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I will certainly keep everyone posted as work / progress is made. I'm looking forward to this, especially now that my flu seems to be going away. I spent an hour last night just sitting in a chair across from it looking at it like an idiot
Sean
2018 is off to an interesting start
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OrthoSean
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Re: 2018 is off to an interesting start
Thank you, Abe. This is exactly what I was hoping to hear. This machine will be a very lengthy project I'm sure. I have never been one to rush through these things anyway. For now, it's protected, covered and going to dry out for a month or so. In the meantime, I'll start looking for some of the missing screws and a knob and a couple other little things it will need eventually. This weekend, I'll probably start cleaning the gold metal parts and just leave everything else. I will reach out to you once I've done the tests you suggested.
I will certainly keep everyone posted as work / progress is made. I'm looking forward to this, especially now that my flu seems to be going away. I spent an hour last night just sitting in a chair across from it looking at it like an idiot
Sean
I will certainly keep everyone posted as work / progress is made. I'm looking forward to this, especially now that my flu seems to be going away. I spent an hour last night just sitting in a chair across from it looking at it like an idiot
Sean
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Re: 2018 is off to an interesting start
But an idiot who owns a Vernis Martin!OrthoSean wrote:I spent an hour last night just sitting in a chair across from it looking at it like an idiot
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Mr Grumpy
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Re: 2018 is off to an interesting start
Incredible Sean, congrats.
I think I've lost sleep staring at some of my machines at night, it's a disease that I'm glad we
all share.
Please keep us posted on the progress of this restoration, this is a rare oportunity for us to see pictures
and detail of a machine like this.
I think I've lost sleep staring at some of my machines at night, it's a disease that I'm glad we
all share.
Please keep us posted on the progress of this restoration, this is a rare oportunity for us to see pictures
and detail of a machine like this.
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tomb
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Re: 2018 is off to an interesting start
Nice find good luck in the restore. Tom B
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Re: 2018 is off to an interesting start
What a great machine... 2018 is definitely off to a good start. As previously mentioned, keep us informed of your restoration progress, it will be an interesting process...
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
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wjw
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Re: 2018 is off to an interesting start
Beautiful machine! And based on my favorite XVI iteration too.
Looking where the key escutcheon was, it looks like it was not a screwed-on brass piece but made to match the decor surrounding the doorknobs. Wood?
-bill
Looking where the key escutcheon was, it looks like it was not a screwed-on brass piece but made to match the decor surrounding the doorknobs. Wood?
-bill
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OrthoSean
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Re: 2018 is off to an interesting start
I've been discussing that with a couple of folks. Most VM XVIs have the same one an XVIII used, but this one obviously did not. There are no screw holes, so I'm thinking it was cast like the trim. I'm hoping I am able to come up with something for it, likely last!wjw wrote:Beautiful machine! And based on my favorite XVI iteration too.
Looking where the key escutcheon was, it looks like it was not a screwed-on brass piece but made to match the decor surrounding the doorknobs. Wood?
-bill
Thanks again to everyone for tips and advice, both privately and publicly here. This hobby has some incredibly generous people and I'm very humbled by that.
Sean
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Re: 2018 is off to an interesting start
If anyone with an original Vernis Martin would let you make silicone molds of the missing pieces, it wouldn't be to hard to cast them from resin...
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
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estott
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Re: 2018 is off to an interesting start
I'd say cast them from a material that can be made pliable with heat, so it can be made to fitCurt A wrote:If anyone with an original Vernis Martin would let you make silicone molds of the missing pieces, it wouldn't be to hard to cast them from resin...