by RameGoom » Sat Feb 02, 2019 8:12 am
You will find that it's actually fun to dig into these machines. Once you complete the first one, you'll be itching to dig into the next.
I have done several and find that the glass is almost universally discolored or damaged, so I routinely use acrylic plastic for the windows. I have a laser that cuts plastic, so I can fit them perfectly and can use various thicknesses of plastic to do the job.
You can bead-blast the mechanism parts that are rusted to remove all that discoloration and rust, and give the parts a shot of automotive clearcoat to bring a suitable luster to the parts.
And a buffing wheel will be your best friend aside from the bead blast tank.
Lots of detailed pictures before and after are always nice to see.
Good luck on this one - and the next one - and so on.
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