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« Reply #10 on: January 29, 2007, 11:39:52 pm »

Problem solved!!  '<img'>

Let this be a lesson/warning to all that plan to have their press down handles chromed, take it all apart before sending it!!!!

It was dry as an over cooked turkey in there!! I basically took it all apart, cleaned it up and regreased it with white grease and a shot of lithium grease. Put it back together and its now as SMOOTH AS CUTTING BUTTER!

Mission Accomplished with out damage to my cherry machine.

Thanks everyone for your help!

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« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2007, 07:06:39 am »

Congrats on the fix! Thanks for the warning about disassembling before sending to be chromed.

I learned another lesson about chroming last year. If there is any screw,nut or various fastener that you want to keep, take it off before sending out to be chromed. I have a habit of taking something apart and then replacing the fasteners from whence they came so that I know what I need to buy and where it belongs.

I found out the hard way that if you leave "semi-loose" hardware on a peice to be chromed, it will be removed and trashed. That really sucks when you haven't taken a picture or commited the peice to memory.
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« Reply #12 on: January 30, 2007, 10:00:37 am »

Never understood why people chrome the crank handles. I don't think they were originally, were they?

I like to keep the look original as possible.
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« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2007, 10:05:09 am »

Once you go chrome you can never go back.

Love the shine!   '<img'>
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« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2007, 10:14:23 am »

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Once you go chrome you can never go back.

Your alias isn't "chromedong" is it?
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« Reply #15 on: January 30, 2007, 10:17:14 am »

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Never understood why people chrome the crank handles. I don't think they were originally, were they?

I believe they were, but it was not the quality we know today.
The split doors on the VMC27's and VMC33's were not chromed, but a flat grey.
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S-48 DP
Ideal CC 35, Barq's 55
1930s DP Counter Cooler
Vendo Coin Changers (ea. style - orig w/ stand)
Vendo Junior (rest.), 23 Deluxe, 39D, 44, 56RT, 80SS, 81A (orig), 81D, 6 C.V.
VMC 27, 27A, 81D DP, 110 DP
Westy WC-42-T, WC-44SK, WD-5(2), WB60
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« Reply #16 on: January 30, 2007, 11:14:14 am »

I think all those aluminum handles were highly polished.
A polished handle looks real close to chrome but becomes
tarnished and dull within months.
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« Reply #17 on: January 30, 2007, 08:05:30 pm »

Glens right. The 27's and 33's are polished aluminum. You clean spray a clearcoat on after polishing to protect it from tarnishing.
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« Reply #18 on: January 30, 2007, 09:10:13 pm »

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I think all those aluminum handles were highly polished.

Makes much more sense - I'm gonna polish one up. Never tried before!
Thanks Glen!  '<img'>




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Cav 27, 33, CS-55E-2, 72
S-48 DP
Ideal CC 35, Barq's 55
1930s DP Counter Cooler
Vendo Coin Changers (ea. style - orig w/ stand)
Vendo Junior (rest.), 23 Deluxe, 39D, 44, 56RT, 80SS, 81A (orig), 81D, 6 C.V.
VMC 27, 27A, 81D DP, 110 DP
Westy WC-42-T, WC-44SK, WD-5(2), WB60
Victor C-14
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