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  1. Shangas

    Golden Era Things You've Revived Or Repaired For Use

    Very nice. You can really see the difference in the base.
  2. Shangas

    Aussies restoring WWII "Matilda" tank

    http://www.msn.com/en-au/video/watch/wwii-tank-found-in-nsw-paddock/vi-AAao8Uc?ocid=mailsignout
  3. Shangas

    Golden Era Things You've Revived Or Repaired For Use

    You put far too much confidence in my abilities, James. I do have another writing-slope to restore, and that one isn't nearly as simple as this one!!
  4. Shangas

    Home Office Transformation (from new to old)

    Hi Mike!! Me too!!
  5. Shangas

    Golden Era Things You've Revived Or Repaired For Use

    Not quite GE. But I bought this train-wreck of a writing-slope while on a trip to the country... Now, it looks like this... Repairs Done... Replaced the Aide Memoire. Repaired the inkstand and pen-rest. Glued the inkwell back together. Reassembled the inkstand and pen-rest...
  7. Shangas

    Restaurant Hat Issues

    Unless there's somewhere to put it, or if it's uncomfortable - my hat stays on.
  8. Shangas

    What are you listening to?

    Currently listening to one of my favourite pieces of music... "Manhattan Serenade". The instrumental version, recorded by Louis Alter, in 1928... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EAIBZRzw40
  9. Shangas

    What Have You Acquired From Family?

    I just love how the largest two jars are Tea and Sugar. The two most important household dietary staples!!
  10. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    I love the pens and the cigarette lighter. That thing is MASSIVE!!
  11. Shangas

    Restoring Clocks that My Father Built

    Find a good one, explain what's going on, and find out what he does to clean it and get it running. It typically means pulling the clock apart, cleaning all the gears and axles, reassembling the clock, lubricating the necessary moving parts, and then winding the clock and checking accuracy. Same...
  13. Shangas

    Restoring Clocks that My Father Built

    It's impossible to overwind a watch or clock. If you LITERALLY overwound one, then the whole winding mechanism would snap and explode and the mainspring would unwind at the speed of light and the whole clock would be destroyed. It's simply gummed up with dust and dried oil. Take it to a...
  14. Shangas

    Post New Hats Here!

    For $7, I bought an Ede & Ravenscroft mortarboard cap at a thrift-shop today. One day if I ever attend a costume-party, I can go as an oldschool headmaster. Now all I need is a bamboo cane...
  15. Shangas

    Gentlemen, show us what you've made!

    I made this, for a pair of 1885 Mother-of-Pearl LeMaire theater-glasses...
  16. Shangas

    Let's See Your Watches! The Vintage Watch Thread.

    What a lovely watch!! Yours is beautiful too, Big Man. What does the inside look like?
  17. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    No, I just got these four.
  19. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    The big long fat one on the left is from the 1800s. It was sold to me as a 'carriage warmer'. i.e.: You fill it with boiling water. Wrap it up, load it on a carriage and it'd keep you warm during the journey. It holds a LOT of water. Almost three liters. Or about five and a half pints.
  20. Shangas

    Show us your Thrift and/or yard sale finds

    Mr. G., your typewriter is most likely prewar. 1920s-1930s. So about 80-90 years old. Continental was a big German manufacturer of typewriters. My latest purchase (third along from the left). Antique copper hot-water bottle.
  21. Shangas

    2 manmade pies

    I've made apple pies and custard tarts with success. It's fun. Takes a while, but it's fun.
  22. Shangas

    The Ongoing Saga of the Writing Slope

    "Shhhhh!! I'm huntin' antiques!"
  23. Shangas

    The Ongoing Saga of the Writing Slope

    Oh Lookee. Another one to fix up...

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