Federal Model 2 Restoration
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 7:39 pm
This is the restoration of my Federal Sign and Signal Model 2 air raid siren. I bought it for $100. I don't know what year it is. If anyone has any questions about the restoration just ask, I'll try to answer them the best I can. I'll eventually post videos of it running..
This is how it originally looked...
I wire wheeled the housing. I'm on budget so sandblasting wasn't really an option.
I primed and painted the housing. I used Rustoleum Sunburst yellow. It matches my Civil Defense survey meters very well. I also got (2) 3" Civil Defense decals for it that are on each side. I wish I was able to clean up the ID plate but I don't wanna ruin it.
I took apart the siren. It came apart fairly easily. I had to use an impact gun on the legs. I cleaned it up, primed and painted all the parts. I used gloss smoke gray and gloss black. The bearings were in good shape so I just repacked them.
Put the legs back together..
This is what it looks like now.. I used all new hardware
The siren with the intake cone. I still have to weld up the holes and paint it. I'll post pictures when I'm done with it.
Here's the siren next to the housing.
This is how it originally looked...
I wire wheeled the housing. I'm on budget so sandblasting wasn't really an option.
I primed and painted the housing. I used Rustoleum Sunburst yellow. It matches my Civil Defense survey meters very well. I also got (2) 3" Civil Defense decals for it that are on each side. I wish I was able to clean up the ID plate but I don't wanna ruin it.
I took apart the siren. It came apart fairly easily. I had to use an impact gun on the legs. I cleaned it up, primed and painted all the parts. I used gloss smoke gray and gloss black. The bearings were in good shape so I just repacked them.
Put the legs back together..
This is what it looks like now.. I used all new hardware
The siren with the intake cone. I still have to weld up the holes and paint it. I'll post pictures when I'm done with it.
Here's the siren next to the housing.
