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I measured in from either end <>marked<> measured in from side, allowed for hinge to open without catching lid on the base (back)<marked>dimple punch cross marks . THEN use a small brad and tap it...

buggared up the border went off line when I was doing the scolloping with the chisel, got the router out,. had stop in the wrong place and took a little nipple out of one side, have to try...

I have been useing super glue, I scuff the tube pretty well, run the glue in while slowly turning the blank, push the tube into a1/4<>3/8 slice of carrot(not as wet as spud) run a bit of glue over...

as you can see I have progressed a little more, think I may have doubled up on a pic. or two. I've swaped and changed things a bit as I've gone along, shifted the tractorto the other shed then made...

Have started another carving, it is in QLD. Cowrie, and taken off a drawing of "Jolliff's" (sheds) at "camphill" station near Rylstone NSW. I find the cowrie good to carve being straight grained,...

have taken off the larger bit on the right hand side, and the background is fixed for strength has section cut out to get at the batteries:)CD.

Thank you RV, I most likely will try another, although next time I will try and get the spelling right in the title, as my grandson pointed out . " Gee grand-dad that bloke is from "CANADA", this...

Yes, the reason that I left that larger part at the bottom was for strength to the frame while carving and I have't yet decided on the background, weather to leave it as is, or to just have a white ...

YES WELL.I'm afraid that I had already made it into the clock, before I got back to read your comments fella's. as I have not added the numbers, I don't think that it detracts from the carving, HOW...

as you can see I've not smoothed it, and added a bit of burning around the edges for a bit of contrast, as for the (sort of) well I have a heap of carvings hanging up on the walls here at home...

Hi Arron, I have a question, While watching antique Road show one of the experts mentioned in passing that when you use coloured veneer that it is called?????. IT was then that my wife spoke and I...

285989285990haveing another go at a bit of carving, this one is in jeletoun, and is of the horseman going down the hill after the wild bush horses,I have done a couple like it before, but this one...

crash hot job. loooove the wood work,those wheel are grouse:2tsup:CD.

Enjoy

like to see something you've made when your fairdinkum:U CD

looking good, makes it hard when you don't have the right gear to make it with ,but the finished product will be all that much more appreciated
when the father inlaw unwraps it next march. ...

Yes Hermit I got the lights working but have to use the garden light (controlbox?) with the photo cell blocked off to make them work. I dont know how to wire it up with out it. the Photo's look...

finaly:U photos speak for themselves, not real happy with the finished item,:no: but its not to bad, forgot the body lifts off , held in place with magnets, will post other pics tomorrow CD.

carbatec have some small ones , I brought some of theirs from our Bairnsdale agent,"Eastcoast saws" they have a range, mine are small and strong:)CD.

thank you MALB, yep it dose help CD:U

:? Single and three phase motors and variable speeds , An old Singer sewing machine has a variable speed control unit, it is single phase,is it because it has brushes? My reason for asking is I...

I'LL put a ruler with the next photo.CD. here we are "ARTME" it was originaly just the ten inches, but had to add a bit, now I think I'll have to take the front axle foward also:-CD.

no hermit, because I have painted it, I cant get a silver or chrome paint that looks right, so ive made one out of brass sheet, that I'll have to drill, I will post a pic. of both this arvo, I'm not...

We've got door handles and wind screen<> inside of the hood<>a hood fitting<> ditto<> interior view<>ditto<> just showing the extension to the mug guards. nothing is really fitted properly yet, I am...

well as you can see I didn't got with the steam bending of the wooden bows (couldn't do it) nor the cane as it was to flexible, CD. :no:

Thanks EDDIE, I went to the MAFFRA car museme (bloody good display there) there were four different cars there with canvas tops, each had a different set up, an old BUICK had tubeular(no spell...

WELL HOW ABOUT THAT:doh: untill I read that, and went into the menu on my Kodak easy share just now, I didn't know that I could change the mp. size:B THANK YOU for that. CD. PS. See that is why...

It didn't look right:C the mud guards did not come foward far enough,so I cut them off and will add a little bit,also I wanted to try out this <"SHRINK PIC"> programe that I down loaded after read...

I like the idea of the magnets:) mind if I use it on my Packard? build is looking great.:U CD.

thank you Crowie, I have got some cane, from a room perfume difusser, that I am going to give a go,those sites you gave me made interesting reading. :wink:CD.

thanks Hermit, Eddie, :) I have got on to some fine cane,so I am going to give that a go,, Tomorrow (saturday /13th) I am going to Maffra to the auto museum, and will have a look at how the bows are...

with al that sanding that you are doing I hope you are wearing a good mask, I mean a GOOD one, I didn't , just the paper one over a beard, while I was useing my new Dremel, the following day I...

bloody little bueaty:2tsup:you have talent.

I am trying to bend some very small(thin)timber to make bows for the canvas type roof for the packard, have made a steamer out of a tin can and a peice of copper pipe, and am useing a benzomatic...

hi Crowie, Cotton wood is a nice white timber,that stays fairly white under oil and esterpol:wink: THat should look fantastic when it is finished, .CD

When they are completed I hope to have the LED lights working,(will need some advice when I get that far) I think I have pics in order this time:)CD

The head lights are made out of 5cent coins, and the pics show how I've done it. photo's are all out of order sorry:BCD

Wonderful bloody wonderful, one question though, when she arrives back in Sweeden, how will customs treat it? secrets an all

Yes Greg, I wish I had a better camera alsohttps://www.woodworkforums.com/images/icons/icon9.png,Yep the dizzy is brass, (stem off a tap washer)drilled and the lead inserted and super glued in...

The first two are the best of five that i could get of the steering , the stub works just like an normal king pin type,carved out of "SAPELE", with bent brass(dressmakers) pins as steering arms....

Lost order of pics

no it is to be a 1926 packard pheanton tourer, the photo that i am modeling it off is painted bright red with wire spoked wheels:UCD.

lots& lots of trouble up loading photos, Google just would not do it! so I changed over to FIREFOX and it worked and quickly They are not in order, the first is the rear end of the body,and you...

Crash Hot RED GUM, realy like it:2tsup: do you have more photos? CD.

Yes Brett, piano hinge type, the bonnet is still quite rough inside. when I've done that I'll post a couple more pictures' you & Crowie may be waiting around a while for the finished item Digger, it...

Have done a little more on the PACKARD, the bonnets made,the hinges are not as small as I would have liked,& the hinged peices are not as fine but had to have them thick enough to insert the hinges...

No Greg, the body parts you see are seperate bits-__ side panels-- dash board__-and rear section,is cut and shapedto fit and as I said
it is just tacked with hot glue, so I can pull it to pieces...

Finaly got out into the shed and have done a little bit more, the pictures speak for themselves, except I have only tacked the parts togeather with hot glue, so I have an idea how it is looking and...

I found that I was not able to make the wheel like I had intended,:B So have change the center hub. I mucked up the order of the pictures, the first should have been the last. Well what I have done...

Hi If you are still looking for photo's of the chevy go to google click on images, type in 1926 chevolet boat tail roadster, and you will get big heaps of photos of boat tail chev's:wink: CD.