Oh, the initial scraping is the most painful part, you don’t pay as much attention to it later on, but I’d like to keep it clean.
This is my first tractor restoration, though I’ve previously restored furniture and metal items (like lamps).
My father, whom I want to thank, taught me how to work with my hands.
He’s actually helping me with the tractor restoration; he enjoys spray-painting and the heavy mechanical work (though not for too long), and above all, he loves driving the tractor like a kid, it reminds him of his youth (his father was a farmer).
As for the bodywork, I started with some initial TIG welding tests on sheet metal that was riddled with rust (admittedly, not ideal for a first attempt).
A quick aside: I also made a major blunder while testing the switches, one of the large connectors touched the chassis, melting the two wires connecting the starter and the alternator. It’s all part of the job, doing and redoing, but I caught it quickly, which was lucky, as nothing else was damaged.
For my first time using the MIG welder, I built up material on these battery mounting bolt.
Haha Tone, no, I’m going to keep it until the very end xD; when I can’t drive anymore, I’ll put it in the middle of my garden as an ornament. It might not look quite as nice then, though.
