Weekend Project- Smiths Heater Restoration

[angelfj1]

Dismantle, clean, bead blast, powdercoat (Eastwood black crackle), reassemble.

ready for the <u>Gray Lady</u>

before

after

 

[TR6oldtimer]

Cool er, or rather that's HOT!

 

[Don Elliott]

Looks good Frank - Did you find new white door handles for the heater ?

 

[Brosky]

Nice job, Frank. How did you get the nameplate looking so good?

 

[martx-5]

Looks beautiful. Nice job. And we do need more info on how you cleaned it up. I've got mine to do, so any hints will be appreciated.

 

[Tinkerman]

Great job Frank! Do you hire out?

 

[Guest]

He didn't do that. He bought it new from the UK and paid a thousand bucks for it.......

 

[angelfj1]

Thanks and Yes!

 

[angelfj1]

Bill: No, really I did it all, but I wonder if any of these heaters will be for sale next weekend at Stoneleigh. Remember $1000 is only £500 lately! Please stay tuned for a complete report. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/eek.gif

 

[zblu]

Got one but different on fan side, gonna be offloading, no use to me here in oz, came in a oddlot of AH bits I bought as spares, contact me for info/pics if interested, its an as is, about 8"dia and 8" deep for the coil section

 

[DNK]

Frank- can you describe your PC equipment?

 

[angelfj1]

Paul et al: sorry for the late reply. I've been traveling quite a bit lately - off to Stoneleigh tomorrow.

new labels are available on the web for under $10. They are blank and I stamped this one in my shop.

cheers Frank

 

[angelfj1]

If you can wait, I am writing an article on heater R&R. Hope to have it finished in a couple of weeks.

 

[angelfj1]

nothing fancy - Eastwood entry-level gun and power pack and our old Jennair range/oven. The biggest challenge was building the small hood over the range. I'll post some photos when I get back home - real rube goldberg affair.