Challange - How many problems can you spot on this machine?
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I would like to see that. It would certainly be a labor of love. You would never see your investment pay off monetarily but then it's not all about money either. All the methods I can think of involve heat and would destroy the finish. That's the hardest part for me to get right. I know I'm not capable of restoring or reproducing the decals but I know there's people out there who can.
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You could always move on to this one: http://sacramento.craigslist.org/atq/4331544700.html
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That particular helmet was made because the buyer had just become "Prince" in our local SCA group and one of his first "commands" was "now that I am Prince of the Mists, I would very much like for you to construct me a helm..." Ahh well. The faces are interchangeable, and the "grill" version is made out of 1/4" bar stock cut/filed and welded. The "coronet of 16ga brass was etched using radio shack PCB etching compound and Sharpy as a resist...
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updates on the busted butt machine...
The take up lever was not damaged, but the hoop of metal it works within was almost free spinning.
This thing was gross underneath...
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cleaned up the way most of these old gals do....
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The take up lever was not damaged, but the hoop of metal it works within was almost free spinning.
This thing was gross underneath...
[ATTACH=CONFIG]462281[/ATTACH]
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cleaned up the way most of these old gals do....
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so here it the break from underneath...
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here I have "mocked up" the plan. I intend to remove the upper portion (once the screws are unstuck) and take the bed to work. I will clamp the bed into place, drill four holes in a hard steel plate (on each side) and then place that piece on the machine as shown here. Then i will mark and drill those holes, then tap them with threads. Then screw the two plates to the bed and begin the top surface restore. A little QB magic and it just might work...
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Such a sad sight.....
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here I have "mocked up" the plan. I intend to remove the upper portion (once the screws are unstuck) and take the bed to work. I will clamp the bed into place, drill four holes in a hard steel plate (on each side) and then place that piece on the machine as shown here. Then i will mark and drill those holes, then tap them with threads. Then screw the two plates to the bed and begin the top surface restore. A little QB magic and it just might work...
[ATTACH=CONFIG]462286[/ATTACH]
Such a sad sight.....
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but she is pretty with even a little cleaning. I imagine that with a little french polishing action she will be a stunner.
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