How To: C15a Wire-3 restoration

[Jordan Baker]

Bob, I’ve yet to get to finishing my ropes. They are on my list. I’m thinking of setting up some kind of double boiler to melt the wax and then put the ropes through it.

[David Dunlop]

Any chance they were using bees wax back then, Jordan?

David

[Robert Bergeron]

Ever thought of lightly coating your ropes with linseed oil Jordan ? Great preservative .

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by Robert Bergeron

Ever thought of lightly coating your ropes with linseed oil Jordan ? Great preservative .

The traditional preservative is Stockholm Tar, as used on rigging in the Age of Sail (and the (British) 34-ft steel vertical aerial stays) but it sticks to your hands and is fairly unpleasant unless you like that sort of thing. The problem with waxes and oils is that they're going to make the rope slippery, which you may not want.

(The other problem with Stockholm Tar is it may attract Ancient Mariners or the traditional wing of the local Yacht Club.)

Some people swear by it, others swear at it.

Chris.

[Jordan Baker]

Thanks to another MLU’er, I’ve now got a proper wartime Canadian contract Chorehorse generator to go with the truck. 1942 dated with a lot of the original khaki green #3 paint still on it.

[Jordan Baker]

Almost finished the restoration of the Chorehorse CH1-395-4. It’s basically been a cosmetic job as the mechanical components are fine. I also left as much in it’s original colour as possible. The data tag was refinished after about 3 hours of work.

Also a short video of how nicely this runs.

https://youtu.be/IuHDh7BIjGI

[m606paz]

Well done Jordan! beautifull!!

[Chris Suslowicz]

Originally Posted by Jordan Baker

Almost finished the restoration of the Chorehorse CH1-395-4. It’s basically been a cosmetic job as the mechanical components are fine. I also left as much in it’s original colour as possible. The data tag was refinished after about 3 hours of work.

An excellent job, very nice indeed.

Chris.