Wednesday 9th October are dry warm start then the light rain came in.

In the last week Greg has added more to the Hayles Abbey Sign and started on a wooden box refurbishment.

The legs on Malvern Well sign have rotted off and the frame needs repair, so unbolt the sign and get repairs started however rust and rot meant the coach bolts needed cutting off and driving out with a punch and trying to lay the frame down rot meant it fell to bits so a major job not the perceived minor one

Laying it down on the ground resulted in one end falling off.

                                                 

Optimistically the wooden parts were all numbered so we could save and reuse good parts.

                                                

This sign was assembled with all new wood five years ago and painted but it has rotted beyond repair

                                            

                                                        So cut it up for fire wood

The enamel panels are in need of repair so a wire wheel to remove the rust and loose pasts then treat with a rust converter but rain stopped play,

Using the wire wheel killed the drill after a few minutes so a strip down and replace brushes

The Morris roof was then porta powered up  and reshaped with the hammer after getting it hot with a blow torch  cooling it instantly with a wet cloth stress relieves it. Forgot to take a photo now the roof is back in shape.

The final 15 minutes or so were used on the unidentified machine possibly a pipe thread cutter which is a solid rusty lump.

A good application of the propane cutting torch got the 2 locking lever handles moving freely  but the clamping screws are solid so a good soak with a penetrating oil will hopefully free things off in the next week or two.