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You can get that part at several places locally. Try Worly, for one. Take steel wool or fine grit sand paper and clean the ignitor/flame sensor and see if that works. Be careful not to touch them with your hands if you can help it. Keep yo' nasty skin oils off of them and what not. I've done this method and seen them last for years and years. FWIW you could pay $90 for that or a few hundo for a new tank and the new tank will increase your houses market value drastically.

Hmmmm...that'd make one helluva quench tank...

Thank ya Gribble.

I'd rock that thing.

As someone with over 6 years of home/building maintenance/repair work and who diagnosed (and replaced) a HWT in the last month and dozens total, and who has also done work for Tilley and Bob, I concur. HWT aren't all that expensive nor that hard to replace. With my uncle it took us not even half a day (if ya have the right tool/experience) and a few hundo. Best of luck. They don't make 'em like they use to and what not. EDIT: I do like puzzles though. Have you gotten down there and seen WHY it isn't lighting/staying lit?

He's covering.

That's racist.

Started setting up the shop last night as well. About a year ago I found someone getting rid of a solid wood door with a window. Perfect. I instantly had the idea of removing the window so I could place a trashcan underneath and save floor space in my tiny shop. My entire shop is about 90% reused materials. The bench legs are posts from dads deck we ripped out. Today I went back up to work with with Sxott of Sxott Knives. I spent HOURS hand sanding my first from scratch blade and we also sharpened it, sliced through newspaper with ease, tested the edge by chopping through oak, and acid etched it. The hamon came out really nice.

LOL. No clue. To clarify, I didn't form THAT anvil (or any others). It's just the first one I'll be using at my own forge. My wife's grandfather had it sitting in his garage. He is loaning it to me for as long as I need. I started cleaning it up last night.

First anvil.

Well, after the clutch linkage broke at the pivot joint leaving just threads in the block I decided to upgrade or clean up and paint those parts then put (cheap) lipstick on a pig. Stripped all the Santa white off down to bare metal or plastic, primered, and painted "chrome". FYI: rattle can chrome = gray. Bye bye, "U-HAULed out"!

Hello.

Oh man, I actually prefer Instagram over FB by FAR. Even if folks follow you ya don't have to follow them back, see their crap, etc. It's also much cleaner IMO.

Right now everything is on Instagram. I haven't messed with making a site. IG and FB are free and great marketing tools. @chieftainforge on IG. Need to redo a FB page.

Helluva good birthday today. Finally got my own forge. It's a Whitlox Wood Fired Forge. First one I've ever seen used for sale. I found in on CL, drove to McArthur with my brother to get it, and lived to tell the tale.

From here on out this style of racing will simply be known as "golf".

Haha. Nope. My buddy lives out there though and sent that to me.

I'm sorry.

...you're welcome. Also, I'd rocket.

OBO bump. He doesn't HAVE to sell but it'd help finishing the '52 Chevy.

Strongly disagree, but that's just, like, my opinion man.

100% agree.

I'll have to try and get a pic.

That pic was actually the day we saw it at the car show last year. I believe those stayed with the previous owner but if purchased I'll throw in 2 new boxes of name brand Kleenex for you and you only. Knew you'd like that.