Trimming

Life brings us a lot of trimming. We trim the turkey. We trim the Christmas tree. We try to trim ourselves down. We trim the bushes and the hedges. Some of us will even trim our hair. But I have bet you have never trimmed a 1929 Station Wagon!

Sorry this post is a little out of order. Because the trim is our first finished piece. The tailgate wins for the first completed assembly. On the Station Wagon there is actually two sizes of trim. There is one that they so adequately call large trim. And one that they affectionately call small trim. As you can see Ford simplified everything including the names. The large trim goes horizontally across the car. The small trim is vertical. Both are routed with the same curves. The large trim is 1" by 7/8". And the small trim is 7/8" by 5/8". So it gives you a nice subtle difference.

Again because of doing three cars next to the slats this has the second most pieces that need sanding. I know between me and a little help from my wife we will have sanded at least all of the small trim and probably all of the large trim. Because I don't get out to work with Dad a lot I bring home parts to sand. So I am sure the large trim will end up at my house.

Because some of you have been asking about how many bags of sawdust we have so far. Sorry no hints you just have to read the blog. You can add 2 more bags of sawdust to your total. And if everything goes well this weekend we should be able to put together the front doors and hopefully many other things. So look forward to many posts in the future.