I’m advising the Texas Parks Dept. re: restoring a historic CS Bell & Co. Bell. It needs a WHEEL; (maybe) a new I-Bolt assembly? (That attaches the Bell to the yoke); and a Clapper. I have emails out to a couple of places I was given but haven’t heard back yet.
Also need tips on ‘freeing’ up the I-Bolt because it looks frozen. I don’t want to just start whacking with a hammer because I’m afraid the Bell might crack.
Also please notice that one of the A-frame arms is cracked. I have a metal person who can probably fix it but it might be less expensive to locate a replacement.
Right now the A-frame has been set into a concrete base in the past (probably because of the broken A-frame). So this Bell might have once has a foot-clapper system as well.
any information would help.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1iZMGMEmKcFDPx7fAzUjK1SX0nmWOfcXW?usp=sharing
Above link to my Google drive folder that contains images of the Bell in its present condition.
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