Reconstructing Eccentric Lifter of a Limit Switch
Restoring an original elevator switch from the 1930’s for a client. The main part – the eccentric lifter – is used to lift the two copper arms to open and close the circuit. It had almost completely deteriorated and we built it around the small portion that was left.
My machine goes “clang-bwom”. Can you fix it?
Our typical work day starts with a client, who brings a box with various parts and a request – “Can you fix this? I need it for yesterday.”
No scale drawings, templates, or blueprints – a lot of the machines we work on are even older than Angel. Nobody remembers where the blueprints are…
