mhoy wrote:How high of speed is your car buffer? I've been stalling out the bench grinder so I figured a hand held unit wouldn't work as well.

You either have a small bench grinder, or you are pushing into the buffer too hard. You should not need to push against the wheel very hard. Let the compound do the work, use a gentle touch. The buffer, don't know what the speed it. It is a large two speed, high speed buffer, Black and Decker if I remember correctly.

Dave: Yeah, it's a small 6" ryobi 2 amp bench grinder. I'll be more gentle with it.

Stefano has supplied the two locations that a Tstat could be on my machine. I think this empty thread on the boiler flange is where the T-Stat was suppose to reside. This look correct to you guys/gals?



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mhoy wrote:Dave: Yeah, it's a small 6" ryobi 2 amp bench grinder. I'll be more gentle with it.

Stefano has supplied the two locations that a Tstat could be on my machine. I think this empty thread on the boiler flange is where the T-Stat was suppose to reside. This look correct to you guys/gals?

Mark

Yes this is exactly were mine is located. I was told it was screwed on also by the local dealer for Elektras. He quoted me 15$ for it.

Yes small style /old type in stock

Well my daughter thinks it's shiny enough....



So I guess I'll stop polishing for a while.



It does have some polishing marks when held at a certain angle, but good enough!
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Got the thermostat and the connectors in the mail today from Stefano's. The original wiring is getting pretty short, but I didn't want to take another trip to the hardware store looking for a small enough connector for the heating element that still fits the 12 gauge wire. So to make it fit I rotated the melamine protector to have the wire exit at the top (not ideal since water could get into the cup). I had hoped for a resettable thermostat, but it looks to be a $20 one shot deal. Still, way better than not having it connected in line. Here is a shot looking down at it.



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Relocated the name plate to inside.



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As in page 1 before I started on this journey...



and now as she is almost finished. I tried to use the same camera angle and similar lighting conditions. You might notice 4 polished stainless screw where the name plate used to be.



I'll be saving the Elektra name plate until I'm almost ready to install her, which will give me plenty of time to do a good job.
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Wow, beautiful work! Thanks for sharing the journey, I have really enjoyed the trip.

I've been following along and its great to see it shine! Fantastic job on a classic beauty.