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Stainless Steel Shovel
During the era of the New Deal's Works Progress Administration (WPA) over 40 years ago, stainless steel shovels were widely used. Few of them are left today, but somehow a well-worn one survived in the Franklin, Ill., area. Richard Cox took a close look at it and decided to build his own.
He bought a new shovel a
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Stainless Steel Shovel MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Earth Movers 19-4-7 During the era of the New Deal's Works Progress Administration (WPA) over 40 years ago, stainless steel shovels were widely used. Few of them are left today, but somehow a well-worn one survived in the Franklin, Ill., area. Richard Cox took a close look at it and decided to build his own.
He bought a new shovel and used a cutting torch to cut away all but the shovel's step shoulders and throat. He cut out a piece of stainless steel plate in the same pattern as what he had removed and used a vise to bend it into shape, then welded it onto what was left of the shovel.
"It looks good and won't rust like a conventional shovel so I never have to worry about cleaning it," says Cox. "My neighbors were impressed enough that I even built a few for them."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Richard Cox, Rt. 1, Box 52, Franklin, Ill. 62638 (ph 217 245-5692).
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