More process pics. The hardware gets refinished by a multi-step process of degreasing, bead blasting, de-burring and reshaping, chasing threads, wire wheeling, degreasing again, and finally plated with cadmium or zinc.
This is after bead blasting.
Because screw often end up with buggered up heads, they need to be sanded to take off burrs, and hammered to smooth them out. The hammering can take some pretty nasty looking Phillips head screws and make them presentable again.
This is an example of a screw after hammering the head down. It had a bunch of burrs and buggering, but looks pretty good now. The piece of metal it is sitting in allows you to hold the screw on an opened vise for the ponding. There are different sized holes for different sizes. This tool is simple but keeps the backside of the screw head flat. It is also indispensable for holding screws up to the wire wheel.
English bike hardware after wire brushing.
These pics are in backwards order, showing the re-conditioning of a stator. This is the after pic.
New wire sheathing, grommet, plug, and connectors used to bring it back. The cloth covering on the wires is just scooted up from the better sections of the wire that were protected by the old sheathing.
Point and condenser are changed out, the plate is bead blasted, and a new outer edge o-ring and shaft seal are installed.
The ugly before.