Thread: 1936 Ford

Derek,

Looking good.

As for the seat color....seems like black would simulate leather and wood would simulate...well...wood....

Wouldn't want to ride very far on the wood seats.....splinters and the like.....

Just my thought.....

Cheers,

Jim

I like the seat. Only thing I might do different is flock it. But if you don't have any of the supplies already can be kind of expensive for one part.

Bret

Hi Derek ,
Perhaps a further coat of semi gloss black would look a bit more like leather, not criticizing the work, but it looks a bit washed out as it is, and as it has been said leather is kinder to the lower regions.

Eddie.

Yep, This is one good build...... Thanks Derek for the extra time & effort to do the beaut WIP photos & notes. Cheers, crowie

Originally Posted by Diggerdelaney

What do you think of it black or should I remake it in natural wood

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I reckon black looks good as long as some other parts are also black. Otherwise it might stick out like the proverbial sore thumb.

Not much done will post some photo's soon, as I am in the process of making my own 1/2 round trim. It is so muggy in the shed through the heat, even when we had rain it was still unbearable to work in there, so I will get out ther and post some more.

As for the seat the more I look at it the more I am convinced that I will remake it. (It just looks shabby)

Originally Posted by Diggerdelaney

Not much done will post some photo's soon, as I am in the process of making my own 1/2 round trim. It is so muggy in the shed through the heat, even when we had rain it was still unbearable to work in there, so I will get out ther and post some more.

As for the seat the more I look at it the more I am convinced that I will remake it. (It just looks shabby)

We are own worst critics Derek, be kind to yourself.....

Thank you Peter. Now that I have just got back from a weekend away at one of the steam rallies I attended and looked at the seat the more convinced I am that I will remake it. But before I continue with the car I have a child's seat to repair Yes another seat. I did say this may be a bit slow

Well back on to the car again.Set up the router today and got some bits made.

First was to add the curved top to the sides using my router table and also using the lead in pin.

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Using double sided tape put the side onto a pre shaped piece of MDF

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With the side down and the bearing running on the template routed the curved top. Just had to remember when routing the other side to stick the side on the opposite side of the template nothing worse than two right or left sides.

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Both sides routed
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For the trim 1/2 round trims I am going for contrasting wood I made these also on the router table. But first I cut some strips and sanded them to the correct thickness on my make shift thicknessing sander, a drum sander in the drill press and a piece of wood as a backer.
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Run the pieces of wood through this and now have three different thicknesses of wood for the sizes I need.


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Sick the pieces to a square piece of wood as support

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Run this along the fence. I put the paper there so you can see the profile of the cutter. To give an idea of size the smallest notch is .75mm

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After running through and separating from the block, they still need a minimal amount of cleaning up

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The finished pieces with a ruller again so you can see the sizes

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Well it is only 1PM here so I might get out and do some more, untill then that is todays offerings

So what are those pieces going to be used for? Nice to see some activity in scale modeling...

Jim

Originally Posted by Script

So what are those pieces going to be used for? Nice to see some activity in scale modeling...

Jim

The smaller strips are for the vents on each side three per side one top one bottom and one in-between. The thicker one is to run down the centre of the bonnet. I made three sizes knowing the larger one was for the bonnet and then I had a choice which of the others measured up for the vents(The plans are imperial and my router bit is metric).

I managed to a little more today like start on remaking the seat once that is done I will put then together and decide which to use.

All I have at the moment is a pile of parts may have to start assembly soon once I drill some holes

Looking good Derek. I like the mini thickness sander, too. Good idea.

I need to set up a 'lead-in' pin like your's, too. Have to have a think about how to fit one to my table. I guess I'll need to drill & tap the cast iron top. I don't have easy under-table access to put a nut underneath. (Enclosed router table)

Wow Derek. The half rounds came out great. What a fantastic idea. Now I need to see if I can find a router bit like the one you have. Does it have a specific name? And I am assuming the tape you used is the double sided carpet tape?

Bret

Thank you Hermit and Bret

Originally Posted by Hermit

Looking good Derek. I like the mini thickness sander, too. Good idea.

I need to set up a 'lead-in' pin like your's, too. Have to have a think about how to fit one to my table. I guess I'll need to drill & tap the cast iron top. I don't have easy under-table access to put a nut underneath. (Enclosed router table)

The sander idea I saw on another site so not my idea.

The lead in pin does not need to be threaded just a good fit for easy fitting and removal yet have very little movement in the hole.

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Originally Posted by bj383ss

Wow Derek. The half rounds came out great. What a fantastic idea. Now I need to see if I can find a router bit like the one you have. Does it have a specific name? And I am assuming the tape you used is the double sided carpet tape?

Bret

Bret the router bit is from a set I have but you can buy them separately, not sure if you can get Trend router bits where you are.Here is a link for the set http://www.trend-uk.com/en/UK/produc...house_set.html and also individual bits http://www.trend-uk.com/en/UK/produc...l_Cutters.html

There is a bit missing as it is in the router table and set up for some more routing on the seat parts, also the one I used for the 1/2 round bits I made is the bottom right in the box

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The double sided tape is 3M from my local office supplies company and holds well

Anyway A little more done today and yesterday after my last post. Remaking of the seat still some more rounding over and glue up, this time I used a different technique.

The seat and back rest parts, I cut 1 more than needed. This time I cut all the parts from a length of 1/2" X 3/4" piece of wood so that the grain runs the length of each piece, the original is cut across the grain

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The jig for cuttin the angles used on the band-saw, the left hand side runs along the fence the block and the other piece of wood on the left is only there to hold down the piece being cut. This is the second set up as the seat and back are at different angle and the locating pieces have been repositioned that is why there is not a cut in the front guide piece.

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Dry run of one section


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And a dry run of the complete seat I think this one is looking a lot tidier than the first


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