Nice one!
You know, I think it's about time for you to make a tutorial video :) I gotta learn some tricks to speed up my game..
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Nice one!
You know, I think it's about time for you to make a tutorial video :) I gotta learn some tricks to speed up my game..
Some day Mike.
Next up on the bench. Replacing a broken scale on the Crown & Sword, and making brush for a lost, but found again friend, and a couple for two new guys to the forum.
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Agree with everyone, very nice restoration Outback, no need to mess with something that as work so well for so many years.
Now that I have a bit more spare time available, I managed to spend some time sanding down this Joseph Rodgers & Sons.
Went through the various grits 360/400/600/800/1000/1200 & 1500 this afternoon but not really happy with the outcome as there are still quite a number of marks on the face of the blade and tang. I suppose I'll have to go back to the 360 grit to remove those spots/blemishes before progressing again unless anyone has some suggestions.
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That turned out nice Tony. I like to remove any rust like you did yet leave it looking old. I hate it when I see someone think they can restore something by polishing & buffing on it to the point where it rounds the edges of the lettering & makes any pitting look worse. I have respect for those who can do a restore the right way but many people these days ruin some good blades & people buy them up not knowing the seller who restored it did more un-reversible damage to it. I can't wait to see it finished.
Good to see you guys working away. :tu I cannot find time these days.
Keep em coming!
I have a pile of Joseph Rodgers snurdler-fodder enroute. 2 of them look Like the handles are separated at the hilts.
Hopefully I can save them.
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Also, cleaning and slathering some German razors (Don't tell Hirlau!) and discovered the yellow Red-Point is from Utica! It's going in with it's American Brothers now..
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Well I've got my new air compressor broken in. After adding the oil, I ran it with the drain open and a nipple plugged in so that the pressure couldn't build and the pump could just run without any stress. I ran it for 1/2 an hour, then let it sit for 1/2 an hour and then repeated. Then I ran it with the drain closed and no nipple in the connector.
I then repeated the above and then have been using it. I figure it's got about 4-5 hours of actual run time so I went ahead and drained the oil and installed a magnet in the drain plug. (I'd planned on installing the magnet before I set it up but hadn't found what I wanted).
Anyway, here's what the drained oil looked like beside a small sample of the oil right out of the container.
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I tried to get a pic that showed the 'metallic look' in the oil but couldn't. Makes me wish I'd waited and installed the magnet before I broke it in.
Pinned up the Sperry in some snakewood. Ain't gettin honed for a few weeks though. I'm spending the next few nights packing,then leaving Friday to go live in a tent by a lake in the Adirondacks till i run out of food.
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