1996 Infiniti I30 Brochure

I used to work at Nissan North America's headquarters in Southern California, in the quality group.  One of my first emails/reports was on an Infiniti model & I mis-spelled Infiniti (I spelled it with a y). Embarrassing...  Only made that mistake once...

 

Phil & Enzo - part 26

Old & Rough Tool Case - part 17 -- Vacuuming & Cleaning the Drawer Fronts -- Middle Full Width Drawer

Before vacuuming.  The felt is is pretty rough shape, especially in the RH front side...

Close up view before vacuuming

After vacuuming

Something pretty heavy & rough must have been stored in this spot...

Before cleaning the drawer front...

Closer view of the RH knob/pull before cleaning

LH side of the drawer before cleaning

Closer view of the LH side knob before cleaning

 

After cleaning and the drawer put back in the case; RH side of the drawer

LH side of the drawer after cleaning

 

LH side of the drawer

RH side of the drawer

Drawer after cleaning, showing the bottom

The knobs screw out

The escutcheon is a thin stamped piece of sheet steel

The edge of the escutcheon leaves an impression in the wood

The knob appears to be made of three pieces:  The screw, a shaft center section & the cap piece on top.

For now, I've decided to not remove all the knobs.

I could remove them and clean them individually, especially if I wanted to get them to be very shiny.

But, since I'm going for a cleaned but used look, just cleaning with them in place results in a more used & worn look.

Thursday, October 15, 2020 -- Sunset... Picture doesn't capture the orange...

 

1995 Lexus Coupe Brochure

 

Phil & Enzo - part 25

Old & Rough Tool Case - part 16 -- Vacuuming & Cleaning the Drawer Fronts -- Top Full Width Drawer

Before vacuuming

Closer view of the dirt in the drawer

After vacuuming.  There's a worn out spot in the back.  Wonder what was kept there...

Dirt on the knob.  The drawer front has been cleaned with the Simple Green and the kitchen scrubber...

After cleaning

Close-up of after cleaning

Closer view

Drawer bottom

This one just says "28" on the back

The drawer is in good structural shape

There's a lot of greasy finger prints on the bottom of the drawer, towards the front.  At first I was going to clean this but had second thoughts.  It may represent 80+ years of someone using the drawer...

I'll leave it.  It's not visible but the history is still there...

It's ready to go back in the case

Drawer #4 done.  Two more to go...

Closer view of the RH side of the drawer

Closer view of the LH side of the drawer