Thread: 1930 Ford Model A Roadster - Slow WIP

Nice Steve.
Looking forward to seeing this.

Originally Posted by Yonnee

Nice Steve.
Looking forward to seeing this.

Thanks, mate - so am I.

Everyone else makes it look easy, but for me this'll be quite a challenge. My first bandsaw project, with a new bandsaw. I had to force myself to stop for the night.

This could be quite entertaining to you experienced guys.

Steve I am excited about this build. To be honest I think it would be more difficult to build the second one! On your bandsaw cuts always cut outside the line you can always sand but you can't ad wood back as easily. Looking forward to the build. Do you have a small 6" square? Also a small set of 6" files. Round and half round. The other thing I would suggest is a small crosscut sled for your bandsaw for cutting small parts and dowels


Bret

Originally Posted by bj383ss

Steve I am excited about this build. To be honest I think it would be more difficult to build the second one! On your bandsaw cuts always cut outside the line you can always sand but you can't ad wood back as easily. Looking forward to the build. Do you have a small 6" square? Also a small set of 6" files. Round and half round. The other thing I would suggest is a small crosscut sled for your bandsaw for cutting small parts and dowels

Bret

Hello Bret.
Thanks for the good advice.

Yes, I have a small square, miniature files, rifflers, scrapers, mini carving chisels, a smoothing plane, finger plane, microplanes, carpenter's chisels/mallet, Dremel Rotary, Dremel Multi-Max, a heap of Dremel attachments including the plunge router, router/shaper table, circular saw, edge planer ... (the list goes on).
Larger machinery is a 12" bandsaw, drill press, belt/disc sander, oscillating spindle sander, compound mitre saw. Dust extractor coming Monday.
I'm pretty well set up now, from that point of view, although I still need a bit more gear.

What I don't have is a crosscut sled. I was looking at some ideas on YouTube and elsewhere a couple of days ago. I often cut up rounds into slices for my carved boxes etc, so need a sled to stop the timber spinning/moving. I'll have to get off my ass and make one up.

Thanks again for the suggestions - keep 'em comin'.

G'day Steve,
Slow and steady wins the ran.
Keep the photos & notes coming, thanks.
Cheers, crowie

Originally Posted by crowie

G'day Steve,
Slow and steady wins the race.
Keep the photos & notes coming, thanks.
Cheers, crowie

Hello mate. Will do.

Well Steve you have all the toys a boy could want. LOL. Here is a pic of the sled I was referring to. Just thrown together out of scraps.

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Bret

Originally Posted by bj383ss

Well Steve you have all the toys a boy could want. LOL. Here is a pic of the sled I was referring to. Just thrown together out of scraps.

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Bret

Looks good, and just what I need.

I've been looking at the various ways to stop a round piece, log etc, from turning while cutting. Most use nails or screws to attach, partly damaging the timber. I'm considering making up a 'strap' clamp to attached to the sled, similar to the strap wrenches used to remove auto oil filters.

Just got your PM. I'll email.

The chassis rails are cut out, without mishap. I still need to get the feel of the bandsaw, (this is the first thing I've ever cut out on a bandsaw), so my lines are a little shakier than they should be, but that won't take long. A bit of beginners nervousness, too. I didn't want to stuff up and start again.

I still have to sand out the saw lines, but can do that tonight.

Marked out: -
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First Top Cuts: -
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Reassembled: -
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Cut Out - Side: -
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Cut Out - -
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This is a pic of the temporary tabletop I made to compensate for the bow, shimmed to raise the RHS 5mm: -
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Blade Clearance: -
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Now onto cutting some stock for the cross members and rear axle housing and marking them out. All these parts will be ebonised black, so I'm using the same timber, from the 4 x 2, most likely now to be Blackbutt.

(Good enough WIP progress pics crowie?)

Starting to look like a chassis. Just propped together for now. Still needs a rear crossmember, too, but I ran out of time for now: -

Motoring ahead there. Nicely done.

Originally Posted by _fly_

Motoring ahead there. Nicely done.

Thanks mate. A bit of sanding and drilling and I can get onto ebonising these parts. I'm looking foward to seeing how dark I can get them. I want 'chassis black'.
I really like the colour of ebonised Jarrah, too, sort of black with a hint of dark burgundy in the right light. Might be using Jarrah for the tyres. I'll post results pics of my trials in a day or so, when I get a coat of finish on them. I tested Blackbutt?, NG Rosewood, Jarrah, and Celery Top.

Originally Posted by Hermit

The chassis rails are cut out, without mishap. I still need to get the feel of the bandsaw, (this is the first thing I've ever cut out on a bandsaw), so my lines are a little shakier than they should be, but that won't take long. A bit of beginners nervousness, too. I didn't want to stuff up and start again.

I still have to sand out the saw lines, but can do that tonight.

Marked out: -
Attachment 209799

First Top Cuts: -
Attachment 209800

Reassembled: -
Attachment 209801

Cut Out - Side: -
Attachment 209802

Cut Out - -
Attachment 209803

This is a pic of the temporary tabletop I made to compensate for the bow, shimmed to raise the RHS 5mm: -
Attachment 209804

Blade Clearance: -
Attachment 209805

Now onto cutting some stock for the cross members and rear axle housing and marking them out. All these parts will be ebonised black, so I'm using the same timber, from the 4 x 2, most likely now to be Blackbutt.

(Good enough WIP progress pics crowie?)

Wow, Excellent work Steve,
Great photography and very helpful seeing the parts on the lined markout/cutout board.
Very well done.
Keep them coming.
Cheers, crowie

Originally Posted by crowie

Keep them coming.
Cheers, crowie

Will do.