Re: Henry's 55 Constellation
Posted by Cli55er On 2009/2/16 12:35:03
weekend update:
decided my homemade blast cabinet was pissing me off and i was done with it. found one at tractor supply for 110 bucks!! that is CHEAP! had gloves, light(to be desired) screen covers, vent, vacuum hook up w/ filter, gun, etc....everything but the material. i just used my old material and added about another 25 pounds to it. it is a table top unit and is the perfect height for me and is WAY more comfortable than the old one. no more hunching over to use it. made some improvements to it...added the extra light and since the original light was a tube fluorescent i shoved some cardboard on top to keep the light out of my eyes (bad design there). i also add more weather stripping to the front of the unit as it was blow into my face and bothering me. then added another latch to the front to squeeze down on the front of the unit...stopped the leak and now the when i use the unit...it is so air tight that the gloves will suction to my arms and hands...awesome! i like it way better than my POS homemade one and it is bigger inside too, plus i don't have to stop to reclaim the material...it is constant now ;0) yeah!
found out that the metal pieces that i thought were "sealed" were not...stupid me.....they started to flash/surface rust...so i took it apart and i am painting everything, guess i will be using that silver cad after all. i just don't want to have to mess with it later down the line. did alot of sandblasting and cleaning to get parts ready to reassemble. i am very close to putting the back of the car together.
i also hooked up the torsion motor to the torsion bars.....and....it worked!!! moves perfectly smooth, noisy, but smooth and goes in both directions and limit switch works fine.
got the rest of my tires from UPS....2 of the got lost for some reason...so some big wig at UPS delivered them in his personal car after work on friday....now that is service! i was just glad to see them...i was worried they weren't going to show up and the seller was getting worried too, but we got lucky. i still can't believe i got those things so cheap! perfect timing! Coker classic 3" WW 7.60x15 i need another for the spare though....but in good time.
got my rear sway bar back together with the help of a very good friend of mine! this guy is a genius with cars, you should see his work! AWESOME! anyways, we took those 5/8 bolts, i drilled out the plates to fit them, then we bolted everything up and cut down the head of the bolt and the nut so it would fit in the handing bracket when i put it back on the car. then we welded the nut on...wasn't going to trust it to hold after that. and the painted everything. better than that rivot and easier to reverse if need be.
so that is about it for the weekend. lots of cleaning and preparation for the rear to be installed. enjoy the pics.
until next time,
Hank
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decided my homemade blast cabinet was pissing me off and i was done with it. found one at tractor supply for 110 bucks!! that is CHEAP! had gloves, light(to be desired) screen covers, vent, vacuum hook up w/ filter, gun, etc....everything but the material. i just used my old material and added about another 25 pounds to it. it is a table top unit and is the perfect height for me and is WAY more comfortable than the old one. no more hunching over to use it. made some improvements to it...added the extra light and since the original light was a tube fluorescent i shoved some cardboard on top to keep the light out of my eyes (bad design there). i also add more weather stripping to the front of the unit as it was blow into my face and bothering me. then added another latch to the front to squeeze down on the front of the unit...stopped the leak and now the when i use the unit...it is so air tight that the gloves will suction to my arms and hands...awesome! i like it way better than my POS homemade one and it is bigger inside too, plus i don't have to stop to reclaim the material...it is constant now ;0) yeah!
found out that the metal pieces that i thought were "sealed" were not...stupid me.....they started to flash/surface rust...so i took it apart and i am painting everything, guess i will be using that silver cad after all. i just don't want to have to mess with it later down the line. did alot of sandblasting and cleaning to get parts ready to reassemble. i am very close to putting the back of the car together.
i also hooked up the torsion motor to the torsion bars.....and....it worked!!! moves perfectly smooth, noisy, but smooth and goes in both directions and limit switch works fine.
got the rest of my tires from UPS....2 of the got lost for some reason...so some big wig at UPS delivered them in his personal car after work on friday....now that is service! i was just glad to see them...i was worried they weren't going to show up and the seller was getting worried too, but we got lucky. i still can't believe i got those things so cheap! perfect timing! Coker classic 3" WW 7.60x15 i need another for the spare though....but in good time.
got my rear sway bar back together with the help of a very good friend of mine! this guy is a genius with cars, you should see his work! AWESOME! anyways, we took those 5/8 bolts, i drilled out the plates to fit them, then we bolted everything up and cut down the head of the bolt and the nut so it would fit in the handing bracket when i put it back on the car. then we welded the nut on...wasn't going to trust it to hold after that. and the painted everything. better than that rivot and easier to reverse if need be.
so that is about it for the weekend. lots of cleaning and preparation for the rear to be installed. enjoy the pics.
until next time,
Hank
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