Sears & Roebuck Incubator?
the old type round Sears & Roebuck inbubator? I have one my brother let me have that was in a barn on the farm he and his wife bought last year. Today I started cleaning it up and the other day I carefully plugged it in to see if it still would come on? It did and the heating element was putting out heat. I did this check carefully, without touching the incubator and that because the old cord was pretty frayed and cracked. Today I put a newer heavy duty 3 wire cord on it. The incubator didn't have a ground wire and the old cord had only two wires in it;but the newer one has 2 wires and a green ground wire,so I connected that wire to the metal body of the incubator. Anyway,the Sears incubator is model # 213 57 and the top part is 22 inches across,so it's a fair sized incubator to me. :-) There's a large round pan in the bottom part that has a lot of holes in it. Washed that off today and need to sand it down some and paint it with some sort of metal paint. Underneath the pan is the metal bottom which has some sort of material bolted to it. I'm not sure what that material is? Some sort of insulating board maybe?? It nearly covers the bottom of the pan,is maybe 1/2 inch thick and has 5 holes in it and the metal pan for bottom ventilation. It looks sort of like waferboard;but that makes no sense to me that they would put such in an incubator where you would have a lot of moisture? But maybe they did? All I know is it's worn out too much and I need to replace it;but I'm not sure what to replace it with? Maybe some type of foam insulation that has aluminum backing on it? I have some of that and thought of putting duct tape on the edges to keep moisture out there. Have to think about this. I know it's been a good long while since Sears sold anything like this. :-) But what bugs me is I can not find onething about these type of old incubators online and that really surprised me as I've been able to find anything else I've chosen to look up. I keep thinking there has to be someplaces online with info about these old Sears round incubators. Surely some people, somewhere are still using them? So will keep asking and looking here and there. :-) Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. |
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Re: Sears & Roebuck Incubator?
> I was just wondering if any of you ever seen, used and or may still > have the old type round Sears & Roebuck inbubator? I have one my > brother let me have that was in a barn on the farm he and his wife > bought last year. Today I started cleaning it up and the other day I > carefully plugged it in to see if it still would come on? It did and > the heating element was putting out heat. I did this check carefully, > without touching the incubator and that because the old cord was > pretty frayed and cracked. Today I put a newer heavy duty 3 wire cord > on it. The incubator didn't have a ground wire and the old cord had > only two wires in it;but the newer one has 2 wires and a green ground > wire,so I connected that wire to the metal body of the incubator. > > Anyway,the Sears incubator is model # 213 57 and the top part is 22 > inches across,so it's a fair sized incubator to me. :-) There's a > large round pan in the bottom part that has a lot of holes in it. > Washed that off today and need to sand it down some and paint it with > some sort of metal paint. > > Underneath the pan is the metal bottom which has some sort of material > bolted to it. I'm not sure what that material is? Some sort of > insulating board maybe?? It nearly covers the bottom of the pan,is > maybe 1/2 inch thick and has 5 holes in it and the metal pan for > bottom ventilation. It looks sort of like waferboard;but that makes > no sense to me that they would put such in an incubator where you > would have a lot of moisture? But maybe they did? Its not abspestos is it? If it is then treat it carefully and keep it wet when taking it out and wear protection. You never know it may be a nasty type! Or perhaps cement board - both are good at holding moisture and slowly releasing it. Tony |
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From: (Tony) Ronny 1 wrote: I was just wondering if any of you ever seen, used and or may still have the old type round Sears & Roebuck inbubator? I have one my brother let me have that was in a barn on the farm he and his wife bought last year. Today I started cleaning it up and the other day I carefully plugged it in to see if it still would come on? It did and the heating element was putting out heat. I did this check carefully, without touching the incubator and that because the old cord was pretty frayed and cracked. Today I put a newer heavy duty 3 wire cord on it. The incubator didn't have a ground wire and the old cord had only two wires in it;but the newer one has 2 wires and a green ground wire,so I connected that wire to the metal body of the incubator. Anyway,the Sears incubator is model # 213 57 and the top part is 22 inches across,so it's a fair sized incubator to me. :-) There's a large round pan in the bottom part that has a lot of holes in it. Washed that off today and need to sand it down some and paint it with some sort of metal paint. Underneath the pan is the metal bottom which has some sort of material bolted to it. I'm not sure what that material is? Some sort of insulating board maybe?? It nearly covers the bottom of the pan,is maybe 1/2 inch thick and has 5 holes in it and the metal pan for bottom ventilation. It looks sort of like waferboard;but that makes no sense to me that they would put such in an incubator where you would have a lot of moisture? But maybe they did? Ronny Its not abspestos is it? If it is then treat it carefully and keep it wet when taking it out and wear protection. You never know it may be a nasty type! Or perhaps cement board - both are good at holding moisture and slowly releasing it. Tony I did think that it might be asbestos board since it's in such an old incubator. :-( And thank you on the tips for handling it. They are good ones and I will use them. And I'm glad you mentioned cement board as I had never heard of that. :-) But did a quick Search and found it is made of Portland cement,wood pulp and a little sand. I'll have to see if I can find that locally and I am almost tempted to make up a small batch myself. :-) This is interesting since I have read about homes made of cement and wood pulp,etc. I'll have to find the name of it,it slips my mind now; but I've also read of a mixture of cement,wood pulp,etc. being used to make garden planters. I've read in more than one place that some people in the UK used to use a natural stone like this to make water troughs and planters;but that that rock is pretty rare and high priced now, so people began making a subshostinghostinghostingute rock out of the cement,wood pulp,etc to take it's place. You see Tony,you never know where a thread of posts is going to lead off to when I'm posting in it! LoL Ronny Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. |
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Re: Sears & Roebuck Incubator?
"Ronny 1" <> wrote in message news:3910- I've read in more than one place that some people > in the UK used to use a natural stone like this to make water troughs > and planters;but that that rock is pretty rare and high priced now, TUFA only one major quarry in the UK - another little one too I think so > people began making a subshostinghostinghostingute rock out of the cement,wood pulp,etc to > take it's place. > You get a great result out of polystyrene fish boxes too - gently burnish the outside with a heat gun, dunt the sides with a rubber mallet to effect surface texture and paint with rock coloured paint with some sand mixed in Much lighter and - on topic !! - once you have done this the chickens do not tend to see them as polystyrene and so do not eat them -- regards Jill Bowis Pure bred utility chickens and ducks; Housing; Books, Gifts Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine nursery Holidays in Scotland and Wales |
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Re: Sears & Roebuck Incubator?
may even be able to buy one today. Check the one you have for a thermostat and then let it run to see what temperature it holds. If it holds okay for incubating whatever eggs you have or get go ahead and use it. If I remember correctly, at one time you could even buy egg turners for these. Otherwise you will have to turn the eggs by hand. Earl Ronny 1 wrote: >I was just wondering if any of you ever seen, used and or may still have >the old type round Sears & Roebuck inbubator? I have one my brother let >me have that was in a barn on the farm he and his wife bought last year. >Today I started cleaning it up and the other day I carefully plugged it >in to see if it still would come on? It did and the heating element was >putting out heat. I did this check carefully, >without touching the incubator and that because the old cord was pretty >frayed and cracked. Today I put a newer heavy duty 3 wire cord on it. >The incubator didn't have a ground wire and the old cord had only two >wires in it;but the newer one has 2 wires and a green ground wire,so I >connected that wire to the metal body of the incubator. > >Anyway,the Sears incubator is model # 213 57 and the top part is 22 >inches across,so it's a fair sized incubator to me. :-) There's a large >round pan in the bottom part that has a lot of holes in it. Washed that >off today and need to sand it down some and paint it with some sort of >metal paint. > >Underneath the pan is the metal bottom which has some sort of material >bolted to it. I'm not sure what that material is? Some sort of >insulating board maybe?? It nearly covers the bottom of the pan,is maybe >1/2 inch thick and has 5 holes in it and the metal pan for bottom >ventilation. It looks sort of like waferboard;but that makes no sense to >me that they would put such in an incubator where you would have a lot >of moisture? But maybe they did? All I know is it's worn out too much >and I need to replace it;but I'm not sure what to replace it with? Maybe >some type of foam insulation that has aluminum backing on it? I have >some of that and thought of putting duct tape on the edges to keep >moisture out there. Have to think about this. > >I know it's been a good long while since Sears sold anything like this. >:-) But what bugs me is I can not find onething about these type of old >incubators online and that really surprised me as I've been able to find >anything else I've chosen to look up. I keep thinking there has to be >someplaces online with info about these old Sears round incubators. >Surely some people, somewhere are still using them? So will keep asking >and looking here and there. :-) > >Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake >when you make it again. > > > > > > > > > > > > > |
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From: (Jill) "Ronny 1" <> wrote in message news:3910- hostinghostingI've read in more than one place that some people in the UK used to use a natural stone like this to make water troughs and planters;but that that rock is pretty rare and high priced now, TUFA only one major quarry in the UK - another little one too I think Jill so people began making a subshostinghostinghostingute rock out of the cement,wood pulp,etc to take it's place. Ronny: You get a great result out of polystyrene fish boxes too - gently burnish the outside with a heat gun, dunt the sides with a rubber mallet to effect surface texture and paint with rock coloured paint with some sand mixed in Much lighter and - on topic !! - once you have done this the chickens do not tend to see them as polystyrene and so do not eat them -- regards Jill Bowis Pure bred utility chickens and ducks; Housing; Books, Gifts Herbaceous; Herb and Alpine nursery Holidays in Scotland and Wales I've got to get back on this Tufa making. Have a number of webpages on it saved on another email nic. Just need to get my ingredients and give it a try. :-) Now I'm going to have to ask you about those fish boxes. :-) Mostly just wondering how big they are-that is the ones you were refering to? And I like your idea for fixing them up to look like rock. :-) We simply dont have things like fish boxes where I live in rural,small town NE Texas. Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. |
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Re: Sears & Roebuck Incubator?
Group: sci.agriculture.poultry Date: Thu, Apr 29, 2004, 10:26am (CDT+1)
From: (EarlhostingHaase) Round metal incubators were pretty generic not too many years ago. You may even be able to buy one today. Check the one you have for a thermostat and then let it run to see what temperature it holds. If it holds okay for incubating whatever eggs you have or get go ahead and use it. If I remember correctly, at one time you could even buy egg turners for these. Otherwise you will have to turn the eggs by hand. Earl I've just tried setting the temp once after rewiring it,cleaning it up and repainting some rusty parts. Got it to cut off right around 100°F;but then it wouldn't pop back on even though the temp fell below 90°F. Adjusted it again and checked it quite a bit later and the blamed thing was sitting on 120°F! LoL So have to fool with it a bit more to see if that thermostat on it is going to work right or not? If it doesn't I plan on putting a Little Giant of Hovabator thermostat switch and wafer on it. Onething I did note is that that old Sears incubator does holds the heat good. The temp goes down pretty blamed slow in it. I was thinking on building some sort of hand made turner for the eggs;but I also thought about the fact that I can get an automatic Little Giant turner for around $31 at our local Farmers Coop,so I might just go that way. Those will hold 47 hen sized eggs. And the 15x15 inch turner would easily fit in the 22 inch across incubator. And the spaces left on the side would be where I put my water pans for humidity. Ronny ---------------- Ronny 1 wrote: I was just wondering if any of you ever seen, used and or may still have the old type round Sears & Roebuck inbubator? I have one my brother let me have that was in a barn on the farm he and his wife bought last year. Today I started cleaning it up and the other day I carefully plugged it in to see if it still would come on? It did and the heating element was putting out heat. I did this check carefully, without touching the incubator and that because the old cord was pretty frayed and cracked. Today I put a newer heavy duty 3 wire cord on it. The incubator didn't have a ground wire and the old cord had only two wires in it;but the newer one has 2 wires and a green ground wire,so I connected that wire to the metal body of the incubator. Anyway,the Sears incubator is model # 213 57 and the top part is 22 inches across,so it's a fair sized incubator to me. :-) There's a large round pan in the bottom part that has a lot of holes in it. Washed that off today and need to sand it down some and paint it with some sort of metal paint. Underneath the pan is the metal bottom which has some sort of material bolted to it. I'm not sure what that material is? Some sort of insulating board maybe?? It nearly covers the bottom of the pan,is maybe 1/2 inch thick and has 5 holes in it and the metal pan for bottom ventilation. It looks sort of like waferboard;but that makes no sense to me that they would put such in an incubator where you would have a lot of moisture? But maybe they did? All I know is it's worn out too much and I need to replace it;but I'm not sure what to replace it with? Maybe some type of foam insulation that has aluminum backing on it? I have some of that and thought of putting duct tape on the edges to keep moisture out there. Have to think about this. I know it's been a good long while since Sears sold anything like this. :-) But what bugs me is I can not find onething about these type of old incubators online and that really surprised me as I've been able to find anything else I've chosen to look up. I keep thinking there has to be someplaces online with info about these old Sears round incubators. Surely some people, somewhere are still using them? So will keep asking and looking here and there. :-) Ronny Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. |
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(Ronny 1) wrote:
> in the UK used to use a natural stone like this to make water troughs > and planters;but that that rock is pretty rare and high priced now, so > people began making a subshostinghostinghostingute rock out of the cement,wood pulp,etc to > take it's place. Hypertufa. :-) I learned how to make it in a Master Gardener "Hypertufa" clhostinghostinghosting. |
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Group: sci.agriculture.poultry Date: Sat, May 1, 2004, 9:20pm (CDT+5)
From: (BlanchehostingNonken) (Ronny 1) wrote: in the UK used to use a natural stone like this to make water troughs and planters;but that that rock is pretty rare and high priced now, so people began making a subshostinghostinghostingute rock out of the cement,wood pulp,etc to take it's place. Ronny Hypertufa. :-) I learned how to make it in a Master Gardener "Hypertufa" clhostinghostinghosting. Blanche Here's a bunch of nice pics of hypertufa at Google Images. When I get caught up on my incubator work and some lawn mowing I would like to try my hand at making somethings out of hypertufa. I love the looks of that stuff! :-) Ronny Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. |
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The old thermostat on my Sears incubator never did work right,so last
week I ordered a GQF thermostatic switch and wafer like the one that go on a small Hovabator. Got that yesterday and put it on last night. So far everything is working great. :-) It built up temp and held it good around 99.5°F/37.5°C. Checked on it on and off for around 8 hours. Went to bed and couldn't get to sleep, (ha) So I'm up again for awhile and plugged the incubator back in. It built up to the right temp in 20 minutes and is holding good again. Looking good so far. :-) Ronny Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. |
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