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I have many different kinds of C6 strings in My collection I even have some Straight Line Noma C6 sets that were probably made in the 1930s as they have cloth covered wires , I featured one of them in my other videos a couple years ago , I dont know if you noticed I was indeed using a dimmer box with the lights in the video , I have also added sockets to some of my less collectible strings that were broken I put 12 sockets on a string and am quite happy with the brightness of them plugged directly into 120 v , I have indeed had to take the sockets apart on the old C6 strings before to re soldier broken wires back to the sockets , I have worked with and collected Vintage Lights for most of my life , the old c7s are pretty much my favorite especially the GE satin bright and Satin Glo Bulbs

I agree I gave actually repaired a few of my older strings that had broken bake lite sockets , I can remember replacing a few sockets on a red and green wire Gilbert string a few years back , I had some early 80s GE c9 outdoor strings and I got frustrated with them and took the bulbs out and put the strings in the trash ! and you are correct about those older Japanese Inside colored c9 they are superior quality to anything that was ever made here in the states , It seems pretty rare now to find C7 or C9 made in Japan they all come from China , Thailand , Taiwan, and are pretty poor quality , I have found that even older Japan Made 16v C6 Bulbs lasted very well even though the coloring was pretty bad on them I have many of those that still light , With the old GE stuff for me its a Love/Hate relationship , I love the looks of Older GE bulbs , the flame bulbs and the first generation C7 were probably the best as far as lasting but all the ceramic bulbs and satin glo and satin bright bulbs had a pretty terrible lifespan as far as actually working long , I think the late 70s early 80s stuff lasted better despite the Inferior Coloring process

In My Honest opinion the prettiest blue color was the original GE C7 Bulbs from the 1934-1949 time frame they had a Matte Finish to them when off but that are the most beautiful cobalt blue when Lit I have ever seen , the older c6 series blue bulbs were the same color and just as beautiful GE also made a Matte purple finish way back in the mid to late 1920s that was on early C6 and C9 bulbs too , I have never seen one in person but Mr Thomas Carlisle Has a few videos of his old lights on here that feature early purple c6 bulbs

Sounds like some pretty extreme conditions for any equipment to run in , with My Ariens Machine I have noted when its really cold and the snow is light and fluffy the starter housing air inlet screen will tend to ice up which in turn will block air flow to engine and I suppose if run that way for hours on end would eventually plug solid and cause the engine to not get any cooing air and overheat , the other thing is when blowing hard like that for hours on end I would certainly stop every 20 -30 minutes and idle the machine down and just let it sit there Idling this allows the engine to cool down some and also will allow the belts to cool down some , the other thing with these is always set the throttle down to idle before you shut the engine off because at least once on me the throttle froze wide open and when I started the machine the carburetor Linkage was frozen wide open and the governor could not keep the engine within the 3600 rpm operating range , I was Lucky I was able to shut mine down before it blew up , Tecumseh engines are pretty robust BUT they do Not Like to Over Rev or they will explode and put the rod out the side of the block , I always run a Good quality 5w30 oil in mine so it starts good in Cold weather However I would not run mine for hours on end working real hard With 5w30 in it , the HM 80 would certainly require 30weight Oil if working hard especially if its warmer out , thats the real drawback they start really hard in cold temps with 30 weight oil in them , so Run either 5w30 or 10w30 oil just give it a 10-15 minute break every 1/2 hour or so , and keep your air inlet screen on the starter housing clean and free of Ice , and when you are done let the engine idle awhile so all the snow and ice Melts off the engine , Hope that helps

I think it was probably lit ok inside Derby Shops , I think there are a couple of potential issues with this film , one the exposure was not correct for the lighting in the shop , or 2 the old film has darkened with age resulting in a dark looking scene which is most likely because even the outside footage was dark looking at different times , I think these were transferred to VHS in the 1990s and about 13 years ago I transferred that old VHS to Digital for further preservation of these old films

its been a really great old Machine , I just recently did a little repair to it and its still running in 2024!

@@NorthernMaineProductions awesome man. I have a 824 with a dual auger belt set up....runs hard like yours.... I got a pro 28 too..... nice seeing old machines kicking A$$

I would love to see an LED version of the Satin Bright Bulbs too , Sadly I dont think that paint finish can be legally replicated as the original Satin Glo and Satin Bright Bulbs Paint finish contained Lead

@NorthernMaineProductions Yeah that's unfortunate. I have some of those and I try not to run them because I don't want to burn them out lol

Nice I believe the Transparent C6 Bulbs were marketed in Canada only

well I would guess that the Older Iron Fireman Set I featured In the Video was probably about the first around 1946-7 time frame the set was made with special sockets that could be placed anywhere on the rubber insulated ribbon cord , most others used the red and green twisted Pair of wires well into the 1960s , General Electric introduced its own sets that were all green and on vinyl Ribbon cord in 1963

HAHA that ol Push Mower was some old Wreck someone Dumped off in my yard ... it did run and I Eventually Gave it away, as for the old Blower I have had it for over 10 years now , it was in Pretty poor shape when I got it , I tuned it and did other various repairs and its been pretty good since thanks for watching 🙂

No It Makes No Matter what does Matter is to Make sure to use a Polarized Cord ( the wide blade is the neutral/Common , the narrow Blade is the Hot) thanks for watching

for sure ! Just trying to buy some more time on this old system , I swapped out the motor last night and its been working great all day, he whole boiler should be replaced at some point soon its been in the building since 1971 as near we can tell , I dont think these old Tacos have ever been replaced , they look pretty bad from all the dripping gate valves that drip in the summer when its shut down , but overall the motors are in very good mechanical shape , and the two that are left there run nice and smooth and quiet without leaking , ( I did give them both a good Oiling Last night after I swapped the motor out ) I should add there is a whole pile of the 007s up there that are dead too , there are 9 circulators on the system and 7 of them are 007s , these last two 111-8s are in a tough spot to get at and the old iron pipes are very rusty and I think it would be a big disaster to change them over , I think there is a good reason those old 111-8s are north of 1000 bucks new , they just last and last and last especially if maintained correctly , I also find them pretty easy to maintain I don't actually mind tinkering on things like these at all its a good learning experience Thanks for watching 🙂

It certainly getting to be that time year

thanks Billy! The old Garage as bad as it was will always hold a special place in My Heart I spent a lot of my childhood in the old place

thanks yes Finally some good weather!

Thank You Joe its certainly been a long summer for sure!

thank you , Its been a Learning experience for sure!

the only thing I remember about the handle bars is Early 1990s I think when the SR series Rear engine rider was first introduce

its the same basic machine

For Many Years Prior to moving back home Basically all I had were Memories of working in the old Garage when My Brother and I were Kids well into High School , It was pretty surreal moving back here a decade ago and actually getting to set foot in the very first garage I ever worked in , However over time the nostalgia of the old Garage disappeared and Reality set in and a Couple years ago I finally made up my mind I needed to tear the old Place down and start over , Over the last decade I have Made lots of great memories here and brought quite a few things back to life in the old place , My Nephew Austin had the honor of working on the last project brought back to life in the old Garage

I think as far as I can tell the Shades are probably original to The Union fan as I found another video of one like mine and it also has the exact shades as mine seen in this video th-cam.com/video/FuIbOlo6glI/w-d-xo.html I figured out I may have been mistaken about The Dining room Fan being from Wall Mart , its a Hampton Bay "Littleton " with the Black SMC motor It most likely came from Home depot as there is a Home Depot in this area it been so long ago I cant remember exactly where it was purchased sadly enough that fan is now retired the bearings finally gave out in the motor , wall Mart now sells a Mainstays fan that is Basically Identical to this old one

​@@NorthernMaineProductionsThat I will agree with. They seemed like a common pairing with antique brass fans of the time. Also I get the feeling that the other fan looks too new to be a 1993 or so Littleton - the SMC ones of the time had the UB42 styled motor housing (which still had that design as late as 1997), and of course a Hampton Bay logo on the switch housing, unless that was a sticker that fell off. The Wal-Mart versions of this fan were replaced with the old Armitage style around 2009/10.

@@RickiAddict About the smc fan I know it was up in 1997 and had been for a few years , Back then my parents owned the house and 1997 was the year I moved out and when I was lugging a bed frame out it was running on high and I hit one of the blades with the bed frame iron and broke one completely off , it ran as a 2 paddle fan for years, Mom and Dad sold the house in 2002 and I was really amazed it was still here when I bought the house back into the family in 2014 , sadly I cannot for the life of me remember where mom Got this fan ?

​@@NorthernMaineProductionsSMC's biggest retail customers were Home Depot and Kmart, though there were other retailers that sold their products under house brands as well as the SMC name. I did find a picture of a NIB SMC "42" Decorative" model online that looked like this one. Were the original blade brackets of the traditional SMC styling that you remember? Also kind of a shame that the more generic hugger was painted like that. I'm guessing somebody did not like the brass (judging by the original finish inside of the light fitter).

@@RickiAddict yes the White smc UB42 had the traditional U shaped white brackets with the bleached cherry blades originally , the more traditional U42 that was in the box was indeed white with brass accents , I believe it dates from about 1988 , the lady I got it from was just sick of the white fan and painted it black with a brush none the less! needless to say it does not look that good at all that one is still an Ok runner and will get installed in My New workshop as soon as I get it built

Yes I really enjoy Working on stuff like this too!

when I originally got my 3081 I was going to just use it as a Back up to the really crappy craftsman I had back then .... Needless to say I no longer Own the Craftsman , it was a learning curve mowing with such a small a very simplistic Mower like the snapper but I soon realized what a tough ol bugger these things are , You Never have to worry about small branches or even small rocks getting wound up in the deck on these and breaking the Mandrels Like that happens with newer machines these old Snappers have a Very Robust Deck, Blade and Mandrel assembly and a very nice belt set up on the deck that renders them almost indestructible 🙂, Just keep the gear cases Lubed , the bushings in the rear axle greased and keep the motor serviced and going and they will give you years of service without much trouble

@@NorthernMaineProductions Another great snapper story. That is some of what I heard about them. I thinkin some put a great deal of time into the design. I still haven't tipped mine straight up yet to go thru the shape of my power train. But at least in my first week I watched a lot of Jim's fix it shop videos and Now I understand the power train design & you just clued me in on the deck design. I hear what your saying about the learning curve when I finally get it shop worthy & start cutting grass.

They are a Great Little Machine , Obviously Both of mine have literally thousands of Hours on them and have substantial wear to almost all moving parts... but that said even worn out they just keep going without much issue , I recently Talked to The original owner of the old 3081 featured here and he told me this machine has outlasted 2 engines the original Tecumseh engine has been gone since the early 1980s and he put an old used 1970s briggs on it and it lasted a long time , the motor on it now has been on there since the 1990s and is just about worn out nowadays It burns a lot of oil but just keeps on running

Mine is not the original engine either mine is a 3081 WS indicating a Tecumseh 8 hp with electric start , the 8 hp briggs on my machine is an early 1980s engine ( there is a patch on the starter cover that covers the model numbers ) , years ago I found some information on the chassis serial number and I believe there is a letter designation for the model year I somehow determined mine was a 1975 model , I will have to see if i can figure out how I dated it again ? your chassis serial number should be on the leading edge of the frame under the seat near the battery box ( gold Colored Decal ) and from everything i was told when i worked at a snapper dealer in the early 1990s the red deck cover was indeed a one year thing 1977 in 1978 they switched to black plastic covers

@@NorthernMaineProductions Thks for the reply back, yes. So I believe I do have 1977 3081 that I dated the original tire #'s, if i did it right 45th week of 76 & the factory red deck cover & the serial number pre-fix 7-11. Been a lot easier with the factory engine, but it would of been a Tecumseh, they mite, "not have", a date on cover like Briggs did. anyway. I 'm lucky to have a 91' B & S, no points!

@@janbill79 yes I am lucky enough that both of my old Briggs engines have Magnetron ignition also , the other old Machine was originally a model 2650, 26 inch deck 5 hp motor , its been pretty heavily modified over the years it now has a 30 inch deck and a 1984 11 hp I/C Briggs , that I took off a badly rusted out Snapper Commercial Mower a couple years ago , there are some Videos of it on here also , at first I had a hard time determining the model and age then one day I discovered the Model/serial Decal was still there just painted over , that old machine will really mow the deep grass with that big old Briggs on it !

@@NorthernMaineProductions That's cool story . Finding the engine year, after thinkin they were gone. So the 2650 is a 1973? If so you got the hoop handle bars and 4 lug wheels. I was just learning from Jims repair videos about the drive train. I couldn't believe it wasn't a belt or driveshaft and gear but a hard rubber tire on a thing called a clutch presses up against the bottom of the engine pulley I couldn't hardly believe it! I still don't understand where the diff. speeds come from just because chain drive moves back and forth on the hex axle @ yoke when shifting.

@@janbill79 I think the old 2650 is 1970-72 as it has the old style Control handles with the white grips and also the deck height adjustment Lever is on the right side instead of the Left Like My 3081 there are no slider hoops on the deck of the older machine , the 3081 has them and they are a great feature as the newer deck of the 3081 is much less prone to plowing into the ground on uneven surfaces otherwise the decks are identical , the old 2650 does indeed have the old 4 lug wheels and very narrow pizza cutter diamond tread tires , it also has the red center caps on the wheels instead of the 1973 and newer black caps , also the handlebars were indeed updated to the 1973 and later bike style handles instead of the hoop style it also had the old flat style seat at one time too

My Pleasure! , I wish you all the best , dont get discouraged with it stick with it, the drive systems can be a Pain in the rear on these machines if the Drive disc / Clutch is not properly set up , if you run into issues with it I strongly recommend watching Jim Jackson from Jims Repair shop He has some Awesome Videos on Old Snapper Rear engine Riders and some Valuable Information on setting up and adjusting and Maintaining the drive systems on these machines , the Mower decks are Practically trouble free and extremely tough on these units

I simply used a Stereo Line Cord with a stereo 1/8 jack on one end and rca composite Plugs on the other end of the cord , I plugged the 1/8 jack into the headphones jack on my Desktop PC and the RCA composite Ends into the Line IN on the back of the Akai Machine to feed the audio output from my desktop directly into the Akai , I bought the audio cord at Wall Mart several years ago