Burnishing pictures

[John Wolkiewicz]

Thanks Sam for the amazing work and turnaround. you are one of the easiest to work with.

[sam bennett]

You're very welcome John. Post some pictures of the finished product when you get it all done.

I got a 1-70 1-80 block from Larry H. today with some more Hands wheels. The block had a lot of that thick tar-like grease in all the cavities. It needed a solvent soak and lots of time with the dental picks. Everything got a blast and thread chasing before the burnish. It all turned out excellent. 







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[sam bennett]

It's been awhile since I've posted some pics on the forum here. Chuck G sent me challenging parts to restore and this makes for some good B-and-A pics. The Reed muffler was welded as one piece and full of carbon. The last pic on the thread is inside the Reed.

[ted johnson]

I am proud that we have someone as knowledgeable, thorough and quick to respond among our resources as Sam is. Keep up the amazing work, Sam! Ted

[sam bennett]

Thanks Ted. I was just in PHX and almost had enough time to come down to visit you, but got rerouted. 

Over the years I've got some questions about creating a more realistic finish for the show engines. I tend to go too far with the burnishing and need to work on something that looks more fresh cast. Blasting looks like crap and doesn't hold up well to use. It's just a matter of time in the tank. The next MC block I get I'll demonstrate with a time lapsed photos. I want to make sure I can duplicate the original cast finish for the guys that want it. 

Since it's been awhile since I posted pics. Here is a K78 (non TT) I did for myself recently. By far the dirtiest IAME engine I've seen on the outside. Inside was a GEM!













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[sam bennett]

edited IAME above.

[ted johnson]

Sam, it looks very good. Actually, Nils down at Resto Cycle vapor blasting does a very solid job of making castings look original. I knew I wanted to paint the very nice CT wheels that George Sellon so kindly gave me, so I figured I'd try Nils' technique instead of the "much-better-than-new" Sam technique. There used to be another vapor blast shop in Santa Fe, NM. I used them to do the 610 parts that were on the Libberton I bought from Vince. The parts look pretty good, maybe a little too shiny. Nils does a better job of not overdoing it. Here's a pic of the 610 pieces as done by the New Mexico shop. Ted

[sam bennett]

It's been a long time since I've posted here. I've quite a few jobs but mostly for mini-bike guys. Here is a recent Dyna Drive from Ted Johnson. They were in great shape before.
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I should've taken pics, but I've done a few more Komets and more MC parts for Karl.

Here was a messy one for Ted Tine.


With a torch it's fairly easy to burn gummy carbon. It will sustain it's own combustion once hot enough. Then you can blast it out.

[sam bennett]

Bobby M. in MS and I have been working back an forth on burnishing because I wanted one of his Power Products engines.  Here are some pics of some recent stuff for him. The white ba1ance is thrown off by how bright the sprocket hubs turned out.



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[sam bennett]

Here is the AH58 I got from Bobby and wanted to see what would burnish up. I come to find out the cases are magnesium!
Everything was disassembled and blasted before burnishing.