mark roberts
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Whilst I decide and look around for surface grinding places I started stripping the legs. I was always a bit dubious as to whether I was doing the right thing by stripping paint off. The paint looked really old and was even crackled. After stripping the legs it was obvious this was not an original paint from 100years ago. It had grey primer underneath.
Unfortunately it has lost the bottom of its legs, maybe a lady or a dwarf used it.
I've had this spanner for donkeys years and never come across a 50mm nut, hoarding crap does come in handy
I cant decide what colour to do stuff so whilst I think I've grabbed another lump to start cleaning.
A little bit of brass sheet to take up some ware.
Quite an impressive casting considering its age
My go to filler is this stuff, its harder to sand but you dont get pin holes and have to do multiple coats
With regard to colour I'm not sure if to go down the usual black route for this type of machine like a holtzapffel or pimp it up abit, Nothing wacky, but a burgundy or dark green with a bit line work similar to the old portable steam engines. I've seen an old Maudsley lathe which the science museum has in its collection which is a duck egg type colour and looks quite nice.
Unfortunately it has lost the bottom of its legs, maybe a lady or a dwarf used it.
I've had this spanner for donkeys years and never come across a 50mm nut, hoarding crap does come in handy
I cant decide what colour to do stuff so whilst I think I've grabbed another lump to start cleaning.
A little bit of brass sheet to take up some ware.
Quite an impressive casting considering its age
My go to filler is this stuff, its harder to sand but you dont get pin holes and have to do multiple coats
With regard to colour I'm not sure if to go down the usual black route for this type of machine like a holtzapffel or pimp it up abit, Nothing wacky, but a burgundy or dark green with a bit line work similar to the old portable steam engines. I've seen an old Maudsley lathe which the science museum has in its collection which is a duck egg type colour and looks quite nice.
