Thanks to Martin putting ideas in my head, I spent quite a few hours today with this view.
The view did actually make me smile a few times, looking at the woodwork shed, and thinking I was really lucky to have a wife who has encouraged me to create these spaces where I can work and play.
Next up I completely dismantled the search light and started to polish the bits.
Being rather old meant that the degeneration and much stuck to it is quite significant.
I started polishing by hand but after about 45 minutes realized this was going to be a machine job.
Just this bezel ring took well over an hour, and had me using my favourite bad words.
Now you could see the before and after difference. At this point I did wonder why I had even started this or why I would want to finish the job.
Unfortunately the buffer is quite small, and easily stopped by pressure from the work piece, so it was slowly slowly...
Quite a lot of pitting, but I will look for a decent wax polish.
And the under side.
The rest will get polished tomorrow or the next day, and then reassembled.
That was all for today.
Looking forward to finishing it, and dummy fitting it, hopefully it will work out.