Ron, Jerome, and anyone else who is into 'rocker covers' - I looked back
at the 'rocker cover' thread from last year - I won't even try to
reconstruct that - but - this much I can state with certainty:
I have before my very eyes - a rocker cover which has:
"SUNBEAM" - in raised letters within a raised rectangle on the front
end.
a chrome plated cap with the inscription "USE SHELL OIL ONLY" which
sits on the 'standpipe' (for want of a better description) where oil is
inserted. [this is about 2-3 inches aft of the "SUNBEAM"]
at the rear - a raised 'area' (someone called it a 'diamond' but it's
more of an 'oval') with the letter "S" cut into it - it's not
'stylized" - it's just a plain rather square "S"
towards the rear - on the left - it has two studs on the vertical face
- apparently to 'mount' something ?
I can only assume that the 'cast' parts referred to above are original -
as to the chrome cap I have no idea -
I recall seeing (don't remember where or when) a valve cover with the
background of the letters painted in red - and the raised letters in
'plain' aluminum.
'pineless in Victoria
Barrie
P.S. I also have two other valve covers but they are in dubious storage
at my former residence - maybe never to be seen again.
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Ron Tebo wrote:
>
> Jerome Yuzyk wrote:
> >
> > > On Thu, 27 Nov 1997 03:15:08 -0700 jerome(at)supernet.ab.ca (Jerome Yuzyk)
> > > writes:
> > >
> > > >I have two different rocker covers to choose from, both aluminum. One
> > > >has the SUNBEAM lettering at the front end and no place for the
> >
> > Many thanks for the blizzard of responses.
> >
> > Now that I know the unstamped cover is not a big deal, I want to
> > customize it. I'd like to cut a "TOMATO" into the rectangle, a stylized
> > tomato into the diamond, and paint the raised areas red.
> >
> > How to carve aluminum? Would sand-blasting over a rubber mask work? Do I
> > finally have a reason to buy a Dremel kit?
> >
> > --
> >
> Jerome:
>
> There was a thread on valve covers about a year ago, so you could check
> the archives. Also, if you want to do something similar to the sunbeam
> and the s cover, you would need a carbon steel burr along with a Dremel
> type tool (die grinder). Most of the Dremel tools are types of
> grindstones, and aluminum does not grind easily (it clogs up the stone
> very quickly due to low melting point, and requires frequent surfacing).
> Sandblasting would work but would be more expensive.
>
> Ron Tebo
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