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Posted on March 6, 2016 Found in a barn a good number of years ago by an HTH member, this classic Rundle timber runner (Springfield Manufacturing Co.) was the trolley the Myers bought to get into the business. They came in three flavors, cable, track( including an incredible cut-out version that has been found and are out there) and timber…!
The chassis was all there, but needed some work to get it back to perfect. Still it looked strong and the surface was nothing short of fantastic.
What needed to be done? The following is part of the list:
1. Straighten and weld the broken top spanner strap between the timber wheels.
Broken clean it had quite a bend that would require heating the strap and the supporting chassis leg.
Quite a bend! We will use a straight steel channel piece to set things perfect.
Careful heating of the frame and the the top strap will set it in place…Straight is straight!
Cutting the “V” groove for the welding..
That none other than Torch Tolman. All lined up and welded perfectly. Ground to perfect as the final pass.
Now lets fix that small crack on the frame. V cut, welded and ground true.
Wheel pops, two of them one tiny and one a bit ragged…All fixed to perfection.
Some times you don’t see things until the clean-up work in the booth. Here I found an old repair. Checked for strength, it if fine.
Looks ok at first.
In the blast booth the 100 year old brass weld shows up! Its still fine, so we clean it up and leave it alone.
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The two springs are carefully blasted and they are in perfect shape because of their quality. They received a bath in special lubricating grease with high surface cling and superb corrosion resistance.
That is all they need until they are installed with a white lithium grease layer.
The rest was simply in fantastic shape…So we set about cleaning everything up!
Lots of pics during disassembly.
Master parts shots for all those that want to know what constitutes the parts list. Things look brand new out of the booth. Excellent steel! 85 pounds of pressure, we are shooting “First Choice” its faster than 80 glass bead but still slow and zero surface impact.
What a difference!
All primed and ready for top coat. All the fixes vanish with primer so the final coat will be perfect!
What color was an original Rundle? Blue green…
The color match is good and we go at it.
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