Re: BigKev's 1954 Packard Clipper Deluxe Sedan

Posted by BigKev On 2007/11/24 18:59:12

I mananged to pick up the plywood yesterday. I acutally got 15 sheets of 1/4" luan. So it has a very smooth finished surface. Once primed and painted, it should look very good.

Currently I have 2/3rds of the garage done. I laid the sheets horizontally along the wall. This makes the long seam sit at '56 (48" tall wide sheet, plus 8" for the concrete footings). The Gladiator Gear Track will over-lap the seam hiding it. Hanging the sheets this way also allowed me to hang the luan with the fewest number of cuts, and use the most number of full sheets.

I have about 1/2 of one way to finsh, plus the underside of the lofts. The rest are going to require me to cut the sheets lenghtwise. So those will have to wait till tomorrow. Try to wrestle 4x8 sheets of 1/4 ply onto the table saw with the winds blowing outside by yourself is not a fun thing.

Once all the ply is up, the I need to do a little trim work with 1/4 round moulding and it should be ready for paint. Hopefully I will have all the plywood complete by the end of tomorrow. I'm done for the rest of today, as I'm bushed.