Got a few new pics to share
Way back when, Dash Rendar suggested a Spark Adjuster as something that might look interesting.
Well, I found the balls for it
. Here's a shot with one half of one ball still not polished (They were pretty bad off, originally were drawer pulls from a huge armoire)
Get a few more brass bits, and maybe some carbon fiber tubing or something similar, and I'll have my own spark adjuster. Not sure I I can actually make em spark though
Since I hooked up the polishing wheel to my drillpress, I've been able to polish a lot more stuff, a lot quicker. So I started working in earnest on the gas lamp that'll go on.
I picked up a box load of old (I mean OLD) gas lamp parts off ebay from some guy in NY. They were totally crusted, burnt, tarnished, etc.
I disassembled them, started polishing the parts up and then drilled out the gas lines so I can run power cord to a little 10watt flicker bulb I'll mount in it.
What's funny is that all the threads on the gas lamp mate perfectly with modern mounting flanges and light sockets I'll use to convert it. No rethreading necessary (at least not yet).
And finally, the sad part. I debated even posting this pic, cause I'm afraid it's going to end up on crap mame, but, I'll post anyway in hopes that it serves as a warning for any future cab builders that get the bright idea to spray clean enamel on formica to protect it.
Yeah, it's bad, though the flash makes it look even worse.
See the finger prints? Everywhere where me or my daughter touched the surface has hazed to this chalky white. And what's worse, those spots didn't just discolor. The clear has actually separated from the surface so in those spots, it'll just flake right off.
You can see where I've started scraping it off. Of course doing that shoots flakes of clear coat everywhere, and even with a vacuum running, it's HIGHLY staticy, so it sticks to everything and won't vacuum up.
In short, a big friggin mess, but, so far, one that I think I can correct without completely redoing the CP.