S19 Restoration

[jmreynol]

I have an Edison S19 and I am in the midst of restoring it.  The problem that I have run into is with the wheels/wheel brackets.  It looks like the portion of the wheels that are steel were gold plated but most of that is gone and there is a lot of rust.  I can deal with the rust but what should I do about the gold plating or better yet...what do most people do in this situation?  Should I restore the gold finish(re-plate it) or use gold paint?  I know the wheel brackets were gold but I am not sure about the actual wheels (brand name - Faultless Feet).  These seem to be wood sandwiched between two metal disks but I don't know it the disks were also gold plated. 

I would appreciate any help that someone could give me.

Thanks,
Jim R

[lucius1958]

By "wheels", are you referring to the castors under the feet?

BillS

BTW: perhaps you should post this in the Disc Phonograph thread.

[jmreynol]

I ended up reassembling the wheels without any packing and they seem to work fine. I had to replace the rivets but that was the easy part.
Thanks for all the help.

[nefaurora]

The O/P Posted this on the WRONG FORUM... This is for CYLINDER MACHINES ONLY. Oh well... )

[jmreynol]

Sorry about that.