Window winder repair

We had a couple of these brought to us in the space of a week or so (& haven't seen another one since!). One from an old Mercedes (a 220 CE ?) , the other from an old british sports car (an MGB maybe). Both over 30 years old. Not sure which one is shown below.

Just a few teeth worn away so that the pinion slipped on the quadrant & the window wouldn't wind back up.

Little blobs of metal deposited with a MIG welder.

Then filed to shape.

Vintage FN Motorcycle Casting

This is an Iron Casting from an old FN Motorcycle (part of the housing for the sidecar driveshaft) . Part of it had broken & the missing piece had been lost completely.

After cleaning by bead blasting & building up with weld using Nickel based rods (MMA or "stick" welding), the part was ground & filed to shape.

Nearly good as new!

Stainless Steel Balustrade Post

Here, a bracket fitting has been TIG welded to a Stainless steel tube to form the top of a balustrade post which was to be cut to fit over a wooden staircase stringer. After welding, the join was ground & sanded down so that it was invisible & the balustrade looked like one solid piece.

The finished Post in position with handrail bracket, handrail & glass "clip"

At the bottom end of the stringer post, a small piece of 2mm thick stainless steel sheet was welded across the cut end so that it would be closed off when fitted to the stringer. Very easy to burn through when welding the corners! & this was the last bit to do on a fairly expensive (by now) post.

This is the finished post fixed in position on the staircase stringer