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silverfoxsteam
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...and now for something different - Mamod Tools RestorationI recently acquired two brass flywheel tools, a press and hammer. Both were in a sorry state, the bases being particulary bad, corrosion having ruined the paint finish.
The press's pedestal wasn't too bad but the hammer was very badly rusted. First step was a strip-down - all screws, easy!
I cleaned up the parts, removing the rust and loose paint. The pedestals were touched-up with Humbrol Matt Green 120 and clear laquered. I thought I'd try sometyhing new with the bases, as I've never been really happy with the signal red I've used before. I came accross a Plasti-Kote Fast-Dry Enamel in Red Metallic (134S).
Personally, I think the bases' finish is the best I've managed so far (for me that is!).
What do you guys think of the results - speak your minds please.
Finally - here they are in place on my workshop with the 'gallows' lineshaft (needs a bit of stain here and there to finish it off).
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Spokesmann
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Stephen that a really nice clean up job! The brass wheeled tools really are sought after and from your images you can see why. The cast iron bodies are very substancial and give a real feeling of quality and weight over the later mazak ones. They come apart easy too, although for some odd reason my press of he same vintage uses rivets (open eyelet type). The workshop looks to be a really interesting mixture of newer and older tools - look forward to a video all it all working.
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Mamod Collector
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The quality of the older tools really shines through
Very nice sympethetic restoration 
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newts
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Great resto job on the tools, the green looks a good match
The overhead lineshaft looks the part too, mounted on timber beams is very authentic.
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John Chapman
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Great restorations, and what a super workshop
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silverfoxsteam
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| newts wrote: | Great resto job on the tools, the green looks a good match
The overhead lineshaft looks the part too, mounted on timber beams is very authentic. |
Thanks for all the positive comment folks - very encouraging!
The paintwork of the tools was an interesting challenge. I didn't want to remove or cover any of the existing good paint and you can't 'touch up' with spray cans!!! The closest match I could find was the Humbrol matt green, but a coat of (sprayed on) clear laquer gave it the sheen and protected the whole quite nicely. If you look hard at the photos you can see the patches, but the majority of the original is retained.
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