Rare Pistol Lighter Restoration - IMCO 6900

Restoration of rusty gun shaped pistol lighter. I will restore this cool looking cigarette pistol lighter and make it work again. Huge thanks to W2M industries for always loaning me their laser cleaner, if you are interested in buying one you can contact them from: ABOUT THE LIGHTER: This lighter was manufactured by austrian manufacturer IMCO. It was made around the 1960’s. The model of the lighter is 6900 “gunlite“. This is not a firearm but the design is inspired by a small pistol. I bought this lighter from ebay for $10 which may seem a lot but these sell for much higher prices in good condition because they are very collectable and the company eventually stopped manufacturing lighter in 2012 and the brand was aquired by Japanese company Windmill. ABOUT THE RESTORATION: The disassembly is quite simple. Only the wheel and other parts held in place by the pin that goes through it need a little effort to remove. I used a precision drill to remove the pin. There is only one screw