I have a lot of old porcelain components. I have some porcelain fuse blocks for screw in and cartridge fuses and some old knife switches with slate backs from an old factory. When I rewired my house, I saved some of the old cloth wiring that still had good intact insulation. They used to tin the copper wires back then because all splices were soldered. Solder, then wrap with rubber friction tape then regular cloth tape. Then wire nuts replaced all of this.
Lovely old switch and lamp holder, and the antique bulb is just wonderful. You really could use an ultrasonic cleaner, they work wonders when restoring vintage parts. I could try electrochemical rust removal myself someday. Be careful with using grease close to the contacts. It probably won't be a problem here, but if it was a good few amperes, the arcing could start a fire. I definitely wouldn't want to have any exposed mains contacts.
You can mig stainless with carbon steel wire all day, works good. (Assuming a non critical structural application) The downside is will not have the corrosion resistance at the weld. You can also run stainless mig wire with c25 or trimix gas with good results.
I would use some 3m spray glue for the felt. You don’t have an auto darkening welding helmet? They have come down a lot on price from when they first came out. You will drive yourself nuts trying to fit up something with a tig; your mig welder would be alot more forgiving. It adds metal right from the initial start. Your tig actually has to melt the base metal before you can add filler. True, you can fuse flat pieces together without filler, but you have more metal to work with, and you dont lose the fit up like when you were trying to build the thin wire cage.
I've been using the same welding helmet I got on my 10th birthday all this time. I did order a nos Optrel helmet but it doesnt have the auto-darkening feature, again I'll just have to put a shade 10 in it. Also this wire was stainless steel, no mig welding this. Ive had good luck with tig welding just the metal in place but the issue is I have to fucking see to begin with. Really pissed with my workshop lighting
Love these ancient electrical bits
I have a lot of old porcelain components. I have some porcelain fuse blocks for screw in and cartridge fuses and some old knife switches with slate backs from an old factory. When I rewired my house, I saved some of the old cloth wiring that still had good intact insulation. They used to tin the copper wires back then because all splices were soldered. Solder, then wrap with rubber friction tape then regular cloth tape. Then wire nuts replaced all of this.
Yeah I just now realized this winter that all the old wire was tinned, it solders so well.
Yay! Its snowing outside here in ohio so glad i get to watch this now thank you
Lovely old switch and lamp holder, and the antique bulb is just wonderful. You really could use an ultrasonic cleaner, they work wonders when restoring vintage parts.
I could try electrochemical rust removal myself someday.
Be careful with using grease close to the contacts. It probably won't be a problem here, but if it was a good few amperes, the arcing could start a fire.
I definitely wouldn't want to have any exposed mains contacts.
This grease is designed for electrical contacts though
Contact adhesive. Cheap and good. Use it all the time to connect dissimilar materials all the time.
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What power supply are you using 🤔
Thats for an upcoming video
Order the cloth covered wire from snakehead vintage. I restore old radios and Mother's Chrome polish seems to work.
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You can mig stainless with carbon steel wire all day, works good. (Assuming a non critical structural application) The downside is will not have the corrosion resistance at the weld. You can also run stainless mig wire with c25 or trimix gas with good results.
Honestly I've never tried it, so that's good to know.
You should use pva wood glue
I would use some 3m spray glue for the felt. You don’t have an auto darkening welding helmet? They have come down a lot on price from when they first came out. You will drive yourself nuts trying to fit up something with a tig; your mig welder would be alot more forgiving. It adds metal right from the initial start. Your tig actually has to melt the base metal before you can add filler. True, you can fuse flat pieces together without filler, but you have more metal to work with, and you dont lose the fit up like when you were trying to build the thin wire cage.
I've been using the same welding helmet I got on my 10th birthday all this time. I did order a nos Optrel helmet but it doesnt have the auto-darkening feature, again I'll just have to put a shade 10 in it.
Also this wire was stainless steel, no mig welding this. Ive had good luck with tig welding just the metal in place but the issue is I have to fucking see to begin with. Really pissed with my workshop lighting
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Thats the best way to mount projects and tools. Where does one find heavy guage braided cotton wire?