Adirondack case guy
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Well yesterday I had to fire up the 440 and drive it outside to do some house keeping in the shop. Grinders torches and welders have made a mess. Got things swept up and put away,so I could get them back out to use. Seams kinda senseless don't it. Also turned the tractor around to work on the RH side easier. Pulled the RH panal out out of the 4 post ROPS frame and finished up the sheet metal sections in it. Lots of compound curves in the panals, so the body hammers and dollies got a work out. It is ready for body filler now.
It took a day of designing and fabing the door latch assy and the outside door handle. Got it tweeked now and works great. I also fabed up rear and side window strutts out of some 3/8" rod and bits and peices that I had kicking around. I also used the rod to bead all the outer edges of the fenders. All time consuming details. Today I will lay out the cardboard templets on some 16 gauge sheet metal and cut out the rear filler panal. The only peice that doesn't need to be bent in 6 directions. My hands are still cutting, drilling, and welding, but my mind is working on the interior padding and insulation, plus the decaling on the engine side panals. Maybe by Jan. it will be done. I still have to build a spray booth to paint the panals when they are ready. I got that all designed in my head also HeHe.
Loren
It took a day of designing and fabing the door latch assy and the outside door handle. Got it tweeked now and works great. I also fabed up rear and side window strutts out of some 3/8" rod and bits and peices that I had kicking around. I also used the rod to bead all the outer edges of the fenders. All time consuming details. Today I will lay out the cardboard templets on some 16 gauge sheet metal and cut out the rear filler panal. The only peice that doesn't need to be bent in 6 directions. My hands are still cutting, drilling, and welding, but my mind is working on the interior padding and insulation, plus the decaling on the engine side panals. Maybe by Jan. it will be done. I still have to build a spray booth to paint the panals when they are ready. I got that all designed in my head also HeHe.
Loren