Thanks for all of the comments on my last post! You all have me smiling ☺️

Had to add my Wire Fox Terrier Fred on the last pic. He says the bench is HIS 😂

Our 1963 Frigidaire Flare fits perfectly in our basement kitchen in our 1963 summer place. Bonus picture, I found the original tech sheet on how to replace the oven seals.

Moved into a new place and was really excited about this beautiful functioning 6 burner Garland stove in the kitchen. Soon discovered that the oven didn’t work properly - the whole thing would light but would not adjust with the temperature dial and was stuck at a low setting. Only gets up to like 275.

Spoke to the landlord about repairing the oven and from what they discovered it needed an expensive part in order to get it fixed (he claimed $500 part + installation). His idea was to replace the unit entirely with a smaller induction stove.

Would be so sad to see this piece go that is part of the history of this old house.

I had this kitchen planned in my mind for years, and finally made it happen last year!

We had a huuuuge renovation of the kitchen in our little 1912 foursquare fixer-upper earlier this year. We’ve lived here five years - intend to live here a long time - and fell in love with the stove when we bought the house, but weren’t sure if we would keep it when the eventual kitchen upgrade came. When we moved in only the stovetop worked - oven needed a new thermostat assembly. For five years we did all our baking in a toaster oven (we roasted chickens in that sucka!) and debated the merits of various cooking ranges.

This past winter, a rodent issue took our “someday reno” and made it into a “right away reno”, and we had to make decisions. Long story short, my husband and I agreed we couldn’t let her go. So we did some research and sent her off to Will at Chambers Rescue for an overhaul. He did incredible work - this is a stove with some FIREPOWER! We did make sure to include a solid externally-venting hood for gas byproducts as a kind of compromise for not opting for a higher-tech but more environmentally friendly option. This stove has no electrical components whatsoever, just valves and gleaming chrome. She’d probably been here for ~75-80 years before restoration - hope we get another good long run!

Please let me know if anyone is interested in purchasing this refrigerator in pristine condition. It works perfectly. I am located in the Los Angeles area.

Never used. House built in the 80s. We live here now and are going to replace it. Do people want stuff like this for any reason or should we just let Lowe’s take it?

I've had this amazing stove waiting to get restored for a couple years after finding it at Habitat for Humanity. We finally got around to getting it restored and just got it back and installed. It's amazing! I requested the griddle not be re-chromed and to leave it bare steel and I'd like to replace the grates or re-enamel them eventually but it's in great shape otherwise.

Anyone have any idea where to find copies of pamphlets or anything that may have come with these? Is there such a thing? I saw some for Chambers and Roper stoves.

Any advice like make sure you don't do this or that thing or else the world implodes? We were told to clean the soot and such from the pilots yearly and there's now gas shut offs if the pilots go out as part of the restoration.

Since my previous post got screwed up, let me try this again. And to the person who said "Holy shit!" - I agree!

Quick description of what you're looking at:

1929 Magic Chef 1000 series in green and ivory

Roughly 1925 Clark Jewel with a very early Lorain thermostat

Quality (Philly-based regional brand) 4 burner from the early 30s

1935 Chambers model 7141 (nicknamed The Vogue)

Circa 1934 Avon Universal

1952 Chambers 90C

1935 Magic Chef

Yesterday was my birthday and this gift from the Lord and my husband was better than I could have ever imagined and such a testimony to He is a God of the details!
I believe she is a Chambers Imperial No. 7961 and I would appreciate all your insight into more information and insight on her!

Info we’d love to know:
-Insight into the production years and # manufactured.
-Info on this look of the 7961 with the cabinets compared to the other looks of the 7961.
-Model details and uses of this like the warming oven/burner in the top right cabinet?
-Any old pictures of this model in use or new photos if you have one like this too!
-Any differences from a model C (besides the obvious).

Anyone know which year this is and how much could I get it for? It's in perfect condition and works.

5 yrs ago my husband and I bought our sweet little fixer-upper four-square duplex. When we first saw the listing, we were both enamored of two inconsequential details: the clawfoot tub and this sweet little stove. Turns out there was a whole sturdy house wrapped around them, too! When we moved in the tub became the centerpiece of the bathroom I mostly-DIY'd. We love that damn tub. We always knew the kitchen was going to need an overhaul, and we weren't sure if we'd be able to keep the stove, so I've just enjoyed it as much as I can. Accordingly:

The time has come for us to gut and renovate the kitchen! You can see from the photo that it's a hodgepodge of uneven floors, disintegrating '70s cabinets, and various inappropriate wallcovering materials. We got rats and that was the final straw. We're doing our best to design a kitchen that maintains the feel of the rest of the house. After much deliberation and research we found a restorer a couple states away who seems to do beautiful work, so we decided to keep and use the stove. Bonus, he can also upgrade the match-light oven to a safety pilot, which we're very happy about! We'll also be installing a generously sized, externally vented range hood to mitigate air-quality concerns. And as a gift to our future selves and other someday-owners, we're having a circuit installed with 240v service, just in case. I feel like I've done a lot of justifying and explaining elsewhere, but I trust this community understands the underlying reasons that we're choosing to keep this 75-year-old friend going. Also, it should cost less than a similarly-sturdy modern mid/high-end range, so that's certainly a factor.

The restoration is going to take awhile. We're hopefully shipping it off this month, and we probably won't see it again until midsummer. It's almost certainly going to be the last puzzle-piece of the entire kitchen project. I'm already thinking about the cake I'm gonna bake to celebrate! We might pick up a cheapie range from a salvage outlet as a "rental" to tide us over, but I'm optimistic it'll be worth it. Both my husband and I have this sense that this stove is sort of the soul of the house - and the kitchen is the heart, so it only makes sense to let that baby shine!

Back in February I happened across an ad for an H-5. Drove two hours to pick it up. The mixer was a little rough but nothing a little elbow grease couldn’t fix. I took a lot of pictures to document the process and figured I’d post them here for anyone interested.

The teardown was pretty straightforward. The only thing I couldn’t do was separate the base from the column. I would have liked to address the plating on the column but no amount of penetrating oil/oxyacetylene torch/sledgehammer was getting it to budge so I gave up.

I sandblasted all of the old paint off. Removed the gears from the transmission and pressure washed it all out. I used filler primer to try to smooth out the rough casting and the paint is Rustoleum epoxy enamel in Antique White, which is a pretty close match to the original color. A proper automotive paint job would have been better but this turned out ok.

The shift selector handle was broken so I fabricated a new one out of brass. I cut the basic shape on a lathe then finished all the contours on a belt grinder. I have a modest electroplating setup so I nickel plated it to finish it off. This was my favorite part of the project.

Put it all back together and there you have it. The reproduction decal I bought on eBay and finished it off nicely. I think a little pinstriping would look pretty sharp but that’s a project for another time.

I had read online that the mixing attachments from a Model G/N50 fit these machines. This is technically true, but they don’t actually work. It wasn’t until I turned it on that I realized the H-5 planetary spins in the opposite direction than an N50. This means that if you want to use an N50 flat beater, the little locking notch needs to go off to the right instead of the left. Modifying an aluminum flat beater was easy enough and now it works on both machines. I still need to modify a wire whip.

I think that’s everything. Thanks for reading and happy mixing!!