tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32779571622885411292024-03-05T10:53:58.557-08:00Woodie's World IIThe continuation of the traveler's journey...
Starring a crazy grandson, a talented father, and a grandfather's hobby that is lasting through the ages.WWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12560235696565228356noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277957162288541129.post-72383368803404880532012-08-30T06:49:00.000-07:002012-08-30T06:49:36.051-07:00A Hole Lot of FunI know there are many smart people out there and even many smart people reading this blog. I also know that most of you would not put holes in a perfectly good floor. I also was very reluctant to put holes in a perfectly good floor because unlike many other floors this one took six months to build, but we did and we like it! I am sure you are curious on what I am talking about. There are seat posts for the seats to go into the floor and they all have to be cut out for the plate and then cut all the way through most places for the seat leg to go into. Here is what I mean...<br />
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This is what it looks like after it has been cut out. We made a jig. As a side note for you Jim, you want to cut all of the holes in the floor before putting any of the fenders or the hump or anything else in. Believe me when I tell you it will make your life easier. We have all of the right measurements when you get to that point. </div>
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This is what it looks like with the plate in it. The bolts that are in there are not the ones that will be there permanently, it was just to make sure it worked.</div>
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Underneath the car is a clip for the seat leg to go into. This is to allow the seat to be removed when needed. The fronts of the seat legs are hooks so you hook in the front and push down the back to hook them into place. </div>
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My Grandpa has often made the comment that most of the modern conveniences of cars can be found in a model A. Here is one of the examples right here, removable seating. Didn't realize it had been around for so long did ya?</div>
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<br />WWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12560235696565228356noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277957162288541129.post-1485718445999509802012-08-24T06:53:00.000-07:002012-08-24T06:53:20.602-07:00Rails, Rails, RailsSome random piece of trivia, the station wagon was very popular for the railroads to use. Because of the seating, it allowed the railroad to move more passengers more efficiently to various destinations. In light of this silly piece of trivia I have another story about rails. These are our roof rails...<br />
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A special shout out to my awesomely hot wife who assisted in this picture. We have already talked about bending these but this is a good view of seeing the bend. The bend happens right over the door pillars between the front and rear doors. There is really not much to the rails themselves it is just a 3/4 inch piece of wood. It slopes from where it bend form the front of the car and also towards the back of the car. We first cut one so we could get all of the angles correct and then with the router we cut the remaining 5 to match. Then like everything we seem to do lately we cut holes in a perfectly good piece of wood...<br />
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There is 7 holes on the board with a total of 8 bows that will go across. Those of you who can do math notice that there is not enough holes. The eighth one is glued to the rear board on the roof along with to the sides. Because of the added strength by gluing it to the rear it is not necessary to have a hole for the eighth bow. Here is what it looks like on the car...<br />
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Stay tuned to for what the roof will look like!<br />
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<br />WWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12560235696565228356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277957162288541129.post-83272460766648965062012-08-19T19:11:00.001-07:002012-08-19T19:11:29.504-07:00A Place for My Feet to RestOnce upon a time there was a hole in the floor. It wasn't a big hole, it wasn't a small hole, it was just a hole. The problem with this hole is that it is in the wrong spot. For I the great driver of this car had no place to rest my feet (although if we do leave the hole it would make for an awesome flinstone car). like everything else on this car the piece that goes on the floor under the passenger and driver's feet is also wood. It interfaces with many different parts so there was a lot of cutting, fitting, and sanding to get it to fit. I started with this...<br />
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So after I made this pattern I cut it out of 1/2 in birch plywood which is the same plywood that is on all of the doors and quarter panels. You can add another bag of sawdust to your count. It took a little convincing to get the final piece where it needs to be. I unfortunately do not have a final final product, but here is what it basically looks like...<br />
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There will be 2 more cuts one for the battery which will be on the left hand side of this picture, and since we are putting in an overdrive there will be another holes right behind the emergency brake. Now that leaves us with only one more hole to fill in and that is under the front seat.<br />
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WWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12560235696565228356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277957162288541129.post-73485814639568530102012-07-26T05:21:00.000-07:002012-07-26T05:21:50.344-07:00Heading in the Right DirectionMy Grandfather doubted our abilities in this particular piece. I can understand his concern. It is curved in three or four different directions. You think I could remember since I actually made the piece. The bottom is curved to match the cowl, the top is curved to match the roof, and then it is also curved front to back to also match the roof, and then it is rounded on the corners so that it looks nice. I have actually worked on this piece for three or four months and now they are finally finished. Here are some pictures of the process...<br />
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It starts out as a square block of wood. We made a pattern to make the top and bottom curve to match the cowl. We cut it with a band saw and then used an orbital sander to sand it to match. It took some time but it fits perfectly. <br />
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You can't tell very well but if you look at the top you can see that it is curved. It also has a slant to it to match the roof. We made this slant by setting it up on a joiner the angle that we needed and slowly cut away until it looked right. And then put a half inch radius on the front and sanded it to make it look smooth. We also cut the corners to match the curve of the cowl. </div>
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So to connect the side rails that are in the second picture to the header you cut a groove on the bottom side of the header and then cut the top of the side rails to go under it. This picture above is the header, it's cut out. And the picture below is the side rail with it cut out. </div>
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<br />WWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12560235696565228356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277957162288541129.post-82233854058231963772012-07-21T06:42:00.002-07:002012-07-21T06:42:40.240-07:00The Car that Thought it CouldSo have you ever heard the story of the Little Engine That Could? Who tried to get up the hill and kept saying "I think I can I think I can..." Every time it made him work harder. He worked so hard he was able to get over that hill. People cheered! Some might of cried, others were happy! His wife loved him! <br />
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I know that this might come as a shock to many people but life doesn't always work this way. My Father and I tried to be the Little Engine that Could. We even used "I think I can I think I can" as our rally cry. But as most of you that read my blog know my car didn't. Keep in mind though we have not given up hope. Like any great business we have just extended the deadline. <br />
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On a happier note we did get to venture to Boise to enjoy a wonderful Model A meet hosted by the great Treasure Valley Model A's. For those of you who have never been to one of these meets, it is a bunch of old people standing around talking about the past, wondering about the future, and fixing their Model A's. In between all of that they go on tours (my favorite part). Some of the tours we got to go on was to the Yanke Museum, Lucky Peak, and the Warhawk Museum (well we went to the park). It was lots of fun and we thoroughly enjoyed our time. And don't worry this car will make it to a meet sometime in the future.<br />
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<br />WWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12560235696565228356noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277957162288541129.post-59288370153716270222012-07-18T20:20:00.000-07:002012-07-18T20:35:32.512-07:00Four Doors and a Running BoardI know it has been awhile and we still have some catching up to do, but we do have four doors now! Unlike the front doors the back doors are curved to match the fender. As you have read in previous posts, this took a lot of maneuvering, cutting, sanding, and fitting to make it all fit together. The rest of the door is the exact same as the front door. Here are a few pictures...<br />
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This picture is without the curve piece and the plywood insert. The hard part about this curve is that you have to make sure that the bottom piece is just big enough to fit between the door pillar and the fender. So you have to cut grooves in and curve it to match the curve to match the fender to match the gap...you can see how it gets complicated fast. </div>
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This is what it looks like on the car. I really need to get a picture with the trim on it. But if you look real hard you can picture the trim and almost the car done hahaha. </div>
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This might be harder to see but there is a groove that is on the back side of the curve so that the door matches with the other curve piece that goes over the fender. There is basically a door stop on the curve of the fender. <br />
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I am really excited that we have four doors now! So basically the whole outside of the car is complete. So stay tuned for more updates.WWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12560235696565228356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277957162288541129.post-50974735366011095892012-06-03T07:18:00.000-07:002012-06-03T07:18:45.243-07:00If it only cost a Quarter...Back when this car was originally made a quarter could really get you pretty far. Unfortunately in our lives a quarter doesn't really get you anything. So for me the only useful thing a quarter is is my quarter panel. Which is done! <br />
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As you have seen in previous posts we got the curves done for the quarter panel. It took a little convincing probably a few headaches and some pains, but they are done. <br />
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The basic construction of the rest of the quarter panel is just like the doors. You have an arm rest that holds in the plywood paneling along with two upright posts. You can check out what this looks like in previous postings. And like to doors it also gets a trim but the pattern is a little different then the doors and tailgate. See below...<br />
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Also to throw in a teaser picture. This shows you basically what the outline of the car looks like without the doors or the roof. If you squint really hard, turn your head sideways, and have a really good imagination you can almost see the car finished.<br />
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We are really starting to get to the home stretch but to the sadness of all of us the car will not be going to Boise with us. Although disappointing it still has been an enjoyable and fun experience working with my Dad. So all of you out there rooting against us...you win. You know who you are. <br />
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<br />WWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12560235696565228356noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277957162288541129.post-18577080259982071322012-05-30T20:23:00.002-07:002012-05-30T20:46:43.034-07:00Don't get bent out of shape<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgizmsnTQkShhNFgj6QE-GHnFCIExvConh19xZUcxoAcuOMvYgoTgtOQdpBa95qnt-Pv5rzS2CV2G9FECvx7h5idMhyphenhyphenC4pXEV7fDOxOH_qILWXIHgEQ4engjXXluB_CpQO9XNLpH0lwdTU/s1600/008+(2).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgizmsnTQkShhNFgj6QE-GHnFCIExvConh19xZUcxoAcuOMvYgoTgtOQdpBa95qnt-Pv5rzS2CV2G9FECvx7h5idMhyphenhyphenC4pXEV7fDOxOH_qILWXIHgEQ4engjXXluB_CpQO9XNLpH0lwdTU/s320/008+(2).JPG" width="320" /></a>It is not something that you notice until you start looking but the front of the roof is curved (Again more curves). With the '30-'31 the door and the roof are the same curve. With the '29 the door is straight but the roof still curves. So naturally we had to find a way to make it curve. To the dismay of my father and I we don't have a steamer box (although you think this would be a good time to finally make one).<br />
My dad had to make these curves for the traveler but it was only one car not three. What he did was just use an iron and it took forever for him to bend them. <br />
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So we got a large pot of water and let them steam over it. This allowed the heat and the moisture to get all of the way though the wood which is what you need in order to bend it. It worked great. After I let it soak for 5 to 10 minutes I took it out and hit it with the iron for a little while and then bent it.<br />
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This processes wasn't fast but it got the job done. There are 60 some slats that had to be bent but they are done and it looks good. Now we just have to get the rest of the roof done so that we can put them on. We have more bending projects in the future so watch out for them. We have to bend the side rails for the roof to match the front end. These are much thicker and have to bend farther so we see how that goes.<br />
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We also add two more bags of sawdust.WWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12560235696565228356noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277957162288541129.post-16576380342675367412012-05-21T11:09:00.001-07:002012-05-21T11:09:57.351-07:00I like cars with CurvesI know you are all thinking that it looks like a box with four tires. There cannot possibly be any curves on my Station Wagon. But indeed there are many curves. One of the most elaborate ones actually there is three of them that go over the fender. Lucky for us my Grandfather had us build a Traveler several years ago which allowed us to buy a bit to do the finger joints.<br />
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To help save the blade for another project we cut it out with a table saw and then finished it with the shaper. The bit is actually pretty big. I wish I had a picture to show you but it took some time to get it set up for each of the joints. So after all of that came the gluing. My engineer of a Father of course came up with a great way to glue it together. <br />
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It had to be glued together in pieces because there is three sections to at least the one that is pictured. Other parts had less sections. After it was glued together we had to cut it to fit the curve around the fender. My Father used a big piece of plywood to make sure he got the curve right for the fender and then transferred that to these pieces. <br />
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So the top picture is the round for the door side of the fender. The smaller of the two in this picture is attached to the fender and the larger to the door. The second picture is the back side of the fender. All except for the smallest of them get a groove cut out for the panel to sit in and the larger one will eventually get a v groove so that it matches the space in between the back door and the fender. This is what it looks like with the big one in the quarter panel.<br />
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<br />WWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12560235696565228356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277957162288541129.post-84176368711195255602012-05-17T06:42:00.001-07:002012-05-17T06:42:41.166-07:00How Firm a FoundationAnyone who has ever built anything you know the foundation is hard work and it takes time. The floor on the Station Wagon was no exception. Many long man hours went into making this floor as beautiful as it is. But with a little happiness the floor is finished!<br />
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Once you get the main structure put together the rest is just putting decking on. Of course like everything else the floor is also black. I'm told that original was tar since this is a messy nor a very fun process we resorting to flat black paint. Although some research has shown that something similar and pretty close is a cement sealer. After talking with a few people it seemed that the best bet was to just paint it black. <br />
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Some of you will notice that our leaf spring is just hanging out there. This needs to be put in and then the floor goes around it. But this little piece is very difficult to find. We have found one but I would have to sell my kidney in order to get it. We also found a company that we think has it but they are waiting for the manufacturer to make some. The only one you can really find is the one for the Tudor Sedans which is squared off and I need one that is rounded. I will enclose a picture so if anyone wants to help me find one it would be greatly appreciated. If you do find one I am willing to add you to the list of people who get a ride (this is how I have been able to get help from many different people and it really works).</div>
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The fenders that we have were not necessarily the same ones as the Station Wagon. Probably very similar but not exactly original. Of course when the price is right you buy them. When you get great deals often it comes with some issues. Our poor fenders were wider in one area by two inches. Now I understand that two inches is a small amount and in most areas of the fender it wouldn't make a difference so it was decision time. We either had to manipulate the fender or cut large chunks out of our floor. Since my Dad and I had put so much effort into our floor and it looked so darn good we decided to hack away at the fender.<br />
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This was not an easy task. We borrowed a welder from a very gracious brother in law. The welder was too hot and pretty much blew through the metal. So after some long hours of working at it and building and manipulating it we made it the right size. I know a few of you car guys out there may cringe but we had to resort to Bondo. I have to say I make take up a job in bodywork. <br />
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I know that I have shown you a picture of the fenders mounted but now they are permanently attached to the car. Here is a few fun pictures to enjoy...<br />
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<br />WWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12560235696565228356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277957162288541129.post-38488589802828748202012-04-04T21:53:00.001-07:002012-04-10T20:44:18.117-07:00You can have any color as long as its black.I think Henry Ford may have been color blind. The one color he loves is black. My poor station wagon is no exception. To the sadness of many wood workers and me and my father we have begun to paint the floor. Keep in mind the sadness is because the beautiful pieces of wood are being covered in black not because we have finally made some progress. I have also begun painting all of the hardware, again black. I had to construct a makeshift paint booth in my tiny garage. It works, its not beautiful, but it gets the job done. I am hoping the parts come out better than my paint booth.<br />
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So now that we have it all painted black hopefully we will be able to show you some pictures of the floor in its more permanent status. And i'm told that we will begin moving up. Yay!<br />WWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12560235696565228356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277957162288541129.post-66268684401162853962012-04-04T21:39:00.001-07:002012-04-07T06:32:05.553-07:00Da GirlsI know that your all wondering (mostly my mother wanted this post) what the girls do when the boys are working. They probably wanted this post to prove that they actually do things while we are out in the garage. But most of the time is spent satisfying the 2 youngest of our girls. Anyone with kids will understand. But because I have a wonderful, amazing, beautiful, all inspiring, pretty much the greatest thing that walks the Earth wife and awesome mother they do in fact actually get things done. They made this really cool awesomly wonderful Easter dresses...<br />
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Of course you have to appreciate the professional models in this picture. They are for hire for the right price. Just contact us. We take all forms of payment. For those of you who are wondering about the toothbrush in Lydias mouth she has recently become obbsessed with brushing her teeth. (This is a good thing right?) But so the whole world knows that everybody in Arizona is being productive heres to the women in my life. Love you!<br />
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Do you notice a pattern here?WWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12560235696565228356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277957162288541129.post-40943538526762452672012-04-04T21:24:00.004-07:002012-04-04T21:46:10.355-07:00For Your CabooseClearly your rear end needs a place to stay. So we have made the wood well at least some of the wood to go under our seat springs. So that my wonderful Mother-in-Law can start working on the upholstery. The station wagon has a front bench seat, two jump, seats, and a rear bench seat. This makes it the one with the most seats. (sorry mom in law). Here is a picture of the bottom of the jump seat. For some reason I don't have the pictures of the other ones. They are really just bigger. <br />
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<br />So this actually happened awhile ago but I dont think I ever posted about it. So we are going to throw it in for fun. Through this project the router has become our best friend. In fact probably 3/4 of the parts have been routed in some form or another. Those of you who are familiar with routers know that they have cords. We thought it was a good idea to shorten our cord. The only problem was it was running when we tried to shorten it. Can anyone say bad idea? Needless to say the electrical current arching throught the bearings really hasn't done wonders to a relatively new router. See exhibit A...<br />
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Yes the green bit in that router is the one that tried to shorten it. You probably can't see it but there are really big chunks taken out of the bit too. So if any of you guys are feeling generous Dads probably gonna need a new router at some point. Keep in mind that we need a router that if we want to shorten our cords with we still can.</div>WWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12560235696565228356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277957162288541129.post-18345839488808538162012-03-21T06:53:00.003-07:002012-03-21T06:54:31.309-07:00Ode to the Floor Part 3Your probably thinking wow a three part ode! But in reality this could probably be like a 30 part ode. By the time I'm done you might hate me more than Shakespeare. Sometimes I wonder if his Mother even liked his writing. I bet she even asked what in the heck are you talking about? I am sure my writing can be in the same boat sometimes too. You should just be happy you don't have to read my handwriting.<br />
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This one is going to be a lot of pictures because like they say a picture is worth a thousand words. Dad and I worked for a couple of days over the first week of March because I had time off and got quite a lot done. Now you might have seen these pictures before but they are indeed different because as noted in previous posts there were a few problems. Here is what it looks like with those problems fixed...<br />
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This is what the main floor structure looks like. Isn't it pretty? That's where all of our big fat butts are going to go. You think we should add more cross pieces? Sorry now we are back on topic here we will talk about some of the details that went into this. So as mentioned before our fender aprons aren't original and so we had to change some things. In the original there is an extra bubble so to speak that attaches to the fender apron and then also attaches in a "z" shape to the main overall board of the floor. Although hard to notice the main board does actually have some curves and angles to it. So we had to modify our angle iron a little bit which you will notice in the picture has my lovely assistant Lydia in...<br />
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We have yet to attach the other portion of the "z" which will be the portion that you will see inside of the car. These pieces will go under the car and only be seen if you get under it. Which will probably be more often than I want to. <br />
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For most of the time Dad worked on the back of the car. Adding the two outside pieces and the back cross piece. The back cross piece is an invention of my Father's because we did not have the drawings of what it really was. But he is probably really close to what it was. He made the Traveler all off pictures, so we should be okay. <br />
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These are the outside pieces you will notice there is a groove. This is for the z bar mentioned above. This way it will sit flat with the rest of the wood. The top part was done with a dato blade and the second picture is hard to see but the upper left portion you will notice another cut out this again is for the z bar. But this was done with a jointer.<br />
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The part that is next to my hand is the cut out for the back cross piece. The top part of it is also cut out because there is an angle iron that goes the full length of the back. This groove allows it to sit flush again with the floor board. <br />
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The back cross piece has a cut out that goes under the overall piece and back corner piece which is the picture with my hand in it. The square cut out that is opposite of my hand is fr the floor boards to lay in so that we can screw them in. The last picture shows you how it all fits together.WWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12560235696565228356noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277957162288541129.post-79067172826378557612012-03-13T22:09:00.001-07:002012-03-19T21:39:27.918-07:00Ode to the Floor Part 2 - oopsI know in life we never like to admit our mistakes and I wouldn't in this case either except I want this for posterity. While our company was in town and we were working on the floor there was a small miscalculation. The best way I could explain it is that we didn't get a very accurate measurement which turned out to cause a significant gap in our floor. Now Jim I know you read this so when you put your floor together jot this note down. Assemble it from the back and move your way forward. We chose to do it the other way which is part of the reason this mistake was made. but it logically makes sense to start from there because that was the part we could measure it from. But like they say hind sight is always 20/20. <br />
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So needless to say we couldn't save our two pieces that go up under the cowl because we took too much off of the one side. So in the coming days and weeks we will be making these pieces again. There is a plus side to building three cars we have spare parts! So although we make fun of my Father for thinking and analyzing and then analyzing about thinking. Had we let him do this a little bit more the outcome may have been a little bit different.<br />
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There were more mistakes made on this car but we're going to walk away with our dignity and our heads held high because we are men and we don't ask for directions. And apparently we don't read tape measures either. <br />
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Because the floor has to be two inches thick and you cant get two inch think wood. We spent the better part of almost a day and a half gluing together pieces and then planing them back down. We first thought maybe we wouldn't have to and we could just do it an inch and seven eighths, but the floor wouldn't line up if we did. The reason it took so long is because the main boards that run front to back are almost 70 inches long. So it pretty much took all of my Father's clamps to glue them together. Se attached pictures...<br />
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For the floor they have cross pieces to help give it more structural strength. So we had to cut grooves in the boards so that they could fit together. Here is a photo of the cross piece...<br />
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There are three of these that go in the overall piece and one that goes on the piece that goes under the cowl. <br />
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Luckily Dad used to be a member of a wood club for the company he works with. Because of this he acquired a few router bits that have come in handy for a few of our operations including cutting the grooves. Here are a few pictures of what they look like all cut out...<br />
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First we measured out where we needed each hole. Then to help take out some of the meat of the wood we drilled several holes so the router bit didn't have to cut so much, saving it for future projects. Then true to my Father's nature he made a nifty jig that worked perfectly for cutting the groove. We used a half inch bit and a plunge router and the results are the bottom picture. <br />
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With having to plane these boards back down we ended up producing four more bags. Man I wish we could put these back together. If we make too many more bags I might have to charge for rides.<br />
<br />WWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12560235696565228356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277957162288541129.post-16284476115949739242012-03-13T21:19:00.000-07:002012-03-13T21:19:09.967-07:00If You build IT They Will Come!And who might you ask came? My Grandfather and a friend of his name Jim (the man we are building the kits for). They were kind enough to bring the car down to us. I will add at this point that one of the neat things about my car (it is sure nice saying that...may car) is that the engine and thew frame were meant to be together. Which when you build it the way we are building it that is near impossible to accomplish. Thanks to another one of my Grandfather's friend Elvin he helped to acquire all of this along with my Grandfather to make it all happen. Both were instrumental it in getting it done quickly too. Enjoy the picture...<br />
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Our main task for that weekend was to try and get the floor set. The problem is that we had some to gain reference points from the car which turned out to be a harder task than we thought. There are two pieces that go up under the cowl that we had to cut down and manipulate to fit. The first side took several hours to get set. The second side Jim and I put in in about 5 minutes. after that we continued to set pieces that we could get the fenders also set. Although that only took a few sentences to explain what we did, this process took us basically two days. <br />
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The fender aprons or whatever they are called are not the originals and will have to be modified and manipulated to fit our station wagon. Grandpa and Jim worked on the beginning stages of it. Might I add they did a great job! And my Dad and I will come up with a way to fit the rest of it together. At this point you can add another 2 bags of sawdust.<br />
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I would like to personally thank all of those who put forth lots of time and effort into getting the car to this point. It has been a lot of fun and it wouldn't be as nearly as fun if it wasn't for the great family and friends. I am indeed grateful to my Grandfather to showing and letting me share in his hobby and for my Mom and Dad for putting in many long hours in running with their sons crazy ideas.<br />
<br />WWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12560235696565228356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277957162288541129.post-38575254703233833422012-02-27T20:48:00.000-08:002012-02-27T20:48:32.313-08:00The Excitement is Mounting!So the car has finally made it into Dad's garage. Grandpa and Jim (the gentleman we are doing the other 2 cars for) was kind enough to venture down from the frigid North to the beautiful weather of the South. They made it Wednesday afternoon, but because of work and school (yay) I could not make it until Thursday. But as all of you have probably figured out I didn't really sleep much in anticipation of getting to see it and work on it, In fact I was up at 5am and went out to my garage and sanded. For anyone that knows me they know that I must have been really excited of I was sanding. So on to the fun!<br />
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Let's first talk about the doors. Dad had gotten these done prior to this adventure starting but I have to throw it in because it is part of the progression. here are a few pictures for your viewing pleasure...<br />
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I meant to do a progression of me putting the trim on but I got caught up in the work. As part of the excitement I will also throw in a fun video for you to enjoy...<br />
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As part of the doors there is a little rain gutter that goes on the top of the door. I know some of you are thinking "what is the point of a rain gutter when the car is completely open?" It is about as pointless as putting a lock on it (some of you will find this funnier than others). But needless to say Ford put it in and so shall we. Here are a couple of pictures so you can see what it looks like...<br />
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Because I know some of you reading this post like the technical side. The first step of the process we laid the door flat and cut the depth of it on the table saw. Then we took the router with the bowl nose bit to cut the groove. Then we 1/4 inch rounded the top portion and then I sanded the inside groove to be rounded since you can't get a bit into that small of an area. So now rain will never get on us ever again. Until it rains...<br />
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Stay tuned for more on our exciting weekend.<br />WWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12560235696565228356noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277957162288541129.post-8902774792127468452012-02-19T18:36:00.000-08:002012-02-19T18:36:58.808-08:00TrimmingLife 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!<br />
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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. <br />
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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.<br />
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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.WWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12560235696565228356noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277957162288541129.post-6075818852981886892012-02-15T20:44:00.000-08:002012-02-15T20:44:30.032-08:00Anyone for Tailgating?I'm really excited because now I can finally really tailgate! I guess maybe not quite yet. I guess you newed the car too not just the tailgate? For all you followers out there this is our first piece that is completely put together. I thought I would show this one in a little bit of a progression. So there will be lots of pictures for those who like pictures. And if you don't like pictures just wait for the next post.<br />
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Because of the way the trim goes on it has to be done in pieces. One at a time. The two little pieces off to the left hand side of the trim are there for spacing and are not really a part of the trim.This just helps to keep it straight and hold it where I wanted it.<br />
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And Boom Baby! This is what the tailgate looks like with all of the wood done! There are three metal straps that go vertically on the posts and also angle iron that goes on the top and the bottom. Which I will post pictures of in the future. And you can add 2 more bags of sawdust to your total.<br />WWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12560235696565228356noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277957162288541129.post-54736938200307226802012-02-12T20:11:00.000-08:002012-02-12T20:11:42.790-08:00Just a Post...So I thought that I would just add some good information for all of you followers out there. I have lots of pictures and progress to show but not sure where to begin so I' just going to tell you a few things about the station wagon.<br />
The station wagon was first made by Ford in 1928 there were I think 4 or 5 produced (Although they are not sure if there were more produced). The differneces between 28 and 29 are minumimal and you really have to know what you are looking at to tell. But the 29 and 30-31's are really easy to tell. So in hopes to tell you a little bit about both here it goes.<br />
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First of all the biggest difference is in the trim that is at the top of the door right where you would rest your arm. For the 29 it was just a staight plain board nothing fancy. By the time that 30's came out they increased the size and added what I would call flare.</div>
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The next thing that it different is that the 29 has a staight roof while the 30-31 curves down to the front of the car. The 29 was just a box on wheels. It was one of the first produced so they start simple and then add as they go. For some they say that the first one is always the best but others like the add-ons. For me i like them both they all have a uniquness that was only Ford. So now if you see any out there on the road you will know a little bit more about which year your looking at. </div>
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He loves his new machine, just FYI.<br />
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So although this made the process easier, it still took some time to get it all set up with the right depths and cuts. It took him a few days but this is what he produced...<br />
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Here are a few pictures for your viewing pleasures. I would like to be able to explain what part of the car these go to but I really only know where the middle one goes. The middle picture is the bottom piece of the front doors. The way that you know this is that the bottom of the doors have the trim curve on it. Which you can see right above my thumb. I guess I did have a part in this process because I did cut the trim. And made another bag of sawdust. <br />
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So our progress is moving along nicely. Still not sure when this will all be finished, but the best part is that it is starting to look like pieces of a car. And pretty much anyone can say "oh that's to this" or "oh that's to that."WWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12560235696565228356noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3277957162288541129.post-63153778881055852092012-01-27T20:13:00.000-08:002012-01-27T20:13:54.820-08:00The Pretty BowsLoop it swoop it and pull it through baby! Or is it something about a bunny going around a tree and getting caught in a hole? Or something like that? So if you have no clue what I am talking about...we are talking about bows!<br />
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The station wagon bows are in some sense much simpler than trying to learn how to tie your shoe. But it sure takes a lot more time to make it. The bows are on the roof and they go side to side. In the station wagon there was 9 of them including one of which butts up against the piece in the rear that is visible when looking at the back. <br />
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To start the process we cut the wood to a certain length and then cut it to the width of an inch and a quarter. This was to allow us to be able to make the curve to follow the curve of the roof. After we had it all cut my Dad set up what he calls affectionately "The Bow Making Machine."<br />
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First we had to make a pattern and that is the large board on top. We cut and sanded this to match the curve that we wanted. Then we marked each bow and to save from routing and causing major issues we first trimmed it with the bandsaw. Then we finished with the router.<br />
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This is them up to that point. And then we used that curve to make the bottom curve. And how we did that was that we stuck it into the plainer. And planed it down to 7/8 in which is the height of the bows. This produced a whole other bag of sawdust.<br />
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This is what they look like finished! Of course this is all of them stacked together they really aren't that big. <br />
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Now for those of you who don't know anything about a Model A or who have never been in one before this would be the width of the car. Back in the day they said they could put three people in that amount of space. To give you a reference point that is a weight bench underneath them. Not very big is it? My Dad and I were joking about this when we were looking at it. When you look at it this way you just don't think your fat butt is going to fit in their. But haven driven a Model A I know it will as long as I don't eat too many Twinkies.<br />
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Many pieces and components are involved. The most elaborate piece of this jigsaw puzzle is the piece that runs on the outside of the floor that encompasses both doors and up under the cowl. Because this piece is quite large we had some trouble trying to figure out how to cut it out without wasting large amounts of wood. This created one bag of sawdust. For all you technical people out there the width was over 7 inches and the length is more than 50. It has many elaborate angles and cutouts. So we figured a pattern would be in order. See attached picture:<br />
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I know the picture is not wonderful but we used this to draw onto the wood and then my poor Father spent 3 nights routing, cutting, and sanding to make it look like it was supposed to. I was just used for heavy lifting. The board was almost 12 feet long and weighed close to 30 to 50 pounds.Great job Dad!<br />
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I know the suspense is killing you so we will post a few finished product pictures. Well almost finished.<br />
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This picture is of the entire piece. The way that it is laying is the driver's side of the car.</div>
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This is a close up of the part that goes up under the cowl.</div>
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As mentioned above it is almost finished. The reason being is this bottom portion will be built up another 3/4 of an inch. Because you can't find wood that thick unless you cut it yourself. Henry Ford might of been into something back then having his own forest. If anyone know how to get me one I might consider doing more of these.</div>WWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12560235696565228356noreply@blogger.com0