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Wow - thanks for all the replies guys! It kind of blows me away to see appreciation of my work, including by people who I have looked up to since I started shaping - I guess sometimes I need to stand back from focusing on all the small things I feel I could have done better and look at the big picture.....
I tried to keep a photo record of the work, but it dragged out and there are stages where I was either too busy to stop or simply forgot. I started out laying signage tape for FSP's and planning how to break it up I only ended up laying down filament tape on some of the highly shaped sections. This part was done with a normal paper pattern IIRC I bent the top flange in the folder and stretched to the right curve. I then brought the curved section around using a combination of Lancaster shrinker, bag work and raising(?-always get confused with terminology) down over a post dolly Lightly wheeled the top part of the instrument housing. Circled area was a little low Then started to bring the curved front around - again post dolly and shrinker Skipping ahead this shows the joints in the top left hand section. You can see which part I pulled an FSP for Starting to bring the glovebox area together Overall dash is just about complete - planning the placement of the airvent pods Rolled and welded a tube to the correct diameter, then made the same tube in paper, offered it up and trimmed until fitting flush to find where to cut and turn a small flange before cutting a hole in the dash and welding in Starting to figure out the gauge section. The top part of this is all flat. Made a paper template then turned a wired edge for the front before rolling to the right curve and adding the gauge mounting flange The bottom section of this has a lot more shape than it first appears and here I did what I should have with other parts and made a simple steel buck which could handle some light hammering to get tighter curves and flanges right I made a quick steel hammer form to get the indentation around the steering column right Sorry, that's about all the pics I seem to have. Thanks for looking! Last edited by Barry; 01-30-2014 at 10:02 PM. |
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geee dont be sorry about the no of pic there can never be enough especially when they describe the logic in which a part was created always handy for newbies like me and im sure even the pros gain for seeing how other tackle jobs .. thanks For sharing
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How good is that.
Jim
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that looks like it was a ton of fun.
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VERY nice Barry! Very nice indeed.
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wow... good work. awesome!
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Thanks everyone!!
Scrolling through my iPhone I found a couple more pics of the top half coming together Needed to stretch this part more once it was already mostly in shape - crosspein hammering over a piece of round bar scarred the metal badly but most of it planished out Getting it all tacked together |
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wowwee! man o'man
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