RyanSweeney
Well-Known Member
I purchased an old GE fridge this past Monday evening. It was built in 1956. In the realm of vintage fridges, I picked it up fairly cheaply...but it's got a bit of heavy rust here and there, and it had a dent in the door.
Tuesday night, I scrubbed the inside and door. It cleaned up pretty nice. It's far from perfect...has a few cracks in the plastic shelving in the door, but I'm not "restoring" it as much as I'm "rehabbing" it.
Last night, I tried removing the plastic door liner/shelving, but the entire bottom row of bolts are rusted in place. Fortunately, I was able to lower the liner enough to get behind the dent and push it back out. I can't shape it as much as I'd like to because I can't get the door liner out of the way, but it's WAY better than it was. I'll just add some Bondo after I sand the entire thing.
This project will be very much like that of HBT user "kerber". He did his vintage GE conversion in 2011, and it is awesome. I will be using a Raspberry Pi, Arduino, temperature sensors and a Power Switch Tail to control and maintain the temperature.
I have a lot of work ahead of me, but I think it'll turn out pretty nice. I already know that I will use this fridge as my practice run. I'm sure I can find vintage fridges in much better condition than this one is in, but I did get it pretty darn cheaply...and it works very, very well.
Tuesday night, I scrubbed the inside and door. It cleaned up pretty nice. It's far from perfect...has a few cracks in the plastic shelving in the door, but I'm not "restoring" it as much as I'm "rehabbing" it.
Last night, I tried removing the plastic door liner/shelving, but the entire bottom row of bolts are rusted in place. Fortunately, I was able to lower the liner enough to get behind the dent and push it back out. I can't shape it as much as I'd like to because I can't get the door liner out of the way, but it's WAY better than it was. I'll just add some Bondo after I sand the entire thing.
This project will be very much like that of HBT user "kerber". He did his vintage GE conversion in 2011, and it is awesome. I will be using a Raspberry Pi, Arduino, temperature sensors and a Power Switch Tail to control and maintain the temperature.
I have a lot of work ahead of me, but I think it'll turn out pretty nice. I already know that I will use this fridge as my practice run. I'm sure I can find vintage fridges in much better condition than this one is in, but I did get it pretty darn cheaply...and it works very, very well.