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    41A Next Batch cleaned

    With some more butty fuses covered in barnacles and allsorts
    it was time to get them cleaned up and free.

    I used Glass dust at an even lower preasure followed by baking soda
    to finish off.

    Go in for the Zoom and see the detailing


    I am very pleased with the results,nearly every safety clip came out
    intact and all the arming spindles are free,and do turn completely out.
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    nice job

    Fine work Phil, you sure have a s__t load of 'em. They look great...Dano
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    Theyve come up good Phil,,not knowing a thing about sand and glass blasting ,is this a slow process

    Any Live or Dug ordnance shown by me has been disposed of by military EOD personnel .



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    Quote Originally Posted by dano1917 View Post
    Fine work Phil, you sure have a s__t load of 'em. They look great...Dano
    Thanks Dano

    Trying to get the right combination to clean,and thats about the best
    they will come up without abrasive measures.

    This is about the last of a batch of 160 of the little critters which all came from the ground,so all in all pleased with the out come.

    Best phil
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    Quote Originally Posted by spotter View Post
    Theyve come up good Phil,,not knowing a thing about sand and glass blasting ,is this a slow process
    Thanks Allan

    It is a slowish process only in so much that you control how far you go into the fuse itself.

    The low preasure glass dust takes the heaviest deposits of nicely,and if you re fill the blast pot with ordinary baking soda then you can actually mirror polish ally if you keep it on to long.

    All 58 fuses in this last lot took about an hour and a half to do
    and all that remains is to be rubbed up in machine oil.

    All the best phil
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    Ah right chears for explanation phil,,you think its a slow process 58 in an hour and half is slow ? seems pretty quick to me and with nice results

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    Quote Originally Posted by spotter View Post
    Ah right chears for explanation phil,,you think its a slow process 58 in an hour and half is slow ? seems pretty quick to me and with nice results
    Thanks Allan

    The main thing is they are saved for the likes of us to fit into SD2s or section or just to upgrade what we might have in our collections,as we have moved a few on to people and they to like the finished article.

    Many thanks phil
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    Hi phil

    What p.s.i do you use for the glass dust and baking soda ? Will have to try the baking soda in my blast cabinet never even gave it a thought before you learn something new everyday cheers

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    Quote Originally Posted by satan18 View Post
    Thanks Allan

    The main thing is they are saved for the likes of us to fit into SD2s or section or just to upgrade what we might have in our collections,as we have moved a few on to people and they to like the finished article.

    Many thanks phil
    Top-ho! old bean!
    Cracking little batch,nice one Phil.
    Im very impressed here with how they have turned out. I wonder if any of the 67's can be recovered?
    If not,these 41's more than compensate for the trouble we had to get them.

    best

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    Quote Originally Posted by waffenamt View Post
    Top-ho! old bean!
    Cracking little batch,nice one Phil.
    Im very impressed here with how they have turned out. I wonder if any of the 67's can be recovered?
    If not,these 41's more than compensate for the trouble we had to get them.

    best

    waff
    Hi Bud
    The 67s are very clean but just incomplete due to bad corrosion,but hey
    we got em though

    Best phil
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