26-06-2011, 02:15 PM
Hi,
I cut and added the borders last night. This morning I was keen to see if the glue had secured everything in place and it looked good. I then spent a neck aching hour removing surplus glue using a craft knife.
The nameplate was then taken into the garage and sanded using 240 grit abrasive paper with a small wood block backing. After dusting off; the nameplate was sprayed with Poundland gloss black auto acrylic; I omitted the undercoat in case it showed up as a fine grey line around all the edges once the final sanding had been completed. The black was flooded on and the nameplate left in the hot sun to allow the paint to dry; three such coats were applied then I washed the car and garage doors giving the paint time to set.
Sprayed black.
Once again I sanded with 240grit this time to highlight the AVO logo and lettering. The final job was to blow over with a coat of clear auto acrylic and allowing it to dry in the sun.
At last all my time and effort had paid off and I can now successfully make brass nameplates. I learned a great deal during this project and any further plates will be made of thicker gauge brass; epoxy adhesive could be used if the nameplates are for exterior use.
Completed nameplate.
I’ve added a picture of how I held the brass letters whilst they were being filed; an offcut of timber was mounted in the woodworking vice and worked very well resisting the push of the file whilst I pressed the letter against the wood using my thumb nail; the whole job was extremely fiddly as the letters are ¼” and 3/8” tall; a miniature vice would have been handy to have but both my vices are for heavy work.
Filing letters.
I knew what I wanted to achieve when I started this nameplate project and could see the finished plate in my head but the difficult part was how to achieve it. I’ve rested the nameplate on the box lid to take its picture but I’m undecided whether to glue the nameplate to the outer or inner face of the lid. If I glue it on the inside then it will be protected and make any future re-finishing of the lid a great deal easier.
After two years the wave winder is fully restored and the change gears stored neatly and safely in the new wooden box and hopefully by adding the nameplate this time the gears will not become separated and then lost. I love these unusual projects as I learn so much from scratch. I hope this has proved interesting.
Kind regards, Col.
[attachment=2262]
I cut and added the borders last night. This morning I was keen to see if the glue had secured everything in place and it looked good. I then spent a neck aching hour removing surplus glue using a craft knife.
The nameplate was then taken into the garage and sanded using 240 grit abrasive paper with a small wood block backing. After dusting off; the nameplate was sprayed with Poundland gloss black auto acrylic; I omitted the undercoat in case it showed up as a fine grey line around all the edges once the final sanding had been completed. The black was flooded on and the nameplate left in the hot sun to allow the paint to dry; three such coats were applied then I washed the car and garage doors giving the paint time to set.
Sprayed black.
Once again I sanded with 240grit this time to highlight the AVO logo and lettering. The final job was to blow over with a coat of clear auto acrylic and allowing it to dry in the sun.
At last all my time and effort had paid off and I can now successfully make brass nameplates. I learned a great deal during this project and any further plates will be made of thicker gauge brass; epoxy adhesive could be used if the nameplates are for exterior use.
Completed nameplate.
I’ve added a picture of how I held the brass letters whilst they were being filed; an offcut of timber was mounted in the woodworking vice and worked very well resisting the push of the file whilst I pressed the letter against the wood using my thumb nail; the whole job was extremely fiddly as the letters are ¼” and 3/8” tall; a miniature vice would have been handy to have but both my vices are for heavy work.
Filing letters.
I knew what I wanted to achieve when I started this nameplate project and could see the finished plate in my head but the difficult part was how to achieve it. I’ve rested the nameplate on the box lid to take its picture but I’m undecided whether to glue the nameplate to the outer or inner face of the lid. If I glue it on the inside then it will be protected and make any future re-finishing of the lid a great deal easier.
After two years the wave winder is fully restored and the change gears stored neatly and safely in the new wooden box and hopefully by adding the nameplate this time the gears will not become separated and then lost. I love these unusual projects as I learn so much from scratch. I hope this has proved interesting.
Kind regards, Col.
[attachment=2262]
