Wednesday the 15th Jan 2025 a clear day warmer than it should be so great for outside work.

                                    A nice view of the morning from the workshop door.

                                            

We have acquired a railway lamp cupboard this is not a GWR one but a rarity so it will be saved, it has been painted a few times and is now black so some careful paint stripping revealed the original brown colour. This is a future project for the museum.

        the lid opens and the oil tray is in good condition but we need to secure the loose fixed top.

                                            

                            It was then onto the Salter Scales out in the sun.

            Tipping them over allowed access to lubricate all the rusty joints and pivots.

                                

some carefull drilling from the rear got the heads off the seized screws holding the face on then heat and levering got the needle off to expose the seized mechanism

the drilled screws needed to sleeve left in the threads removed with a slightly larger drill to enable tapping for some new brass screws

                        The broken lock mechanism handle needed welding it lined up nicely

A quick dress of the mating surfaces it was then clamped together so we could weld it together again the little £39 parkside inverter welder came into it's own.

After a good oil and grease of the internal mechanism it was a surprise to find it worked and returned so the dial was refitted loosely to keep things together. The needle was shot blasted and repainted with the brass centre being polished