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Wood Stove

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I rebuilt a wood stove I had in storage. The only textual items on the stove is "Made in West Germany". After puzzling about how to repair the broken leg (everything from welding with tungston rod to fabricating a splice), I found a similar replacement foot. It was similar, so I ended up buying two in order to make it look and set right. It was a fun "little" project. It cost me about $150 in materials and probably took me about 8 hours. I am looking forward to getting it fired up at some point. Since it is going back into storage I am wrapping it up with as much rust inhibitor as I can. I bought some VCI paper for the effort.
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I am back from Brazil again. Although my capabilities have grown with Portuguese it is a great incentive to study. This trip we had 3 or 4 stops in the State of Sao Paulo. Always educational and a learning experience. There is a pic of a 1970 vintage sugarcane cutter. Angie was in NY this week.