Reply To: Refurbishing Old Points

[lindy46]

I picked those with good rub bars and little pitting on the point surfaces. I cleaned and degreased them with some mineral spirits and used a fine wire brush to polish up the flat metal surfaces. I tried a Dremel to treat the point surfaces but that didn’t work too well.  So I got out my point files and ground them by hand. Had to make sure to keep the file flat on the surfaces. Just filed gently until they were smooth and flat. I tried not to take them down too much. I finished by using some fine sand paper. And then a final clean up with mineral spirits. I temporarily mounted them on a mag plate to make sure they lined up properly. I’m confident that these will work out much better than the new ones available today.