Hi! You won’t believe but I ve found the same scale in a small village in Atacama Desert 25 years ago. I bought it and it was packed in a box that travelled a lot with other stuff, until some weekends ago that I found it again. Now to restore it. Thanks for sharing the file!
This is great. I have the same scale and your project gave me the idea to restore mine to the best of my abilities which doesn’t include the know how to redo the face like you did. Any way you’d be able to share the scale face you created? Great work!
Thanks for checking out my video BJ! I’d be more than happy to share the file for the face. It’s not perfect but is close enough to the original for a casual restoration! Let me get the file up on Dropbox or somewhere and I’ll reply back with the link.
Just getting to this video brother. That color combo is sweet!!! The orange paint fade on the dial pointer (sorry, I don’t know the correct term) was a great idea! I do have a shop question for you....what is the horsepower rating on your bench buffer? Is it a bench grinder with a buffer wheel attached? I have a 1/2 hp bench grinder that I would like to swap out the grinding wheel with a buffing wheel to try to polish a part made from castaloy (at least, I think that is what it says on it). Do you think that would work?
BuckAnEar69 Aquatics As always I truly appreciate your support! The polishing wheel I’m using has a 1/2 hp motor with a 3450rpm top speed. You can most definitely use the grinder to buff out a part. I used to do that before I got the buffer. There are two main things that make the dedicated buffing wheel better though. The first is that you don’t have the grinder guards to contend with. It makes it so much easier to get more of the hard to reach spots when you can move the piece around more relative to the wheel. The second is along the same lines in that a dedicated buffer has a longer arbor spindle because it isn’t supporting a heavy stone and the forces of grinding. This also allows for way more maneuverability of parts around the wheel. Even my buffer has kinda short arbors but they are three times longer than the ones on my grinders. But unless you get to the point where you’re doing a lot of polishing the grinder should suffice. Just that a dedicated wheel makes it a lot easier! Thank you again for watching! I really appreciate your watches and comments!
What is the red putty that you put on the metal? What was it for? I found this exact scale in my in-laws house and in the same condition, I do not have the same tools as you. I am using vinegar to remove the rust. Any other advice for an amateur restorer?
Very Cool Chris! Thank you for watching! It’s great that your taking on a restoration so good on you! The red putty is just some body filler to fill in the pits where the rust ate away at the metal. Once it’s added to fill the indentations and sanded smooth you can paint it and it hides the damage. It’s really important to get all of the rust off first though or you’ll go through all that work just to have the rust come back.
My only advice is to take your time and enjoy the process. The journey and doing the work is the whole experience so don’t rush. If you take your time and are meticulous it’ll turn out great. Best of luck to you!
So things are going pretty well. Much of the rust is off of the internals and the externals. I see what you meant my needing to grind down the pin on the needle. Problems that I have had 1) I had a piece break. Not sure the best way to fix it, I definitely cannot weld (or am I going to have to figure that out) - is there a way to fix it? It is the pivot that has the small 2 CM pin. 2) How do a get the paint off without a media blaster? Just sand it or if there are no imperfections, can I just primer over it? 3) Do you have that scale face as a template that I can download. Sorry for all of the questions.
Thanks for watching! I got this scale second hand and there was no glass. When I did my research online, I didn’t see any of this model with a glass dial cover so didn’t add one. I think this model was pretty much a budget farm house item.. if yours has a glass dial cover it might be a really nice one and definitely merits restoring!
@@RestoreThis Thanks for the reply. Mine is nothing special, and perhaps even in worse shape than yours. Someone tried to paint it, and did a dreadful job. (Brush marks are visible, etc.) Pretty sure it was originally black; the similar ones I've found were black. Would like to try removing just their layer of paint, maybe with acetone or stripper, but I don't want to make it worse. Likely, it needs the same deep treatment as yours, which would require a rather large learning curve on my part.
Yeah it’d be a really delicate process to try to remove the newer paint without messing up the old paint. Could experiment with the bottom paint if it has any. Careful acetone work would probably be your best bet. If you do take it on, good luck! Can just take your time and have fun!
Hi! You won’t believe but I ve found the same scale in a small village in Atacama Desert 25 years ago. I bought it and it was packed in a box that travelled a lot with other stuff, until some weekends ago that I found it again. Now to restore it. Thanks for sharing the file!
That’s a really great story! Glad to be able to help with the file for the face. Best of luck on your restoration!
Awesome video. I just picked one of the scales up. Can I please have to scale template 🙌🙏🥳
This is great. I have the same scale and your project gave me the idea to restore mine to the best of my abilities which doesn’t include the know how to redo the face like you did. Any way you’d be able to share the scale face you created? Great work!
Thanks for checking out my video BJ! I’d be more than happy to share the file for the face. It’s not perfect but is close enough to the original for a casual restoration! Let me get the file up on Dropbox or somewhere and I’ll reply back with the link.
Hi BJ, I've added a link to an EPS formatted file for the face in the video description.
Can I get the "face"? Would love to finally restore this.
Just getting to this video brother. That color combo is sweet!!! The orange paint fade on the dial pointer (sorry, I don’t know the correct term) was a great idea! I do have a shop question for you....what is the horsepower rating on your bench buffer? Is it a bench grinder with a buffer wheel attached? I have a 1/2 hp bench grinder that I would like to swap out the grinding wheel with a buffing wheel to try to polish a part made from castaloy (at least, I think that is what it says on it). Do you think that would work?
BuckAnEar69 Aquatics As always I truly appreciate your support! The polishing wheel I’m using has a 1/2 hp motor with a 3450rpm top speed. You can most definitely use the grinder to buff out a part. I used to do that before I got the buffer. There are two main things that make the dedicated buffing wheel better though. The first is that you don’t have the grinder guards to contend with. It makes it so much easier to get more of the hard to reach spots when you can move the piece around more relative to the wheel. The second is along the same lines in that a dedicated buffer has a longer arbor spindle because it isn’t supporting a heavy stone and the forces of grinding. This also allows for way more maneuverability of parts around the wheel. Even my buffer has kinda short arbors but they are three times longer than the ones on my grinders. But unless you get to the point where you’re doing a lot of polishing the grinder should suffice. Just that a dedicated wheel makes it a lot easier! Thank you again for watching! I really appreciate your watches and comments!
What is the red putty that you put on the metal? What was it for? I found this exact scale in my in-laws house and in the same condition, I do not have the same tools as you. I am using vinegar to remove the rust. Any other advice for an amateur restorer?
Very Cool Chris! Thank you for watching! It’s great that your taking on a restoration so good on you! The red putty is just some body filler to fill in the pits where the rust ate away at the metal. Once it’s added to fill the indentations and sanded smooth you can paint it and it hides the damage. It’s really important to get all of the rust off first though or you’ll go through all that work just to have the rust come back.
My only advice is to take your time and enjoy the process. The journey and doing the work is the whole experience so don’t rush. If you take your time and are meticulous it’ll turn out great. Best of luck to you!
@@RestoreThis Thanks - I feel I will probably reach back out before this is all over, but am excited to get this started.
So things are going pretty well. Much of the rust is off of the internals and the externals. I see what you meant my needing to grind down the pin on the needle. Problems that I have had 1) I had a piece break. Not sure the best way to fix it, I definitely cannot weld (or am I going to have to figure that out) - is there a way to fix it? It is the pivot that has the small 2 CM pin. 2) How do a get the paint off without a media blaster? Just sand it or if there are no imperfections, can I just primer over it? 3) Do you have that scale face as a template that I can download.
Sorry for all of the questions.
Found your template - thanks.
If the file still available I would like a copy.
There’s a link to the file in Dropbox in the video description!
Nice job. I have a similar one to this but it has a glass window over the face. Did yours have that? If so, how/why did you remove it?
Thanks for watching! I got this scale second hand and there was no glass. When I did my research online, I didn’t see any of this model with a glass dial cover so didn’t add one. I think this model was pretty much a budget farm house item.. if yours has a glass dial cover it might be a really nice one and definitely merits restoring!
@@RestoreThis Thanks for the reply. Mine is nothing special, and perhaps even in worse shape than yours. Someone tried to paint it, and did a dreadful job. (Brush marks are visible, etc.) Pretty sure it was originally black; the similar ones I've found were black. Would like to try removing just their layer of paint, maybe with acetone or stripper, but I don't want to make it worse. Likely, it needs the same deep treatment as yours, which would require a rather large learning curve on my part.
Yeah it’d be a really delicate process to try to remove the newer paint without messing up the old paint. Could experiment with the bottom paint if it has any. Careful acetone work would probably be your best bet. If you do take it on, good luck! Can just take your time and have fun!
Yea I just found one can I have the file for the face !?!
There’s a dropbox link in the description. :)
I dont like it; not in two tone