Got the phone mounted ... and a new project :)

[Nimrod]

I finally got the phone mounted, what a beast! I used four 1/4" cement anchors to mount a 1/2" oak backboard to the block wall. Then I used four 1 1/2" #10 brass screws to attach the phone to the backboard. It's pretty solid, I don't think it's going to be going anywhere. I'm not much of a handyman, so I tend to over engineer most of my projects.

Speaking of projects ... My son who is deployed overseas has asked me to build him a keezer. That's a chest freezer converted into a draft beer cooler\dispenser. I made one last winter for myself. Now my winter project this year will be to build one for him before he gets back home. The tricky part is figuring out how to get it from Michigan to Florida.

As usual, my post has some photos.

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[Micheal_R]

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[Royal]

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[Wayne in BC]

I see you used pop canisters and C02. No issues with the fittings on the pop canisters? No foaming probs?
Interesting that you were able to adjust the cooling, old freezer?

 

[Nimrod]

The soda industry has switched to dispensing syrup with the plastic bags in a box. That means that there are literally millions of the old soda containers being used for kegging beer. They are all stainless steel and work great. The best part is that they are cheap, $25-35 depending on where you buy them. Freezers are pretty standard equipment for storing beer in. They make digital thermostats just for this purpose. You can see mine on the left rear corner of the freezer. And the beer comes out great, better than anything you can get in a bar.

 

[George-CT]

Is that and old Brownie Camera on the shelf?

 

[Wayne in BC]

with room for a finger Out here in the hinterland they are still using those canisters for soda.

 

[George-CT]

We used to like to dig the roots up. Enjoyed the smell of them and my mother would use the leaves to make Sassafras tea with them also. There was also a soda made from it but I have not seen it in many years. My wifes father used to have it in his soda shop back when I was a kid. Had kind of a root beeer smell to it mixed with vanilla. We have some on the property here and I got a kick out of showing my kids what we did with it. Kind of a wierd memory that popped into mind with the soda discussion.

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[Nimrod]

That's a Brownie 616, and I'm cleaning up a Baby Brownie that probably won't make the display as it is the wrong time period. The 616 was introduced in 1933 so even it is slightly outside my 1900-1930 time range. But it looks cool and I'll let it stay until I can find something better. I am also cleaning up an 1927 Underwood Standard Portable Typewriter 4-Row version. They are going for $500-600 dollars online so it may be a tough call on whether to keep it, or sell it and buy more stuff. I am about to start on the stuff in barn next, that's mostly antique carpenter tools and farm implements. But there's a fair amount of other cool stuff too. I got to do something to stay busy until baseball season starts.

 

[Nimrod]

Just mix together some sugar, water, flavors, and then hit it with some CO2 and you have soda. Root Beer and Ginger Ale are the two most popular soda. But I wouldn't try and make any Sassafras soda if I were you. Sassafras bark was banned by the FDA in 1960 because of the carcinogenic properties of its constituent chemical safrole.

 

[Wayne in BC]

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[Sunny]

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