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Pouring Silicone to make a mold

Silicone Mold Makes a Surprisingly Accurate Vintage Car Part

1 Comment / All Projects, Carnival Ride Restoration / Pete Rondeau

I need 5 matching hood ornaments for our restoration project so I attempt to reproduce them with silicone molds and urethane castings.

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3D printed storage containers

3D Printing Affordable Workshop Storage Can I Really Save 80%

4 Comments / All Projects, Organization / Pete Rondeau

A budget friendly alternative to the German made Sortimo System. Using 3D printing and inexpensive Harbor Freight cases. Same flexibility for 1/5 the price.

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Lathe Steady Rest

Steady Rest Build for the Clausing Colchester Lathe

All Projects, Carnival Ride Restoration, Metal Work / Pete Rondeau

Designing and building an oversized steady rest with laser cut parts by OSHCut to fit the 13″ Clausing Colchester lathe.

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Original Lighting channels

Carnival Ride Lighting Repair and Restoration

All Projects, Carnival Ride Restoration / Pete Rondeau

Digging into the lighting channels- disassembling, cleaning, and making decisions on the future direction I want to pursue.

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Eastwood Rust Encapsulator

Tackling Rust with Eastwood

1 Comment / All Projects, Carnival Ride Restoration / Pete Rondeau

Trying out the Eastwood Rust Encapsulator on the carnival ride trailer. Is it up to the task of treating 50 years of rust?

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Carnival Ride Spindle Removal

Yanking My Shaft- Carnival Ride Repair

All Projects, Carnival Ride Restoration / Pete Rondeau

Pulling the central drive shaft out of our kiddie carnival ride restoration project. Assessing the damage and creating a game plan for future repairs

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Right Angle Gearbox

Right Angle Gearbox Rebuild

All Projects, Carnival Ride Restoration / Pete Rondeau

Replacing bearings and seals in the right angle gearbox / speed reducer for our King Amusement Co Supersonic Rocket ride.

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Angle grinder cutting metal

Stupid Angle Grinder Tricks

All Projects, Carnival Ride Restoration / Pete Rondeau

Creating a fixture to mount my angle grinder in a way that allows me to remove controlled amounts of metal from a shaft that isn’t supposed to be welded.

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Dayton Electric Motor Rebuild

Rebuilding the King Rocket Ride Motor

All Projects, Carnival Ride Restoration / Pete Rondeau

This week I tear apart the electric motor for our King Amusement Company Supersonic Rocket Ride. This is a 1 hp Dayton motor with a centrifugal clutch. It needed new bearings, removal of some internal oxidation, touching up some insulation and a fresh coat of paint. Ran into a problem with the cooling fan though

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Portland Pressure Washer

Harbor Freight Electric Pressure Washer

All Projects, Carnival Ride Restoration, Product Review / Pete Rondeau

Purchased a Harbor Freight Electric Pressure Washer to see if it could tackle the peeling paint on our carnival ride restoration. This is the 1750 PSI model 63254 / 63255 sold under the Portland brand name.  These go on sale from time to time for about $80.  This seemed like pretty good value if it

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