Behind schedule with the Plummer Block (pillow) bearings, lots of cleaning out. Meanwhile, I looked at the frame items etc that were borderline scrap or broken.
Well , when you're presented with these examples, you wonder how you're going to replace them?, then try and repair-
The Eye Bolts look handmade or Smithy'd and what I would call Agricultural engineering, as opposed to Precision engineering.
The bolts were saved with careful work loosening off and straightening, plus, I was able to cut off the overlong rotted sections.
The channel formed washers on the small eye bolts were virtually rotted away, so I had to think about making replacements.
The problem with broken brass Butterfly wingnuts was solved by finding a stronger 1/4" whitworth steel one .
Making the special washers mentioned were shaped more or less using an old toolmaker's clamp and shown with a partially formed washer bottom right-
A bit of normalising heat and manipulating them to shape produced these washers that should pass as identical to original when fitted/painted-
Another job of saving scrap was the Clutch Lever. I'll post an image of what it was like later when the identity of the machine is revealed.
New pivot pin and cable pinch screw had to be made. The two clamp screws were rotten, and so I replaced them with nickel plated ones of the same age
that came from the drive unit of an old wind up gramophone.
Presumed the lever was nickel plated originally, but just coated with Caliper Paint now-
Should make better progress now and media blasting parts now available. Should be done with one of the shafts and bearings over the weekend......tbc