[TheForge] Re: welding rod refrigerator (spring cleaning)

[Mike]

> Kevin, or anyone else who knows - could you say more about the
> welding rod and paint refrigerators?

I just spotted a little bar fridge last week behind the general store.
Maybe 1.5 Cu.ft.?  The guy gave it to me.  Discovered, after I got it
home, that someone had run a screwdrive through the plumbing while
chipping ice.  Nice little Mom & Pop & Son & Daughter store.  Guess I
won't ask. :-) 

Removed all the plumbing.  Replaced the bulky bottle-holder inner door
panel with a piece of masonite.  Installed a ceramic light socket
using the original wiring and added a 15 watt bulb.  It's now keeping
my rod somewhere between tepid a warm to the touch.

It's damp enough here that my stick welding rod tends to grow crystals
on the surface or even disintegrate.  I'm hoping this will fix that.

Lunenburg Foundry used to use just a nice little, hand-made, plain
steel cabinet slightly bigger than a bar fridge.  Adamantly refused to
let me pick their dumpster when they threw it out.  !$@@*$%!.

- Mike

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