I did spend a little more time sorting in the tool shed, among other things I did today.
These were rescued from a fate of rust and neglect.
That's a very beefy chisel which I suspect was used to cut apart old welds. What it's leaning on is a solid chuck of perfectly round steel which will clean up nicely. Always handy to have different shapes and sizes of steel like that laying around.
A while back I recovered these from around the hydraulic floor press...
This plate was especially rusty so I spent a little time cleaning it up.
It is still badly pitted but better now. It would be too thin if I leveled out all the rust pits.
After a little powder coating (that's dust on it from my gloves- gloss black will do that to you) and...
... it's ready for more years of service with the floor press.
Just a chuck of steel that might be useful...
The round cylinder on the right had a flat steel bar welded on one side. With the flat side to the press, it can be used to press a curve into an object.
Now, after powder coating all of it, no rust worries.
Thomas
Glassbead those hammer heads, then wirewheel to make em shine & then hit the handles with BLO. Polishing the faces is not mandatory...
Thus:
Before...
After...
I used plastic bead blasting to remove the paint & other **** from two of the handles.
of course, if you can't live without polishing....
Thanks for posting it for us. Personally I'd like my aircraft tech to have hammer faces polished like that. It instills confidence in their work, if you know what I mean. ZRX61, you did a pretty good job on those hammers!
I further note your statement that "I'm happy to say today I finally reached the end of it." Well, I'm not too sure how to react to you're being happy that it's the end....but it's really just a temporary pause- ATP -anyway. 
You ARE a good man BigAl. Tell your wife we all said so.Merry Christmas all!
Thomas will you be re coating the walker for the festive period?
But what would the anvil think??? 
Boy you get some hurt feelings/petty jealousy going among your equipment and once the door is locked and the lights are turned off, look out! 
Is this a great time of the year or what! Just wish all of you lived a wee bit closer so we could gather at the shop and fun that would be!!
Now to the task at hand.
With the wheels done and the snow blower soon to be mounted next up will be cleaning up the loader, rebuilding the cylinders (note the leaks) and powder coating it. That will be good winter work.
Thomas
Glassbead those hammer heads, then wirewheel to make em shine & then hit the handles with BLO. Polishing the faces is not mandatory...
Thus:
Before...
After...
I used plastic bead blasting to remove the paint & other **** from two of the handles.
of course, if you can't live without polishing....
Driving for your mother in-law a total of 210 miles....on Christmas Eve????
Safe journey my friend and a joyous Christmas to you.
Thomas
I will tell you that Chris has been caught cheating on Thomas recently.
If you ever do get by the Center Of The Universe, please stop on in and you can relax about waxing the anvil......my tractor, now that's a different matter all together. 
The tractor weighs around 1,900- 2,000 lbs (864- 909kg). Every time our friends from the UK or "The Continent" come for a visit, they invariably remark how envious they are of all the room we seem to have here in the States. 
