Yay! It looks amazing, was just so happy to have a new video of yours to watch! I understand how life can get crazy, glad you made the time to share this with us!
Just found your channel and I’m obsessed! You know your stuff my friend! Would love a video about what vintage machines are capable of more heavy duty sewing.
Hi Bob thank you for all your videos I share your passion for these machines myself I have maybe a hack I could share I put the face plate in all most boiling water and oxidi clean works very well for me thank you again
Great to see you again, I was wondering how you were as you had not put a video up for a while, look after yourself and your wife. We need your expertise and the easy way you explain stuff.😊
Thank you for all your videos, they're a superb source of accessible information and I'm very grateful to you. I also watch Marie and enjoy her resurrecting the decal dead ethos. Last year I was gifted a buried in the garden 66k, luckily being Australia with mostly hydrophobic sand, the rust is surprisingly minimal with only the bobbin area looking total cactus....but one never knows until tried. Methinks it'll take more than a polishing wheel 😂 and unlike Marie, my scepticism is well founded. I promise not to send it to you 😅 Lastly, sorry life gave you a curve ball, it sucks. Shame we can't just apply polishing compound to brighten the dark things up. All the best, Bec.
You surely have been missed. I do so enjoy how you explain things, your quirky way of saying things, and your mastery of repair and shine. Thanks Bob. Have a super day! 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
I appreciate you sharing your process and the tools you used in restoring Marie’s faceplate. I’m so impressed with how much you were able to restore the faceplate to its former beauty. Extremely well done! When you said, “I’m going to take my end nippers, not my wife’s expensive new end nippers, but my end nippers” I laughed so hard!!!!!!!!! I guess we all have certain tools we’re precious about. Clearly the end nippers are your wife’s favorite. My precious tool is an articulated vacuum vise for tabletop use that I bought from Harbor Freight. I can change the angle so easily and it’s small so with the suction bottom I can use it anywhere. I do let my husband use it though. Thank you for the laugh. I hope that you’re able to sail through all your life challenges and see some peace on the other side of them. I will say a prayer for you.
I must explain the end nipper thing... Liz is a professional woodwind mechanic. She works on not only student level instruments, but also high end, pro horns too. She often as to cut new key springs for flutes, and to do so, she prefers to use end nipper pliers. Recently (as in last week) she mentioned to me that she really wanted a pair of true, flush cutting, end nippers. Most of the nippers on the market don't do a true flush cut, rather they are offset by as little as a few thousandth's to almost 3/32". I had a slow night at work, so I took it upon myself to do some research and I found her the ultimate, flush cutting end nippers. They are the Japanese made Wazakura end nippers, and I got the last one from Amazon... www.amazon.com/dp/B086QS4GNQ?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
@@BobFowlerWorkshop That does explain a lot. I bet she really does value and appreciate her new end nippers given the precision she needs in her work. Those are the best kinds of gifts, the one that are thoughtful and useful.
Well Hello Bob. It's great to see you - and I love the collab work you do with Marie! Thank you for showing us how you do this polishing because the difference is incredible.
@@carollucey111 Fair enough question. Short answer, a lot of years of experience. Long answer, solid nickel has a certain look, it's more grey, whereas plated material has a "brighter" look, almost a "whiter" look than solid. Plating will peal if it pits and flake off. Solid nickel will tarnish and discolor, may develop some surface imperfections, but those will clean up and buff out nicely - as it did on this faceplate. Nickel does not plate directly to steel, rather the material MUST be flashed with copper prior to nickel plating. If you are polishing and or buffing, and your piece turns yellow or pink, you've buffed the plate off and are working towards the substrate! To complicate it just a bit more... Chrome has a completely different look than nickel. Chrome also "feels" different to the touch, and luckily isn't found too often on our old Singers. However... a lot of other makers used chrome, but that's opening up a whole 'nother can of worms.
I missed your videos, hoping you were taking a break from burning the candle at both ends,. Apparently not! Fewer videos, more life, we understand. Great video, per usual.
Very nice. Love the use of polishing rouge to smooth and polish. 👏 For a few of us, poor man’s non-marring pliers = regular pliers with 2 layers of painter’s tape cut into a small pad. 😂
Thank you, super helpful! I'm tackling my first restore (Singer 15-87) and just now got to the faceplate. May I ask why you use a stainless steel brush, and not a brass one? Is it because a brass brush can leave a fine coat of brass on some pieces? Thanks so much :)
That is beautiful! Love the shine!
Thank you for your service bob
Yay! It looks amazing, was just so happy to have a new video of yours to watch! I understand how life can get crazy, glad you made the time to share this with us!
Just found your channel and I’m obsessed! You know your stuff my friend! Would love a video about what vintage machines are capable of more heavy duty sewing.
Thanks for the video! Please keep making them! I love your videos! You do such a great job!
Hi Bob thank you for all your videos I share your passion for these machines myself I have maybe a hack I could share I put the face plate in all most boiling water and oxidi clean works very well for me thank you again
Amazing. I should never have doubted you. Thank you!!
Thanks Marie, you got me back in the "video saddle" again. Love ya!
@BobFowlerWorkshop Very appreciated and thank you for the links to all your tools. This is all one step at a time. Love you both too. 😊
Great to see you again, I was wondering how you were as you had not put a video up for a while, look after yourself and your wife. We need your expertise and the easy way you explain stuff.😊
Thank you for all your videos, they're a superb source of accessible information and I'm very grateful to you.
I also watch Marie and enjoy her resurrecting the decal dead ethos. Last year I was gifted a buried in the garden 66k, luckily being Australia with mostly hydrophobic sand, the rust is surprisingly minimal with only the bobbin area looking total cactus....but one never knows until tried. Methinks it'll take more than a polishing wheel 😂 and unlike Marie, my scepticism is well founded. I promise not to send it to you 😅
Lastly, sorry life gave you a curve ball, it sucks. Shame we can't just apply polishing compound to brighten the dark things up. All the best, Bec.
You surely have been missed. I do so enjoy how you explain things, your quirky way of saying things, and your mastery of repair and shine. Thanks Bob. Have a super day! 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
I appreciate you sharing your process and the tools you used in restoring Marie’s faceplate. I’m so impressed with how much you were able to restore the faceplate to its former beauty. Extremely well done!
When you said,
“I’m going to take my end nippers, not my wife’s expensive new end nippers, but my end nippers”
I laughed so hard!!!!!!!!! I guess we all have certain tools we’re precious about. Clearly the end nippers are your wife’s favorite. My precious tool is an articulated vacuum vise for tabletop use that I bought from Harbor Freight. I can change the angle so easily and it’s small so with the suction bottom I can use it anywhere. I do let my husband use it though. Thank you for the laugh.
I hope that you’re able to sail through all your life challenges and see some peace on the other side of them. I will say a prayer for you.
I must explain the end nipper thing...
Liz is a professional woodwind mechanic. She works on not only student level instruments, but also high end, pro horns too. She often as to cut new key springs for flutes, and to do so, she prefers to use end nipper pliers. Recently (as in last week) she mentioned to me that she really wanted a pair of true, flush cutting, end nippers. Most of the nippers on the market don't do a true flush cut, rather they are offset by as little as a few thousandth's to almost 3/32". I had a slow night at work, so I took it upon myself to do some research and I found her the ultimate, flush cutting end nippers. They are the Japanese made Wazakura end nippers, and I got the last one from Amazon...
www.amazon.com/dp/B086QS4GNQ?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title
@@BobFowlerWorkshop That does explain a lot. I bet she really does value and appreciate her new end nippers given the precision she needs in her work. Those are the best kinds of gifts, the one that are thoughtful and useful.
Nice job Bob, missed your videos, hope all comes out well, thank you
Looks beautiful Bob ‼️💯... Good to hear your voice!.. You have given me some courage to use my dremal on my shiny parts ❤️😊
It’s so good to have you back again. I hope things are looking up again.
Well Hello Bob. It's great to see you - and I love the collab work you do with Marie! Thank you for showing us how you do this polishing because the difference is incredible.
Is that plated, Bob? Great video! Love the step by step. I haven't seen anyone shine like you, Bob ( I haven't seen Liz's work 😊)
No, this is a solid nickel faceplate. If it were plated, I wouldn't have used as much abrasive stuff.
@@BobFowlerWorkshop How would a person know the difference please?
@@carollucey111 Fair enough question. Short answer, a lot of years of experience. Long answer, solid nickel has a certain look, it's more grey, whereas plated material has a "brighter" look, almost a "whiter" look than solid. Plating will peal if it pits and flake off. Solid nickel will tarnish and discolor, may develop some surface imperfections, but those will clean up and buff out nicely - as it did on this faceplate. Nickel does not plate directly to steel, rather the material MUST be flashed with copper prior to nickel plating. If you are polishing and or buffing, and your piece turns yellow or pink, you've buffed the plate off and are working towards the substrate! To complicate it just a bit more... Chrome has a completely different look than nickel. Chrome also "feels" different to the touch, and luckily isn't found too often on our old Singers. However... a lot of other makers used chrome, but that's opening up a whole 'nother can of worms.
@@BobFowlerWorkshop Thankyou so much Bob, Greetings from Ireland, love your videos🤗
Ps I love love the longer answers🤣🤗🤗
So glad to see you back on the silver screen. Missed you. Sometimes we just need a break.
Love you guys. ❤❤
Glad you are back😂😂❤❤❤
Thanks, Bob! Have missed your videos, but please take care of yourself- that's most important.
Can never get enough polishing tips. Thanks Bob!
I missed your videos, hoping you were taking a break from burning the candle at both ends,. Apparently not! Fewer videos, more life, we understand. Great video, per usual.
Wow! You do amazing work, it looks like new! Marie will love it!
Very nice. Love the use of polishing rouge to smooth and polish. 👏 For a few of us, poor man’s non-marring pliers = regular pliers with 2 layers of painter’s tape cut into a small pad. 😂
Glad your back
Sceptic thwarted 😂 That turned out really nice Bob. I know Marie is going to appreciate it. I learned a lot too. Thanks! 🦋
Excellent. Glad to see you back.
Good to be back!
Awesome brother.
Miss seeing ya around.
Wow! That looks awesome.
Learned a lot
looks good!
Lovely result, as always.
Thank you, super helpful! I'm tackling my first restore (Singer 15-87) and just now got to the faceplate. May I ask why you use a stainless steel brush, and not a brass one? Is it because a brass brush can leave a fine coat of brass on some pieces? Thanks so much :)
That is exactly the reason, a brass brush will deteriorate and leave a mess of brass on your steel or nickel parts.