Restoration Progress On My 1952 ER10

[mickyd]

Sheesh! Anybody else put tablecloths on their worktables???:D

Those be "holey" towels.

[JPG]

Those a "holey" towels.

That would explain the 'shroud'.

Speaking of which, it appears to me that one eye is watching you!

[mickyd]

That would explain the 'shroud'.

Speaking of which, it appears to me that one eye is watching you!

And the eye follows you as you walk around the room even!!

[JPG]

And the eye follows you as you walk around the room even!!

I hope the board does NOT move while the eye follows you!

[robinson46176]

The shroud of Fir-in...

[mickyd]

[quote="robinson46176"]The shroud of Fir-in... ]
Fir-in....Tur-in.....good one!!

[mickyd]

One step closer to where I want to be. Primed and ready for finish coat. I used Rustoleum Ultra Cover 2x primer. I have NO idea why they market it as 2x. Says double the coverage. ????????? .

Burgundy or OEM bluish gray, burgundy or OEM bluish gray.....I'll have to make the final decision on the finish coat...............real soon.

The poll question at the top of this thread for color choice is close. If you haven't voted yet, go to post 216to see the colors then to the poll question at the top of any page.

Decided not to paint the speed changer (lower left in photo). Instead, I'll sand / polish / buff. Haven't started it that yet.
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[reible]

After thinking about this for quite a long time I will now post what I like.

I've really like a few of the machines where there was some creative colors involved rather then the stock original. I've seen the original color on the one I got for my brother and well it is gray with a minor amount of blue, motor had more blue tones, but still gray. It looks OK and if this were going to be a show machine to be put in a museum then I go that way.

I personally think it would be more fun to go with a custom paint job. If you remember back in the 60's they had candy apple red with about 20 clear coats on top that looked at least a foot deep??? I painted a few things a lighter blue version which I'm now lost to remember the name of but that would be a really great look. It is hard to get right and the surface takes days to prep.... and if it gets damaged you want to cry. In this case this would be a step to far.

Which leads me to the present color of burgundy. When I look at the mock-up it is just to much of that color for my taste. When I checked one of my books on color coordination I did notice that a color scheme exists that makes use of a lighter gray and burgundy. If one could use the lighter gray and then make the highlights burgundy I think it might look pretty good. An example might be the headstock light gray and the pulley guard burgundy. The miter gauge and saw guard burgundy carriage light gray. Tie bar and base plate arm burgundy, head rest and base plate light gray. Legs light gray, support brackets burgundy. Motor plate light gray, motor burgundy.

Add chrome bolts for the support brackets and to mounts to the wood base. And if you have casters make them gloss black.

OK that's about it.

Ed

[nuhobby]

Although I already voted for burgundy, I'll explain a little more:

Having some gold-tone metallic handles and a Brass logo plate (this is done already, right?) is a big influence. I don't know if they work visually with grey alone. But I think they'll work with (warm tone) burgundy and any accent-color. I thought of cream-colored accents, and reible has mentioned a burgundy+grey scheme. I'm sure you'll work it out on Photoshop -- paying special attention to your brass/gold parts. Also paying attention to the unpainted speed-changer now...

[robinson46176]

This is my choice as the best looking color scheme I have used so far.
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