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by **khardy** on Sun Dec 30, 2012 3:37 pm

Hi Folks,

When traffic lights such as the CH TSW 443 and DT Art Deco we are working on left the Crouse-Hinds factory, what parts were left unpainted?

Examples?:
Door Levers and screw latches
Brass Acorn Nuts on the rods holding frame together
Screws holding doors to the frame

Cheers!

by **jab8356** on Sun Dec 30, 2012 3:47 pm

All of the CH signals that I have ever received had the levers painted and the acorn nuts. People who restore them like to put brass acorn nuts on though and not paint them.

by **vaughn** on Sun Dec 30, 2012 4:33 pm

Jerry's right, The CH type D i recived had a coat of green paint on everything including the nuts and screws. After polishing the brass nuts and rods I put a coat of poly urethan on them to keep the shine. The only reason I didn't paint the brass is because I like the look but I'm sure in the factory they'd slam it together and run it threw the paint booth.
I wonder how fast CH could make a traffic light in the factory? :scratch:

by **signal man619** on Sun Dec 30, 2012 4:52 pm

Ive seen a few new old stock CH 4 ways without paint on the acorns but the acorns were brass

by **khardy** on Sun Dec 30, 2012 6:29 pm

vaughn wrote:Jerry's right, The CH type D i recived had a coat of green paint on everything including the nuts and screws. .......... I'm sure in the factory they'd slam it together and run it threw the paint booth.

Hi Jerry and Vaughn,

An observation I made when disassembling the TSW 443 was where each part/panel/top/bottom connected to another piece, the original green paint was intact. These were areas that were not exposed to light or the elements. Other areas that were exposed internally and externally had a total of three coats of paint. First being the original green, then a coat of yellow and the last green again. The accorn/cap nuts and the screw latches had only the yellow paint with green on top. This leads me to beleive that at the factory, each part or component was painted separately before assembly.

Cheers!

by **Old-Timer** on Sun Dec 30, 2012 8:18 pm

I have never seen the inside portion of the deco door latches factory painted!

by **LarryC39** on Sun Dec 30, 2012 9:33 pm

IMO...

ALL Screws, the inside tab of the door latch, and the acorns weren't painted. BUT the tie rods were painted.

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