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Builds Rebuilding a 40 but no longer in a 1 car garage.
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A spot welder.
Just going through your thread catching up, sorry to hear about your fall Michael. Hope you feel better soon man.
Oh you may already know this but it helps with my back pain. When your standing in one spot for awhile place one foot on a block of some kind, swap out with the other ever so often. I usually use a cinder block or something about that high.
Oh you may already know this but it helps with my back pain. When your standing in one spot for awhile place one foot on a block of some kind, swap out with the other ever so often. I usually use a cinder block or something about that high.
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Thanks Nolan, my back is alot better now. Problem I have now is that I’ve been away a lot for work and my wife is claiming all the time I’m home. You know when she starts in the morning with “what are your plans for today?”. This is code for what are you going to do for/with me.
Going to be away untill Christmas most of the time so she wants to make most of the time I’m here.
Hoping to get back at it after christmas.
Glad to hear Michael.
I understand completely, my wife's away in NYC working soon as she gets back my free time will be gone for a bit.
Just consider this time as time spent giving your back/body a much needed rest and rejuvenation. Once January 1 is here you will be ready to go again. I know, the cruiser is calling. But, it will still be there.
Don
Don
Enjoying your work! Thanks for all the pictures.
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Currently in CDN for work, and it looks like the next few weeks my work will be taking up most of my time.
I am thinking about building a buck fot the rear part of the tub. It will make lining up the different sections easier.
Plus I have decided I want to fabricate steel flares incorporated in the rear fenders.
I already made them for the ‘78 but want to make them nicer on this one.
I am thinking about building a buck fot the rear part of the tub. It will make lining up the different sections easier.
Plus I have decided I want to fabricate steel flares incorporated in the rear fenders.
I already made them for the ‘78 but want to make them nicer on this one.
Can hardly wait, really enjoy looking at how you go about fabricating those parts.
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Just learning as I go.
And of corse taking the opportunity to collect tools on the way.
I was in a machine shop yesterday where they have a s***load of CNC devices working. One was an 11 axis mill.
Like 2 5 axis combined with the 11th for transfer between the 2 parts. Much to complicated for me but realy fun to look at.
It was nice to see they still use conventional machines too, made me feel less of a dinosaur.
Just learning as I go.
And of corse taking the opportunity to collect tools on the way.
I was in a machine shop yesterday where they have a s***load of CNC devices working. One was an 11 axis mill.
Like 2 5 axis combined with the 11th for transfer between the 2 parts. Much to complicated for me but realy fun to look at.
It was nice to see they still use conventional machines too, made me feel less of a dinosaur.
I'm crazy about any kind of machine equipment, or any metal working tool as far that goes. Only time I've ever had a chance to play with any machine tool, which was a Lathe that was on a what we called an Armadillo Truck. Someone in Division HQ had made a mistake and sent it to us. It was on a 10 ton chassis and had all kinds of neat stuff on it. Being the young man I was, went to town making small brass baseball bats. By the I was done the whole section had one. I've been fascinated by them ever since. That thing had a PTO driven generator/ welding machine, a valve grinding machine just all kinds of things. Not to mention a damn nice heater and 4 bunks built into the sides, which was really nice while we were in the field on FTXs (field training exercises) during the winter.
Wow, beats my 7 in 1 Shopsmith by a mile...
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I decided that The original rear floor is too banged up and damaged by tust to get it in the state I want too.
These are the sizes of the ribs.
These are the sizes of the ribs.
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Got some wood to create a template for the ribs.
I’ve had a bottom plate cut and got some strips of hard wood.
The lower one's are still to wide and the higher one's need to be shaped in the negative of the ribs.
I want to try to make the entire panel at once.
I’ve had a bottom plate cut and got some strips of hard wood.
The lower one's are still to wide and the higher one's need to be shaped in the negative of the ribs.
I want to try to make the entire panel at once.
@waiting for time that's way cool.
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Thanks Nolan, I was spending a lot of time in patch panels and cleaning the paint and rust. Creating a new panel wil be more fun, results in a new panel and Provides a learning curve.
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I’m using standard hardwood and a plywood base.
The wood will be shaped to the ribs, not sure yet how to hammer the shape in, thinking of making a wooden hammer shape to slowly drive the steel into the template. After the first rib is made the first track works as a guide for the second one to be hammered in.
I just hope the wood is strong enough to last the entire panel.
Going to make a test piece first to see how much extra steel is needed for the ribs.
Is there anyway you might could use your English wheel to roll the low points in? Maybe load a narrow wooden template underneath the sheet, if you had a narrow top wheel maybe?
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The Ewheel doesn’t work like that, what you are sugesting must be done with a bead roller.
The panel and the ribs are to big for that. A reciprocating hammer would be the way to go but I have no access to one.
What I am going to try is similar to what a reciprocating hammer would do only slower.
I wil strech the material before hamering the ribs in. I will use the wood on both sides of the steel to create a smooth finish with as little as possible hammer marks.
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