Post by tarheeltinkerer on Jan 28, 2009 22:57:43 GMT -5
Hello To All,
I have more or less built my Edison Standard B from nothing more than a bedplate with a few parts. I managed to score a complete motor with a bum mainspring, and have part by part put this together. In short, this was not the greatest way to learn, cost-wise, but spaced out over the years it has been a fun project and I've learned a few things along the way.
My biggest hitch came trying to use the original shellac lacquer. For the love of God I could not get it to look right or not chip like mad, so I turned to industrial spray paint. I know...it's not right, but I've reached a point where it in my opinion is tolerable, and I may gently rub it with 0000 steel wool to dull it down. I stripped off the original finish as that grease would not come off no matter what I tried, and when it was finally removing, it was taking all the lacquer with it
End result was to strip it down, even out the metal in places, and try again...
Here are pictures from my build up. The only guides I have used are photographs of machines I find online and Reiss's The Compleat Talking Machine. I just acquired two Standard Ds I intend to fix up. One needs a good cleaning, the other will be another bit by bit rebuild.
Anyways, I'm excited to find this forum and look forward to learning more and more.
Frank
Note, I haven't cleaned or relacquered the case, nor is the bedplate mounted to the frame. I somehow have to redrill the holes for the frame as only two screw holes line up.
There are around six layers of heavy red primer on the bedplate, followed by four or five of black gloss, then several layers of clear acrylic. The stripes and god-awful grass tufts (I know they look horrible) were applied by hand. The decal I think turned out nice at least!
I have more or less built my Edison Standard B from nothing more than a bedplate with a few parts. I managed to score a complete motor with a bum mainspring, and have part by part put this together. In short, this was not the greatest way to learn, cost-wise, but spaced out over the years it has been a fun project and I've learned a few things along the way.
My biggest hitch came trying to use the original shellac lacquer. For the love of God I could not get it to look right or not chip like mad, so I turned to industrial spray paint. I know...it's not right, but I've reached a point where it in my opinion is tolerable, and I may gently rub it with 0000 steel wool to dull it down. I stripped off the original finish as that grease would not come off no matter what I tried, and when it was finally removing, it was taking all the lacquer with it
End result was to strip it down, even out the metal in places, and try again...Here are pictures from my build up. The only guides I have used are photographs of machines I find online and Reiss's The Compleat Talking Machine. I just acquired two Standard Ds I intend to fix up. One needs a good cleaning, the other will be another bit by bit rebuild.
Anyways, I'm excited to find this forum and look forward to learning more and more.
Frank
Note, I haven't cleaned or relacquered the case, nor is the bedplate mounted to the frame. I somehow have to redrill the holes for the frame as only two screw holes line up.
There are around six layers of heavy red primer on the bedplate, followed by four or five of black gloss, then several layers of clear acrylic. The stripes and god-awful grass tufts (I know they look horrible) were applied by hand. The decal I think turned out nice at least!
