In any restoration project the day comes when a task becomes mind
bendingly tedious. Today was that day. There are 5 drive chain wheels/cogs on this machine with a total of a zillion teeth all of which are rusty and slightly pitted. Had the mower been in regular use these would of course have been kept shiny by the rotating drive chains but they’re not and I have to make the best of what I’m faced with. I started by using a small half round file to clean up each tooth individually but after having lost all sensation in both hands within an hour I resorted to a rotary wire brush. It’s taken two days to complete the job and tomorrow all that bare steel will have to be lacquered or the rust will return in no time.
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