DaveKamp
Titanium
- Joined
- Oct 3, 2004
- Location
- LeClaire, Ia
Hi All!
Just posting pix of the J.A. Fay #1 bandsaw I've rescued:
Blasting off the loose paint... and there was a bunch. Many layers.
Before anyone asks...
I purposely chose NOT to strip this old gal bare. Why? Because there's original paint under all that. If I strip it bare, then when someone comes to do a proper historical restoration, they'll have no link to how it was originally finished.
I'm just restoring it to a working, preserved machine. It will be returned to use, albeit occasional and avocational, not daily commercial/professional... rather than retired and relegated to the great crucible in the sky, I'm it's home and protector, it'll get a non-particular coat of primer and color, so that it's iron is protected from environmental attack.
Just posting pix of the J.A. Fay #1 bandsaw I've rescued:
Blasting off the loose paint... and there was a bunch. Many layers.
Before anyone asks...
I purposely chose NOT to strip this old gal bare. Why? Because there's original paint under all that. If I strip it bare, then when someone comes to do a proper historical restoration, they'll have no link to how it was originally finished.
I'm just restoring it to a working, preserved machine. It will be returned to use, albeit occasional and avocational, not daily commercial/professional... rather than retired and relegated to the great crucible in the sky, I'm it's home and protector, it'll get a non-particular coat of primer and color, so that it's iron is protected from environmental attack.