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Restoring an Old Wobbler - bling ideas welcome!
bogstandard:
Now it has had all the originality destroyed, removing all hope of it ever being used as an example of home workmanship, whether bad or good.
Someone spent time and effort making it, maybe without or very limited machine tool use, and was most probably their pride and joy when finished. Things like that should just be preserved as is, not hacked about.
Throw it in the recycle bin and hope some day it can be used for it's metal content.
The engine itself just isn't worth spending any time and effort on, you could knock up a brand new one like it in a few hours, saving yourself most probably loads of time and resources.
raynerd:
--- Quote ---Now it has had all the originality destroyed, removing all hope of it ever being used as an example of home workmanship, whether bad or good.
Someone spent time and effort making it, maybe without or very limited machine tool use, and was most probably their pride and joy when finished. Things like that should just be preserved as is, not hacked about.
Throw it in the recycle bin and hope some day it can be used for it's metal content.
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:lol: :lol:
Well clearly the seller thought a lot of it and so did the other non-existant bidders letting me win it for a meer starting price of about about £5!! I certainly wouldn`t be using it as an example of home workmanship, like you say this wobbler could knocked up in a few hours.
And I`m sure who-ever made it would love to see someone getting some enjoyment out of polishing it up and restoring it back to a runner rather than "sitting in the garage" seizing as it was described in the advert.
--- Quote ---The engine itself just isn't worth spending any time and effort on, you could knock up a brand new one like it in a few hours, saving yourself most probably loads of time and resources.
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really??? :lol: to you may be!
I shall refrain from saying a closing comment....
Stew - thanks, nice idea!
Darren:
I have to agree, Sorry....
It's now lost all its interest, to me anyway.
It would have been such a simple matter to have knocked up a copy up to play with and I suspect would have brought more satisfaction to you as well.
Chris, that's just how I feel.....you have the capabilities to make as many as you want. But then I'm soft on history and vintage workmanship.
But it's yours, you paid for it and can do as you wish I suppose..... :med:
raynerd:
--- Quote from: Darren on August 05, 2009, 05:58:46 AM ---
But it's yours, you paid for it and can do as you wish I suppose..... :med:
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This is very true...but I still like to hear and respect others ideas and general etiquate within the hobby!
I think I could totally appreciate what you are saying if this was a more complex engine but the fact that it is a simple wobbler - even if I had got it running and left it with all its imperfections, in the state it was in I certainly wouldn`t have wanted to put it in my little collection. As it is, when it is all shiney, it is going to fit right in.
I guess that is just how I feel ....
bogstandard:
I think you will find, amongst the older generation, we tend to look at things completely different to the modern generation.
We look at things because of their interest and historical value rather than their worth.
With regards to restoration, your engine basically was worth nothing and wasn't worth getting back into a running condition, but as I said before, it was a very good example of naive workmanship that does not happen much nowadays, so in my eyes should have been left as it was, completely untouched.
But on the other hand, if the engine was a good example of engineering prowess or interest, and was is a dilapidated condition, then yes, bring it back to life so all can appreciate it as it should have been.
You will find that Steve (Cedge) restores old engines of the type I described, and he does a wonderful job of bringing them back to life in their full glory, as they should have been. Just good engineering practices to replace missing or damaged parts, and a good spruce up. Nothing over the top.
I was involved in a similar incident a while back on another forum, where I went a little too far over items that had historical interest and values, and don't want to go thru the same thing again on here if I can help it.
I have many items in my possession from bygone eras, some worth rather large amounts of cash, some worth scrap value only. I have attempted to pass some of them onto museums, but they could not accept them as gifts, and I wasn't willing to take money for them, but other stuff that I have offered, have been refused because there are just too many about, but I just can't bring myself to destroy or discard them because not only to me, but others who have seen them, they are marvels of a time from the past.
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