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Re: 55 Wagon Progress
Nice work, that stainless looks great!
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I've really enjoyed following this thread Robert, it's one of my favorites of all the many forums I'm on. Always love to see quality work and new ideas, and you never disappoint.
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Thanks John. I only we could get some parts in to make consistent progress
![]() First off, yes, it's still bolted to the pallet. ![]() And the more I though of it I just couldn't bring myself to use fabricated legs. So today was spent driving a 5 hour round trip to pick up some suitable legs.. ![]() Here's the lower plate, and by my estimation I need about 4 inches of rise, so it will get some riser plates between the bottom plate and top plate.. ![]() ![]() More to come..... need to find a nice bright color that will have Peter in sunglasses for his next visit..
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Finishing up on the English wheel, the legs are bolted on with 1/2" bolts with nuts welded inside the riser.
![]() The wheel is held on with 3/4 bolts, with nuts welded inside the top plate of the riser. ![]() The John Deere lift device.... ![]() The wheel is set up at 48-1/2" ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() We wheeled a couple scrap panels, crushed some tucks, tipped a panel. Very pleased with the new wheeling machine.
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I like your wall cabinets, what's the dimension on them ? the garage door works good as a bulletin board except when it's up LOL
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Sorry, forgot to get the cabinet dims in the shop tonight, will have to get them tomorrow. They were steel wall cabinets ordered from McMaster Carr. Not cheap, but I thought they would be less weight hanging on the side of the paint booth. On the "dry erase board", the marker holder has a hinge at the top to keep its contents inside.
Well I'm back from UK, Kyle is still plugging away on stainless polishing and repairs.. Here's just a few of the implements used. And I must stress, this is not an 18 ga panel, with stainless trim we use light taps for everything. Here's a piece of Delrin that was cut out and filed to match the bottom side of the door trim to act as a soft "anvil". ![]() ![]() ![]() Then a spoon is used to bump.... LIGHTLY ![]() ![]() Many ways of bringing up low spots, here are just a couple of the tools used... This is a roller tool used for installing the "beading" to hold in screen material. The roller has been flattened from the original version, which had a hollow in the middle. A 3" roloc sander held just right will get the wheel spinning while sanding it flat.. ![]() ![]() In many cases you'll bump the highs down, roll the lows out, and check your progress using the fluorescent light tube reflections, and repeat. It is not likely this is a one and done process. Another tool that can sneak in behind flanges. ![]() ![]() ![]() Also used some dry sanding with the durablock, here using 500 then 1200 paper. ![]() ![]() Then followed with the Trizact 1500, then 3000. Then it should be ready for the buffer.. ![]()
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Now this is the class I want to attend or see the video series.
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Nice 35, but really, what an awesome job on those flares! Modifying that hub assy was such a great idea. Continue the great work. Your thread needs an index so people can find your tips easier.
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Great stuff! Love the new wheel.
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Thanks for the comments!
Sorry for the hiatus, the day job had me travelling, two weeks in UK and two weeks in HI. Got back this past Sunday. Tuesday afternoon we loaded up the wagon and dropped it off for media blasting.. should pick it up this weekend. ![]() Tonight I worked on getting the Go Kart Slick hub fabricated for the wheeling machine.. ![]() I had stopped at a local machine shop and picked up a 3-1/2" diameter slug left over from their water jet. After some cleanup work on the South Bend, and a clearance hole for the 35mm upper shaft on the wheeling machine... ![]() I had found this roller bearing (35mm ID) on ebay, as well as this thrust bearing... ![]() ![]() Getting close... ![]() ![]() ![]() Bearing installed.... ![]() ![]() ![]() With slick held in place, the alignment looks pretty good... ![]() ![]() Motion picture version.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwVhZzGkBCE Still need to drill and tap the three lug holes and install the outer thrust bearing.. and then we can get working on the re-skinning of the glove box door..
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Where do you get your media blasting done ?
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It looks like the wagon is being prepped for Australia.
![]() I would have to be very careful if I were in your shop. Apparently drooling all over the equipment is considered bad form. ![]()
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James, I haven't forgotten you. The sandblast rig pulls in a lot of outside air, so he doesn't blast when its been raining for 15 days straight. There goes my luck again....
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Yeah, that's the only way it fits in the trailer when on the rotisserie. The shop is an absolute mess right now, it could use a spit shine..
![]() James, we had the frame done at a local machine shop, and when we went back to get the body done his air dryer system had broken. This was the first part of January, and they just fixed it last week. So I got tired of waiting, before I left for the UK trip I had found another place and made a reservation. Will pass on the details / results once I get the car back in a couple days and get to see how it turns out.
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Congrats on the mention in the new TRJ, Robert. The Louvers are cool!
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Thanks! Should be getting a copy in a couple weeks
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Well today was our Saturday so we put the newly installed GoKart slick to use on the cast wheeling machine, along with the 4" diameter lower anvil. Started with slight pressure and gradually increased. Tire was about 1/2 deflated.
![]() ![]() ![]() The sides (as shown) had been left a bit long to keep from flattening out fingertips, so now we trimmed one side and marked for the bends. The tipping wheel in the bead roller was used to thin the bend area for a bit of friendly persuasion.. ![]() These were fun. About 3/16" from bend to bend....or less. Had to use all the tricks, hem is still loose, we'll epoxy all the pieces apart and then assemble, making all the folds tight. ![]() ![]() ![]() Still have the lock hole to go as well, we are going to leave this one smooth as opposed to the factory's vertical bead to simulate the gap at the ashtray..
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So good it'll look factory and 99% of people won't even catch it. That is Skill.
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One word... Gorgeous!
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Thanks!
Well with a nice radius on the face of the glove box door skin, we now need a flat area for the lock cylinder. Since I had a piece of Polyurethane here from the care package Rich B had sent me, it seemed the right tool for the job. ![]() The lock cylinder hole was added using a step drill for the hole and a die grinder for the notch. ![]() A punch is used to add the needed stretch to provide the flat area.. ![]() Starting to take shape.. ![]() Some fine tuning of the detail... ![]() The bottom flange was measured, trimmed, and folded in the Diacro press brake ![]() The side flanges were tipped slightly in the Bead Roller.. This also gives us a nice mark to show the fold line.. ![]() Touched up with the DA ![]() With the three flanges folded to a 90, now we'll media blast and epoxy before assembling the two halves. ![]() This shows the tipping tool used on the side flanges. ![]() With lock cylinder. Looks almost factory... ![]()
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Always amazed by your work, Robert!
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Nice!
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Nice work and good tutorial Robert.
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Thanks for the kind words fellas.. Well last night's efforts saw us media blasting, hanging the next batch of small parts for epoxy primer, and general cleanup.......which has been sorely needed. So we don't have much of interest to show, so let's turn it over to Dana (the owner) who got these parts powder coated yesterday for us...
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You guys are magic. Thanks for explaining what you are doing and how you do it as you go.
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