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Project for May, 2010
Hazleton, PA High School
This project involved the restoration of four large wall brackets from 1927. The fixtures were cast in iron and were painted with a bronze powder/lacquer finish, which was a standard finish for the manufacturer, The Smyser-Royer Company.
The Contractor removed the fixtures to facilitate scaffolding the room and dropped one, fracturing the cast bottom. Not difficult to do with a five foot tall, 525 lb. lighting fixture. Our task was to strip, re-finish, install new glass, including fitting 32 new pieces of bent glass (only one panel was left), install new wiring (original lighting component was missing, and, finally devise a method the electrical contractor could use to re-install the fixtures.
The iron was abrasive-blasted to bare metal and a new painted finish was applied as specified. The broken iron components were welded and ground. New glass retaining brackets were made. A rotating lifting bar was built, tested and video-taped to aid the contractor during installation. Impressions were also taken of decorative elements and a CAD file made to aid in a possible reproduction in the future.
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