 PM »
A neat gift for your son, I am sure he will treasure it.

Nice work on the stocks too!
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Re: while iam on the subject of doin things hahah
« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2007, 07:05:26 PM »
well i went thru 2 cans  of brasso cleaner if that tells yu how much labor,  but always plenty of love  for that kid , hes my baby , all 230 lbs and 6'2 of him , hahahah
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