Smith and Wall

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JW1
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Smith and Wall

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Carrying on from my previous post on Zephyr reels, this one is not quite the full monty but I'm quite happy with how its turned out.
It was a bit of a wreck to start with and very cheap, but when you are a learning curve, that's a good thing, isn't it?
This is what it looked like when I bought it,
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The pin had been twisted in the brass backplate so the drum wouldn't fit, the aluminium plate was cracked in a couple of places and the wing nut was missing on the pin.
It was quite a steep learning curve, especially making a wing nut from scratch but I think it doesn't look too bad,
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Not sure I will put it to serious use, as it is a bit cumbersome and I'm still on the lookout for a project Zephyr.

JW

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Nice job. :Thumb:

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That looks great JW :Sun:

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If you have no grease with you, and your rings are full of ice, do not cut out the ice with a pen-knife but get your man to put the rings one by one in his mouth, and so to thaw the ice.
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Fabulous🎩
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Lovely work there JW, I love old “ pins “ especially as display pieces , the problem arises when you have more pins than places . 😱

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That`s a very nice restoration.

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