Cromptons Tip-Em-Off... HELP!

[raj]

I acquired my stainless from the wife's microwave oven, which I persuaded her was past its best !
Another good source is the local dumpit site: park up near the metal bank & hijack the incoming goodies before they hit the skip, avoiding the day-glo security thugs and banks of cameras. I have rescued a few sheets of zinc-plated steel from the back of washing machines which are great for rebuilding rusty Clock parts etc.
Try your local scrapyard, they never turn down folding money for anything!

[slotalot]

Hi tree-frog, , I am lucky to know the owner of a stainless steel fabrication company. I was an apprentice with him over 35 years ago, so I just pop in and raid his offcuts bin.

I made the missing weights out of a stack of 5 or 6 halfpennies with a copper rivet through the middle. They work out at just about the same size and weight as the originals. I used halfpennies because I have 100s of them and no halfpenny machines .

As for the case, I managed to rescue the original back and the original front door, the rest I made from 18mm MDF, and finished it with a paint splatter finish and a clear top coat Why MDF?..... because I had lots of it at the time. I also added my own top flash just to finish it off.

And as raj was saying, you could try the local tip, sorry "Recycle Center", where I have been scrounging for the last 40 years, but since the Spaniards took over last year, they have made it a hanging offense to remove anything from the site, which kind of goes against there prime directive of Recycling???

[treefrog]

Thanks,

I did wonder about the top flash, as I had not seen this on any others, it looks good and improves from the plain boxey finish

[slotalot]

Thanks, glad you like it
check your emails
Regards Stuart.

[treefrog]

Stuart, many thanks for the metal strip and advice, this is absolutely perfect, you are a star.

[slotalot]

Glad I could help.

[JC]

Topic moved & merged - Site Admin.

Does anyone have a Cromptons Tip em Off that they could photograph for me please? I need a high res picture, as I want to have the graphics printed. I'll be happy to post in Resources once I've prepared ready for printing.

Thanks

Jerry

[slotalot]

Hi Jerry, just found this on my hard drive, not sure if it is good enough to print from ..... but it might help
you can flip the triangle photo for r/h side image.

[JC]

Thanks Stuart, yes that's what I need - but much bigger. If anyone has a machine that they could photo those two pieces of artwork for me, it would be much appreciated.