Managed to get an Italian floor corker from ebay. Fairly cheap too, But in dire need of a clean.
It put corks in fine, but did leave a dirty mark down the sides of the cork.
Reasonably easy to dismantle, There are 2 large springs inside, but nothing leapt out when the top cover was taken off. The brass jaws also have very sharp edges, lucky I was careful...
Cleaned it all up using some solvent to remove all the grease and most of the staining, then a little wire wool to polish it all up. Then removed all traces of wool and solvent and blew the whole lot out with an airline.
2 of the jaws have a spring behind them, the other 2 are bolted on with slight adjustment available. Once cleaned I set them up without the springs in, that's when the photo was taken, the springs went in after.
It put corks in fine, but did leave a dirty mark down the sides of the cork.
Reasonably easy to dismantle, There are 2 large springs inside, but nothing leapt out when the top cover was taken off. The brass jaws also have very sharp edges, lucky I was careful...
Cleaned it all up using some solvent to remove all the grease and most of the staining, then a little wire wool to polish it all up. Then removed all traces of wool and solvent and blew the whole lot out with an airline.
2 of the jaws have a spring behind them, the other 2 are bolted on with slight adjustment available. Once cleaned I set them up without the springs in, that's when the photo was taken, the springs went in after.
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