Polishing , Plating, & a Special Pin

Today the lever to open the front hood (or bonnet for our colonial friends) was completed. As you will see from the photos it was in a sorry state. It was dis-assembled and then all the parts were polished or re-plated to exact as new condition. Even the tiny spring was plated and the whole assembly pivots on an exact replica stainless steel pin that Dad made on the lathe for us.