Had a nice Hotrod bench session yesterday with Van Aldershof and Jim Luther. Those two are full of information and I had the opportunity to ask a multitude of questions. They have been a great help in guiding me in the right direction. This project would be a lot tougher with out their help.
I did bring in the Chevy steering column that Aldershof got for me at a local junk yard and took the aluminum drop piece off that he had made out of a one inch piece of aluminum and got it nicely polished up. I used a buffing wheel on my drill press with some white diamond polishing compound on it. Didn't come out too bad.
Now I have to catagorize all the stuff I learned from the boys and get ready to order parts when we get back fron Asia. We leave on the 7th of January and will return on Feburary 18th.
Happy New Year to whomever reads this stuff and hope 2012 will be as good or better for you and me as 2011 was.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Monday, December 26, 2011
Mary's Lamp
Finished my daughter Mary's lamp today. It is actually a display case/lamp to house the Saguaro cactus bones she was given by a friend. The case is made out of hard maple with black walnut accent pieces. Most of her furniture is of the southwestern motif so I decide to try to make it blend in.
Since we leave for an extended tour to Viet Nam, Thailand and Cambodia on
January 8th for 5 weeks, I will deliver it to her when we get back.
Glad it's done and hope she likes it.
Now back to ordering parts for the F1.
Since we leave for an extended tour to Viet Nam, Thailand and Cambodia on
January 8th for 5 weeks, I will deliver it to her when we get back.
Glad it's done and hope she likes it.
Now back to ordering parts for the F1.
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Baby it's Cold Outside
Well I haven't died yet but the build has slowed down because my shop is not insulated or heated. It's 18 degrees out this morning with three inches of snow on the ground. I know, I know, for some of you Northerners thats balmy weather and your probably on your way to your favorite ice fishing hole, but this old body needs heat.
I did get the gas tank installed and started doing the plumbing before it got miserable out there. Sooo, I started ordering some parts. Decided on the Speedway Stainless Steel Rams Horn manifolds and they arrived last week. Got some other engine parts too. HEI distributor, One wire Alternator, Fuel pump. Lots more to get yet.
I moved indoors into the wood shop and am in the process of finishing the lamp I started for my daughter Mary last year. She acquired the bones of a saguaro cactus from her friend Bubba (Automatic Slim) in Texas about 5 or more years ago. Mary asked me to make a lamp out of it and after a lot of pondering I decided to make a lamp/display case for it. She likes the Southwestern motif so thats what i'm building. I'll post a picture here when I get it finished. Should be in a week or two.
Meanwhile, Stay warm. I'm trying to.
I did get the gas tank installed and started doing the plumbing before it got miserable out there. Sooo, I started ordering some parts. Decided on the Speedway Stainless Steel Rams Horn manifolds and they arrived last week. Got some other engine parts too. HEI distributor, One wire Alternator, Fuel pump. Lots more to get yet.
I moved indoors into the wood shop and am in the process of finishing the lamp I started for my daughter Mary last year. She acquired the bones of a saguaro cactus from her friend Bubba (Automatic Slim) in Texas about 5 or more years ago. Mary asked me to make a lamp out of it and after a lot of pondering I decided to make a lamp/display case for it. She likes the Southwestern motif so thats what i'm building. I'll post a picture here when I get it finished. Should be in a week or two.
Meanwhile, Stay warm. I'm trying to.
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