29-03-2014, 09:23 PM
Hi,
Many thanks for the sun Colin; very much appreciated and if it lasts a full week without rain we will be on standpipes this time next week? I must remember not to do any soda/hard media blasting if the sun is out; I got sun-burnt the last time.
Thanks for asking Big Al; yes the two gears are identical size which as you know is standard but it is indeed the angle of the shot which makes them look different. The Lorch will be a lot lighter with all the dirt removed. Most of the paintwork is completed which is a huge step forward; the items I'm now painting are all the odds and ends which appear on restorations such as this. The head-stock guards are solid aluminium so I'm considering polishing these then blasting over with clear cellulose because I have a litre of clear in stock.
I've still plenty of cleaning to do as assembly proceeds but its getting easier. Hopefully I'll soon be sorting the new motor and drive belts out ready for the big switch on?
Kind regards, Col.
Many thanks for the sun Colin; very much appreciated and if it lasts a full week without rain we will be on standpipes this time next week? I must remember not to do any soda/hard media blasting if the sun is out; I got sun-burnt the last time.
Thanks for asking Big Al; yes the two gears are identical size which as you know is standard but it is indeed the angle of the shot which makes them look different. The Lorch will be a lot lighter with all the dirt removed. Most of the paintwork is completed which is a huge step forward; the items I'm now painting are all the odds and ends which appear on restorations such as this. The head-stock guards are solid aluminium so I'm considering polishing these then blasting over with clear cellulose because I have a litre of clear in stock.
I've still plenty of cleaning to do as assembly proceeds but its getting easier. Hopefully I'll soon be sorting the new motor and drive belts out ready for the big switch on?
Kind regards, Col.
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.
