CHJ
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Sometime in the last couple of years a local farmer thrust these at me and asked if they were of any use to me.
Needless to say the answer was yes; but the work content needed to bring them back into acceptable condition resulted in them being consigned to a far corner of the shed.
An urgent need for an extra couple of long reach Clamps saw them retrieved and put into use, albeit with a struggle and lots of interface packing to keep the dirt at bay.
Conscience says that they can't be put back into the corner again and something needs doing to them, even if not looking exactly pretty, at least usable without too much risk to future projects.
So far I've just wire brushed most of the loose stuff off, the jaws now slide without jamming on rust flakes, can't see me making up a long enough immersion tube to use electrolysis, my usual preferred method, so will have to sort out some phosphoric acid.
As a matter of interest they appear to be two different dates.
One has Design Number cast proud of casting surface, the other has it cast or engraved into the surface of the adjustable Jaws, although the head castings appear the same.
Needless to say the answer was yes; but the work content needed to bring them back into acceptable condition resulted in them being consigned to a far corner of the shed.
An urgent need for an extra couple of long reach Clamps saw them retrieved and put into use, albeit with a struggle and lots of interface packing to keep the dirt at bay.
Conscience says that they can't be put back into the corner again and something needs doing to them, even if not looking exactly pretty, at least usable without too much risk to future projects.
So far I've just wire brushed most of the loose stuff off, the jaws now slide without jamming on rust flakes, can't see me making up a long enough immersion tube to use electrolysis, my usual preferred method, so will have to sort out some phosphoric acid.
As a matter of interest they appear to be two different dates.
One has Design Number cast proud of casting surface, the other has it cast or engraved into the surface of the adjustable Jaws, although the head castings appear the same.
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