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Did some more on my taper attachment!
Das partsensoaken!
They came out pretty good. That light surface rust that cast iron gets is where Evapo-Rust really shines. I brushed them all with a small brass wire brush while the parts were wet. I also threw in a few other things just for the heck of it. The wrenches could use more soak time but I'm done waiting!
I rinsed everything with water and dish soap then popped 'em in the oven at 180* til dry. About 30 minutes.
I experienced some light flash rust after the oven, mostly in cracks and dovetails. No problem, everything will get buffed with scotchbrite.
The short part on the right is scotchbrited and the longer one is not. The scotchbrite takes away the gold cast from the wire brush.
You can see the shaper lines on this part! To think shapers were used for mass production at one time! How far we've come! I wonder why this wasn't fly cut? Some other parts have fly cutter marks.
All the parts came out great! You can see fly cutter marks in the long bottom piece. The only real painting is on the angled bracket. I'd like to just brush it so I don't have to mask. The long narrow parts are machined both sides so no paint except for around the perimeter edge. Might not be worth the trouble...
Below is a picture of the only real concern I have for this restoration. You can only very faintly see the lines and numbers for the gauge. The upper part has degrees and the lower part says inches, per foot I assume. I can't really even see the zero mark on either piece.
Any ideas on how to fix this up? Maybe I can super carefully re-scribe the lines one at a time with a straight edge and carbide scriber?
Das partsensoaken!
They came out pretty good. That light surface rust that cast iron gets is where Evapo-Rust really shines. I brushed them all with a small brass wire brush while the parts were wet. I also threw in a few other things just for the heck of it. The wrenches could use more soak time but I'm done waiting!
I rinsed everything with water and dish soap then popped 'em in the oven at 180* til dry. About 30 minutes.
I experienced some light flash rust after the oven, mostly in cracks and dovetails. No problem, everything will get buffed with scotchbrite.
The short part on the right is scotchbrited and the longer one is not. The scotchbrite takes away the gold cast from the wire brush.
You can see the shaper lines on this part! To think shapers were used for mass production at one time! How far we've come! I wonder why this wasn't fly cut? Some other parts have fly cutter marks.
All the parts came out great! You can see fly cutter marks in the long bottom piece. The only real painting is on the angled bracket. I'd like to just brush it so I don't have to mask. The long narrow parts are machined both sides so no paint except for around the perimeter edge. Might not be worth the trouble...
Below is a picture of the only real concern I have for this restoration. You can only very faintly see the lines and numbers for the gauge. The upper part has degrees and the lower part says inches, per foot I assume. I can't really even see the zero mark on either piece.
Any ideas on how to fix this up? Maybe I can super carefully re-scribe the lines one at a time with a straight edge and carbide scriber?
