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Pitchy

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Irons and Boards
« on: October 18, 2019, 01:37:42 pm »
Made a couple ironing boards and bought a few old irons, two are coal fired and the middle one is propane fired and one little electric that`s on the sleeve board which we made also..






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Re: Irons and Boards
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2019, 01:47:57 pm »
Very nice looking boards  8)  I once seen an old steam iron at a gun show that was made by Empire (same as the toy steam engine), with a boiler mounted on the side that looked just like their horizontal toy engine boilers. Kind of wish I would have bought it now...
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« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2019, 01:52:31 pm »
Thanks Nick that would of been a cool one, i have a white gas iron also not pictured it`s a Coleman.

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Re: Irons and Boards
« Reply #3 on: October 18, 2019, 01:59:39 pm »
There were also some pretty cool gasoline heated irons.

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Re: Irons and Boards
« Reply #4 on: October 18, 2019, 02:08:03 pm »
Yep they`er neat but most of them are so plugged up ya can`t get them to run, i did get the Coleman to sorta run.

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Re: Irons and Boards
« Reply #5 on: October 18, 2019, 02:38:29 pm »
Good looking ironing boards Lenn. With those irons Norma ought to be able to keep you looking sharp.
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« Reply #6 on: October 18, 2019, 02:52:06 pm »
Thanks Larry, she`ll probably hit me over the head if i don`t behave.  ;D

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Re: Irons and Boards
« Reply #7 on: October 21, 2019, 11:22:54 am »
Today we made a drying rack.




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Re: Irons and Boards
« Reply #8 on: October 21, 2019, 04:33:12 pm »
Great looking ironing board Lenn and some nice old irons.
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« Reply #9 on: October 21, 2019, 07:29:56 pm »
I like your drying rack Lenn and I'll bet Norma does too - well done.
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Re: Irons and Boards
« Reply #10 on: October 21, 2019, 07:53:41 pm »
Lenn here's a real old one that we have.


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Re: Irons and Boards
« Reply #11 on: October 22, 2019, 06:27:39 am »
Thanks guys, looks like a dandy Jim.  8)

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Re: Irons and Boards
« Reply #12 on: October 23, 2019, 10:32:17 am »
Great stuff Lenn.

Another fascinating thread.

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Re: Irons and Boards
« Reply #13 on: October 23, 2019, 10:46:25 am »
This one was a challenge to make but came out alright.






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Re: Irons and Boards
« Reply #14 on: October 25, 2019, 10:52:33 am »
One more model, have enough to iron, wash and dry the whole town.   ;D