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Regal Lap Steel Flamed Maple Veneer Deco Great Depression - WWII era Page 14; Sanding Electronics Casing: |
AHhhhhhh....... that's a lot better. Even though the epoxy doesn't have the sheen that the metal does in these pics, the epoxy bonded nicely to the sanded metal, filled in the wobbly-wows and feathered nicely into the surrounding metal after about 15,000 hand strokes of various grits of sand papers. Sanding scratches were deliberately left to provide a tooth for this part's further painting to grab onto. Views of all surfaces are shown on this page. We're now over the hump. I'm excited about getting this part's rebuild finished and looking & functioning like new. Who woulda thunk it would be worth the effort? Just watch ! I sure do enjoy geetar work and bringing even broken parts back to life that most folks woulda otherwise likely thrown into the trash. Again, just watch the end results of rebuilding this most deserving old steel guitar ! |
Interesting; The very shallow rectangular mark was made by pliers that lifted this piece still hot from it's mold. Removing from the mold while still a bit malable is why this part has some holidays that wouldn't qualify for the Space Shuttle ! But Regal wasn't a slouch when it came to building guitars, and this casing served it's purpose. Ya sure see a lot of pot metal parts of this nature on / in consumer things of the WWII era ! |
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Here is the few drops of epoxy which the strip of wax paper molded flat. |
Here is another good view of the broken off screw corner that was repaired by filling in with liquid steel epoxy (JB Weld, et al). |
