Edison Standard D Restoration
Posted: Sun May 31, 2009 7:52 am
Here are some photos of my recently completed Edison Standard D restoration. Last fall, someone gave me a non-working Standard D that was missing several key components. I debated long and hard whether it was worth spending the money since I already have this model and the cost to restore appeared to close to or more than what the finished machine would be worth.
The parts it needed were a case bottom, reproducer,
crank, 
feedscrew cover, 
gear cover, two feedscrew end bearings, some misc small screws, and a horn. Altogether I spent about $275 on parts and about 50 hours of time spread over 3 months. The bedplate was extremely nice once I cleaned it up, with about 95% of the gold paint intact. This was my first time removing and replacing a frozen mandrel bearing and it took a combination of penetrating oil and a day in the freezer. Once I dismantled, cleaned and tuned up the motor it ran fine. I have not touched the spring, it runs strong and quiet with no thumping.
It came with a crude home made case bottom that was made from plywood. It did come with a solid cover and bedplate frame, but both had been stripped and crudely refinished. The inside of the lid had even been finished with a coat of varnish. I picked a up a solid D case bottom and gear cover on Ebay from Larry Crandell, both needed some major restoration.
The gear cover was scuffed up and missing about half the gold striping, so I repaired the black using asphaltum and restriped it using gold paint and a small brush, then over coated with a few light coats of sprayed orange shellac.
The case was finished with several coats of sprayed orange shellac from flakes.
The Edison case decal is one I made myself:
You can see a complete gallery of images here:
“Standard D Restoration”
Dave
The parts it needed were a case bottom, reproducer,
crank, feedscrew cover, gear cover, two feedscrew end bearings, some misc small screws, and a horn. Altogether I spent about $275 on parts and about 50 hours of time spread over 3 months. The bedplate was extremely nice once I cleaned it up, with about 95% of the gold paint intact. This was my first time removing and replacing a frozen mandrel bearing and it took a combination of penetrating oil and a day in the freezer. Once I dismantled, cleaned and tuned up the motor it ran fine. I have not touched the spring, it runs strong and quiet with no thumping.It came with a crude home made case bottom that was made from plywood. It did come with a solid cover and bedplate frame, but both had been stripped and crudely refinished. The inside of the lid had even been finished with a coat of varnish. I picked a up a solid D case bottom and gear cover on Ebay from Larry Crandell, both needed some major restoration.
The gear cover was scuffed up and missing about half the gold striping, so I repaired the black using asphaltum and restriped it using gold paint and a small brush, then over coated with a few light coats of sprayed orange shellac.
The case was finished with several coats of sprayed orange shellac from flakes.
The Edison case decal is one I made myself:
You can see a complete gallery of images here:
“Standard D Restoration”
Dave