Passion Espresso
Hi all
Still to finish the small touches of paint on the plastic badge “Faema” but I can’t resist the urge to show you the last few pictures. This restoration was a good experience, I learned a few basics of some of the work of brass sheet.
I’ll let you judge the result.
Hi all
Very difficult to post since a while, but work continues. Here are some new of the Velox. Body came back from chrome, beautiful, a great job, forgotten the anxiety of unpacking, no longer any trace.
A friend sent me a second incomplete machine to retrieve the last pieces that were damaged, the water inlet valve and the body of the safety valve.
I still wait a few joints but the preparation of the various parts of the machine is complete, the end of the restoration should now move quite quickly.
Pascal
Hello
Day today with a little time to take care of the Velox. I used an old marble as surface to remove all the defects.
Sanding and partial polishing to check the result, that’s fine I’m glad.
Soon the vacations, and this concern resolved. This end of the year sounds nice for me 😉
Wish you all happy holidays !
Pascal
Hello
For a while now I’m looking for a solution to repair the body of the Velox. But it is really not easy to find someone to straighten sheet metal, nowadays nobody knows how anymore. I would have to look at vintage car restorers, but I have no time search. So I decided that once again I’ll manage by myself. After all, often it is fear of failure that hinders initiative. Fear does not take away danger so let’s go!
On this picture we see various problems, there are these wide curves like waves. And there is this fold just above the water inlet valve on the right. Curves taken by the sheet at the moment of impact will be very simple to fix. Clamps, wooden blocks, anything that comes to hand and will perform the necessary effort to restore its original shape. It only took about thirty minutes, it was impressive but finally was nothing. The real challenge will start immediately after. The small fold in the corner and various small defects in material will be much more complicated to fix. It is brass that will have re chrome, so impossible to use putty as you might do on a painted surface.
One can’t see really well on pictures but the defect in angle is still important. Really not easy to restore its original shape to this fold. I modified a little tool I shaped into rounded at its end. Then gradually hitting from inside I got to remove quite all traces.
First try to fill the remaining impacts by welding. This is not a good solution because the metal works hard due to high temp and finally it tends to exacerbate the problem.
Finally I removed almost everything. Second try, this time with solder. Plumber’s tin, it melts at a lower temperature. This is more efficient but it is still not ideal.
Finally there won’t be no quick fix, it will take time but it will be better I think, gradually completely fix all remaining small defects. Pushing from the rear bodywork with a hammer while resting on a flat and hard surface. That’s all for now. To follow after Christmas days. For now this view of the Velox enjoy me better than what I found opening the package the first time.
Wish you all merry Christmas days, and great year’s end.
Pascal
Pascal
Hello
Not very present in the moment, I still have a restoration to start I’ll tell you. The story begins with sad images. The packaging was very well done, but the carrier decided that it was not a good day to send a sensitive item …
It should have been a simple restoration…
Pascal