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<p>[QUOTE="Desertau, post: 9830743, member: 86775"]Brad I think your right I was going to sell it back in the 1980’s there was an antique dealer in town “Corinthian” (I worked for them while in high school a little) was the name of the shop I think the owners names were Vern and Gene, we did a lot of business with them. They told me it needed to have all the metal refinished in order to sell it the obvious reason it would take them a lot of time to get it ready for sale.</p><p><br /></p><p>looking at it the metal should come off fairly easy and I have the tools to do the job. Last year I refinished my dads old drafting table for my wife to use as her art bench designing jewelry and practicing calligraphy, I might give it a go one small piece at a time but I can easily see that’s a decision I could soon regret, maybe try using my flex shaft tool and small wheels polishing in place to reveal polished highlights.[ATTACH=full]490604[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490605[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Desertau, post: 9830743, member: 86775"]Brad I think your right I was going to sell it back in the 1980’s there was an antique dealer in town “Corinthian” (I worked for them while in high school a little) was the name of the shop I think the owners names were Vern and Gene, we did a lot of business with them. They told me it needed to have all the metal refinished in order to sell it the obvious reason it would take them a lot of time to get it ready for sale. looking at it the metal should come off fairly easy and I have the tools to do the job. Last year I refinished my dads old drafting table for my wife to use as her art bench designing jewelry and practicing calligraphy, I might give it a go one small piece at a time but I can easily see that’s a decision I could soon regret, maybe try using my flex shaft tool and small wheels polishing in place to reveal polished highlights.[ATTACH=full]490604[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]490605[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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