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<blockquote data-quote="Marcus Bowden" data-source="post: 120185" data-attributes="member: 3287"><p>You can just imagine how Mr Vincent felt when sets of C/cases all machined up bolted together, blanks put on all the apertures, then submerged in water and an airline connected to pressurise the C/cases, then they revealed if they were porous or not before filling them up with parts, He had literally hundreds of them until they devised a way to seal them with shellac by putting them in a vat of it and pulling a vacuum sucking out the air then releasing it and the shellac was drawn into the cases. after cleaning and all threaded holes re-tapped yellow chromate was applied on the outside then stoved enamelled, he told me he didn't make much on shadows as the work involved was so much. Typical manufacturer, having a poor product which he had to sell, made in go faster adding a few choice distinctive components. It was certainly an experience meeting him so often as I did with the stem of bananas and an Ltr bottle of whisky, only ever taking a couple of hands of bananas but always kept the full bottle of whisky.</p><p> Never painting "D" cases as they didn't require it die-cast.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marcus Bowden, post: 120185, member: 3287"] You can just imagine how Mr Vincent felt when sets of C/cases all machined up bolted together, blanks put on all the apertures, then submerged in water and an airline connected to pressurise the C/cases, then they revealed if they were porous or not before filling them up with parts, He had literally hundreds of them until they devised a way to seal them with shellac by putting them in a vat of it and pulling a vacuum sucking out the air then releasing it and the shellac was drawn into the cases. after cleaning and all threaded holes re-tapped yellow chromate was applied on the outside then stoved enamelled, he told me he didn't make much on shadows as the work involved was so much. Typical manufacturer, having a poor product which he had to sell, made in go faster adding a few choice distinctive components. It was certainly an experience meeting him so often as I did with the stem of bananas and an Ltr bottle of whisky, only ever taking a couple of hands of bananas but always kept the full bottle of whisky. Never painting "D" cases as they didn't require it die-cast. [/QUOTE]
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