[TheForge] Restoring a champion blower

[Bob Ehrenberger]

Alix,

>From what I can tell the original finish on my champion 400 was gray paint.
For things I don't want to paint, I power brush and coat with used motor
oil.  Leaves a nice brown finish.

I just rebuilt my demo blower (a 400) and they are pretty easy to work on.
I could take the cover off and take a picture of how the gears fit together,
if that would help.

Robert Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alix Peshette" <apeshet at comcast.net>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 2:15 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Restoring a champion blower


> Hi,
> I usually just lurk, but need some advice. I had a wonderful windfall this
> weekend through the generosity of Chris.  He had notified the list about a
> champion forge blower at an estate sale in Sacramento.  Since I'm in the
> area, I bought the blower.  It's in pieces, but looks like all the pieces
> are there.  It's a Champion #400.  It doesn't have the stand, but that's
> ok.
> Everything else is there in pretty good shape.  It does have some rust.
>
> My question is what to put on the outside of the casing to preserve it.
> Machine oil, paste wax?  Any suggestions would be great.  Also, if anyone
> has a schematic of the insides, that would be very helpful.  My husband is
> going to put it back together for me, I will be doing the rust removal
> part.
>
> -Alix
>