My first thumbscrew

CatskillSmoker · September 03, 2019, 04:34:08 PM

So a little over 20 months ago, at the beginning of my collecting MBH, I found a kettle at an estate sale in San Diego. I reached out to @Jason who I give a BIG THANKS to for making this happen. @Rub was looking into it as well so after he declined, I went for it. Jason was awesome with securing, packing, and shipping her across country. Now fast forward to now. I cleaned the lid when I got it but was intimidated, I guess, to tackle the rest. I was still a little green. Well I pulled it out of the box and got to working on her. She was coated with layers of ash and BBQ sauce. After a pretty good cleaning and going over, she's standing tall. One wheel was wiped when I got her. These were restored . Very happy with her in the end.
Pictures from Jason

Wiped out wheel.

Zrschaef · September 03, 2019, 04:37:16 PM

Awesome job man, grate!

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MagnoliaTom · September 03, 2019, 04:43:26 PM

Awesome!

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michaelmilitello · September 03, 2019, 05:17:57 PM

Beautiful! Now fire that baby up.

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ReanimatedRobot · September 03, 2019, 07:20:15 PM

Very nice! I hope to find one as pretty someday. Bringing something back to its better days is very rewarding.

Bertl · September 04, 2019, 09:25:26 AM

Ver very cool 68 Thumbscrew Cado and great work in restore!

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Grillagin · September 04, 2019, 01:24:30 PM

Nice! My first RRR was my 72 cado. Looked pretty much the same inside. Quite a first project, but a great learning experience at the time. Congrats!

Firemunkee · September 04, 2019, 07:24:21 PM

Congrats! That thing looks real nice!

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DaveG74 · September 04, 2019, 07:28:23 PM

Nice!

Artizan_Dj · September 05, 2019, 02:26:46 AM

Damn nice fella

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Jason · September 05, 2019, 08:09:38 PM

Nice job on the restore, Colin! Glad I was able to help you get that one.

ReanimatedRobot · September 06, 2019, 12:40:09 PM

Did you restore the steel wheels or swap them out? One of them was rusted out pretty badly so I was curious as to how you did the repair if it was the same ones it came with.

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jcnaz · September 06, 2019, 05:35:55 PM

That's a beauty!

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