Because of September 11,2001 Part 1

[4shorts]

Good day folks. As with everyone I'm sure, September 11,2001 will be a day none of us will ever forget. To me personally it felt like it was the end of the world. No I didn't lose a loved one or even knew anyone who perished or was even effected by that cowardly act. Since 911 I have a much greater appreciation for emergency workers and especially fire fighters. We all have our own way of handling things like this in our own lives and since 911 I have found my way of "Dealing" with the events of that day. Below you will see some of the firefighting items I have restored. Some of which was almost to the point of no return. As one retired firefighter said after viewing it " It's a labor of love" and I guess he was right.

The first few items are fire call boxes. These would be placed on poles and used in the event of a fire. I won't go into how they exactly worked because my intent is to just show you the items themselves.

The first item was done in 2002 and this was the start of my firefighting collection and this one I dedicated to the firefighters who lost there lives at the WTC. Although I have fabricated many different items and restored many more this is one of my most cherished pieces. I did all the paint work on it plus by adding the gold it made it even more special in my opinion.

The second item is also a fire box but a very rare one. I obtained this one by someone seeing the first one mentioned at the top so If I didn't do the first one I wouldn't have obtained this one. This fire box is from the early 1920's and has it's original red globe on it. There were some missing parts when I got it so I had to machine/Fabricate some of them like the doors and such. this one is over eleven feet tall but in order to place it with the rest of my collection I had to machine an adapter just under the globe to shorten it because my shop ceiling is only 8 foot high but I still have the upper portion and it's only 10 minutes to put back in place. When I got this one done the retired firefighter I got it from was so pleased to see it completed he left and returned with his firefighters badge and gave it to me to place on the firebox so that was real nice of him.

The other item in an old brass fire nozzle that I cleaned up and polished. It's a cool item to go with the rest of the stuff. There is also a 1960's pedal car that I restored into a "Fire Chief". There were plenty of dents in it to rework and all the graphics I custom did in gold. I also milled out a solid all aluminum step bumper for this little car.

There is much more to all of this stuff but I'll keep it to a minimum so as not to bore you but I just wanted to show all of my American neighbors that Canadians did feel your pain on September 11, 2001 and shed many tears because of that day. I would also have to say that one would have a very hard time finding someone who has more respect for the men and women who helped out that awful day especially the firefighters and in my own little way I hope this will show my appreciation to all of them. Thanks everyone for your interest and talking the time to look at my stuff. Have a great day, Paul

Part 2 will follow later on today.Thanks!







This is the 1920's Fire call station:

[wello]

Great job Paul and for all the right reason's
please show us more of your fine work

[Arc_It]

Paul, the effort and skill you bring to your projects is fantastic. The purpose behind your work is what really matters.

[CenTexSlim]

Very nice job. Thank you for sharing. I really like the retro paint.

[MicroZone]

What wello, Arc and Cen have said - very fine work. You must have a few hundred thousand in tools and equally as much in Coca-Cola memorabilia.

[RubenZ]

Beautiful work. But I have to comment on one thing. Shouldnt it be "lost their lives" and not "lost there lives" ?

[MicroZone]

To be grammatically correct, yes...but we all get the message.

[4shorts]

Originally Posted by RubenZ

Beautiful work. But I have to comment on one thing. Shouldnt it be "lost their lives" and not "lost there lives" ?

Holy cow that's fascinating! Out of all the people who have seen this in person since it was done no one ever picked up on that including me and I had that little plaque done by a trophy shop. How much you want to bet that I'll have that replaced before the weekend is done. Thanks for pointing that out to me and thanks everyone for the kind words. Paul

[MAC702]

Originally Posted by MicroZone

To be grammatically correct, yes...but we all get the message.

Yeah, but if he's putting them on plaques, he'd probably want to know to correct the next one...

Likewise, it's NAVAL BASE, not NAVEL BASE. I'm assuming it had to do with the Navy, not bellybuttons?
And if you have that fixed, tell them that 1920's is with a single apostrophe, not a quotation mark, while they're at it.

-Mac, USNA '96

EDIT: Oh yeah, BEAUTIFUL work! I do not have that kind of patience. I hate painting.

EDIT: Note correction of 1920s in my next post. I got it wrong in this one.

[4shorts]

Originally Posted by MAC702

Yeah, but if he's putting them on plaques, he'd probably want to know to correct the next one...

Likewise, it's NAVAL BASE, not NAVEL BASE. I'm assuming it had to do with the Navy, not bellybuttons?
And if you have that fixed, tell them that 1920's is with a single apostrophe, not a quotation mark, while they're at it.

-Mac, USNA '96

EDIT: Oh yeah, BEAUTIFUL work! I do not have that kind of patience. I hate painting.

Ha! I guess I got to get both redone!!!!

[MicroZone]

Hahaaa...MAC, I didn't even notice that and I was in the U.S.N. !

[MAC702]

Now that I think about it, there shouldn't be any kind of apostrophe in 1920s. It's plural, not possessive.

[RubenZ]

LOL I missed the NAVAL and NAVEL thing too. See its always good to have people proof read.

I want to make it clear that I was not trying to bash the work. I think the work is really awesome. But if I did the same thing I WOULD HOPE!!! that someone would have made me aware of the mistake LOL.


Again 4Shorts, the work is really nice!! my brother in law is a firefighter and he would love them.

[welder.man]

As usual excellent work Paul.





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