Satisfying jobs - add a pair of images

[raleighnut]

I doubt it. I thought it was because it didn't impart a taste to and / or contaminate food, unlike copper, brass or steel (until the advent of stainless steel)

Nope in the days before fridges it kept the meat for longer.

 

[Levo-Lon]

I enjoyed doing this but it was my job

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Nice, Silver or Plate (EPNS) ?

There is no way that thing is silver. Silver would be as soft as aluminium foil on an item like that. It is steel or brass plated with nickel and then with silver, aka EPNS. Very little "silver" is in fact silver. Certainly no cutlery or utility plates.

 

[fossyant]

Some labour I am currently undertaking ....
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(this thing is from a Victorian pub, I think. It's quite large - 46 cm/18" in length)

Blimey, I bet you could 'polish a turd' !!

 

[fossyant]

I may have had a 'hand' in this with a broken back.

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

...converting a load of wood and screws into something useful.

 

[slowmotion]

A dress rehearsal for your hilltop Independence Beacon?

 

[MontyVeda]

...it's a DVD rack, made from 6mm & 9mm ply to maximise storage in the available alcove. Can't decide whether to paint it or stain it or wax it, so it's been as is for several years now, only full of DVDs, which do a good job of hiding the excessive use filler in places

 

[tyred]

From this:

Pashley Royal Mail bike by braveheart1979, on Flickr

Pashley Royal Mail bike by braveheart1979, on Flickr

To this:

Pashley PO bike - re-assembly by braveheart1979, on Flickr

Pashley PO bike by braveheart1979, on Flickr

 

[MontyVeda]

[QUOTE 4474407, member: 9609"]Nice job, but was that a choice to run the grain that way on the sides? If I had cut it that way I would have got some splintering on the edge that would have ruined it..[/QUOTE]
I think it was just the way the cookie crumbled with the sheets of 2x4 ply i had. The pieces were cut in pairs with a router against a form, so only one edge would have been vulnerable to splintering. There is a fair bit of filler, mostly around the rebates for the shelves.

 

[jefmcg]

the only metal thing that shouldn't be touched is Bronze.

We're safe there I think. Nothing is going to over 200 years old (probably much less) so nothing from the bronze age.

 

[steve292]

From this-

To this-

took 2 years mind

 

[jefmcg]

I thought the rule was not to polish things like that as it devalues them?

I have the official ruling from the auction house that will be valuing it.

"Please feel free to clean the silver plate/ sterling silver, it will be more attractive to buyers clean , however I know it can be very time consuming so if you run out of time, don’t stress too much."

It's going to be a big chore, luckily a friend has volunteered to help. There are 3 of these meat covers and a lots more besides. Sadly there are no descendant in my branch of the family, and my cousins will have similar hoards to pass on to their kids, so it's mostly off to auction.

 

[raleighnut]

We're safe there I think. Nothing is going to over 200 years old (probably much less) so nothing from the bronze age.

 

[Salty seadog]

[QUOTE 4474357, member: 76"]I really enjoyed turning a pair of these.........

Into a pair of these..........

It took ages, and when I left the Army I bought them home with me. I sometimes polish my work shoes to near this standard just because I can![/QUOTE]

Hot spoon?