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Old cast iron bell
Posted on 12/16/20 at 9:37 pm
Posted on 12/16/20 at 9:37 pm
So, I bought an old bell that was made back in the 1800’s. Came from a church up in Makanda Illinois. Can’t decide if it should be sandblasted and painted or heating it up and season it with lard like you would an old pot.
The people that had it before sprayed it with primer and painted it black. The black has worn off and the red primer is showing through. The last picture does not have the cast wheel that the pull rope is attached to. One of the spokes was broken and I had it off re welding it. The bell measures 36” across the lip and weighs 940 lbs.
The people that had it before sprayed it with primer and painted it black. The black has worn off and the red primer is showing through. The last picture does not have the cast wheel that the pull rope is attached to. One of the spokes was broken and I had it off re welding it. The bell measures 36” across the lip and weighs 940 lbs.
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Posted on 12/16/20 at 9:39 pm to highcotton2
Damn nice, since it has already been primed, I would blast and paint
Posted on 12/16/20 at 9:43 pm to highcotton2
I would blast it if it was me. Try to make it as close to original as possible. But I don’t know crap about that stuff
Posted on 12/16/20 at 9:46 pm to highcotton2
Awesome find. I think I’d blast it and paint again, as well. That’s going to look awesome on the farm. Are you planning to build a stand to put it on?
Posted on 12/16/20 at 9:48 pm to Purple Spoon
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Try to make it as close to original as possible.
Going to mount it on a concrete base beside the lake by my house. The all thread rods tying it together will be removed once it is mounted to the concrete.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 9:51 pm to Decisions
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Are you planning to build a stand to put it on?
Yea, I have a 64 cubic foot concrete base that it is going to be installed on.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 9:54 pm to highcotton2
Blast it aluminum oxide the polish that thing up and have Cerakote clear applied that would look great. You can polish it to look like chrome.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 9:57 pm to Cracker
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Blast it aluminum oxide the polish that thing up and have Cerakote clear applied that would look great. You can polish it to look like chrome.
That would look pretty slick but that is not really the look I’m going for. More like a seasoned cast iron pot.
Posted on 12/16/20 at 10:14 pm to highcotton2
Pretty cool
Posted on 12/16/20 at 10:14 pm to highcotton2
looks like the one in the beginning of Gone With the Wind with the little slave kids ringing it
Posted on 12/16/20 at 10:17 pm to highcotton2
Looks like a wasps dream home. 
Posted on 12/16/20 at 10:27 pm to Bawcephus
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Looks like a wasps dream home.
No doubt, I already have a 38” bell mounted in front of our farm shop and the wasps do love to nest in it.
Posted on 12/17/20 at 12:43 am to highcotton2
Kids will ring that bell at night when drunk.
We rung the shite out of the one at the plantation by the house
We rung the shite out of the one at the plantation by the house
Posted on 12/17/20 at 4:38 am to highcotton2
Blast, prime, paint. Make sure to use oil based primer and paint that's intended for use on metal. It may take several coats to achieve the look you desire.
This post was edited on 12/17/20 at 4:41 am
Posted on 12/17/20 at 6:05 am to highcotton2
those old bells are great if you want to warn the villagers that there are raiders on the horizon.
This post was edited on 12/17/20 at 6:06 am
Posted on 12/17/20 at 6:48 am to highcotton2
Gotcha blast it and paint it I wouldn’t season it with Lard that can get rancid I would paint it that’s a good find
Posted on 12/17/20 at 6:57 am to highcotton2
If you knew someone at a heat treating company that could put it in their oven and heat it evenly is the only way I would go with heating it. Any other way you may risk the chance of it cracking.
Very cool nonetheless.
Very cool nonetheless.
Posted on 12/17/20 at 7:24 am to highcotton2
What do bells from the 1800s run these days, if I may ask?
Posted on 12/17/20 at 8:01 am to Loup
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those old bells are great if you want to warn the villagers that there are raiders on the horizon.
Get it up and start ringing it, they will be coming soon enough.
Posted on 12/17/20 at 8:14 am to highcotton2
We've got a smaller one that is painted....It was that way when we got it-If I had the choice, I'd do whatever it took to have it unfinished/natural, or as close to original as possible.
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