Rhyolith
Established Member
I found this amongst piles of junk on a yard on the railway. After talking with the boss i was able to bring it over to BL for restoration
I think was made by Wilson Brothers of Leeds, possibly dating from the 1940s?
First thing first, stripping it down. Removed all the parts.
Started cleaning all of the parts 1 by 1, this was mostly done with a power brush on an angle grinder due to the extend of the rust; for smaller parts I used the wire wheel on the pedestal grinder.
Some parts needed more, such as the handle which I wanted to be shiny. This required a lot of sanding to get past all the pitting.
The iron wheel used to move the table side to side i also wanted to shine up, but this was easier![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Decided to polish up the letters on the stand, not sure if this original (probably not) but I think it will look good. Probably should have used the belt sander from the start and angle grinder is NOT the right tool for this job :roll: still came out well though.
With all the parts cleaned I started painting them up with correles, which i used on the boilers for the engines... so pretty solid stuff! It smoothed out the severe pitting quite well.
I think it was originally was black (though could have been anything frankly) and thought it would look good black, so thats what I went with.
Now To the more far gone parts of which there are a few. First was the chisel holder, which just looked all horrible from heavy pitting (not the nice patina kind!). I decided to machine it in the end to get rid of it.
Next the thread that adjusts the chisel height was knackered, so that needed replacing! Its a 6tpi square thread (can't remember the diameter). Time to put the DSG to work![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
To be continued...
![0EApetvl.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/ff1/ff1345cd614d0d2ff5412373d5c65f9c.jpg)
![6zKkjoTl.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/383/383eb2600773ae49285661111985817f.jpg)
![msoXr3sl.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/b36/b3631f7c571249e139dbd1028149267b.jpg)
I think was made by Wilson Brothers of Leeds, possibly dating from the 1940s?
First thing first, stripping it down. Removed all the parts.
![5UQY3oZl.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/993/993a8995161fed81cc409f93866c1b3e.jpg)
Started cleaning all of the parts 1 by 1, this was mostly done with a power brush on an angle grinder due to the extend of the rust; for smaller parts I used the wire wheel on the pedestal grinder.
![oTA2iqpl.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/cb8/cb85e8bb7f3a78971ac35f9307be1f66.jpg)
![MYgWWbsl.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/852/8528f4120b25317a307a20ad47bf2247.jpg)
Some parts needed more, such as the handle which I wanted to be shiny. This required a lot of sanding to get past all the pitting.
![4HmpDqUl.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/652/65237a9cd88f0e0cf801baf5d99cd1b1.jpg)
The iron wheel used to move the table side to side i also wanted to shine up, but this was easier
![M1w5ZLAl.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/7e6/7e6b8b16f2520290c1e0402206b33eb8.jpg)
Decided to polish up the letters on the stand, not sure if this original (probably not) but I think it will look good. Probably should have used the belt sander from the start and angle grinder is NOT the right tool for this job :roll: still came out well though.
![2cx0Tlsl.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/0db/0db0e854fae46521de667a6b88c631ad.jpg)
With all the parts cleaned I started painting them up with correles, which i used on the boilers for the engines... so pretty solid stuff! It smoothed out the severe pitting quite well.
![2cx0Tlsl.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/0db/0db0e854fae46521de667a6b88c631ad.jpg)
![sBNyQ2Fl.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/e46/e46cc707203a831bdd15dd39e7065918.jpg)
![FZpl1Myl.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/dbb/dbb474f8729edee1c807bc119bd9b50b.jpg)
I think it was originally was black (though could have been anything frankly) and thought it would look good black, so thats what I went with.
![itpQ5Nhl.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/c96/c9654c42fb158874cb59e787e5a6f0e6.jpg)
![8wQIJrul.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/c01/c01d5f3832a858281c40cb4ed25e7dc5.jpg)
Now To the more far gone parts of which there are a few. First was the chisel holder, which just looked all horrible from heavy pitting (not the nice patina kind!). I decided to machine it in the end to get rid of it.
![t6ynfBGl.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/2e7/2e72a20201f3f23c354fb5ebabc05f69.jpg)
Next the thread that adjusts the chisel height was knackered, so that needed replacing! Its a 6tpi square thread (can't remember the diameter). Time to put the DSG to work
![qFVpr8Al.jpg](https://proxy.imagearchive.com/866/866b211fcac44379edbb7349f3faa014.jpg)
To be continued...