Three legged animal...

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My arm hurts...

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So now have the core brace for the outer skin.

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Yes I am still putting off this little piece.

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I am out of usable metal as well, small pieces are high cost.

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Today was about tring to get the door line to be near the rear skin...

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No mater what I tried, I could not get it any clorer than this.

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It took a bit of a fight to even get it close that.

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Now, Im back on top of the cliff I jumped off.

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Now clean up on another piece that can not be replace.

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This is the best I could get it and need to hope for the best when this is glued up.

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Im building a bass boat...


Its all shiny now and I trued up the line made some, the air hammer had it all weird. Also the end cap is made,

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I still dont like that I have to try saving this edge.

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Since I had to play inside today...

I decided to fix this lip, it tappers such that I cant rivet on it. The far end by the bed, is correct shape and matches the bed. So went about rebending the end that was wrong and get it to match.

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That will only get one rdige and leaves me with a challenge. So I made a jig to make correct profile to the pannel.

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So this is where I end up.

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Now just need to finnish running it down the pannel.

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I have got the bottom edge mostly straight and next up looks to be sorta there.

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Well the tie down point hit a wall and I marked out a escape route.

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I cut out the given area needed and bent it to shape.

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Now variable is solved

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Pulling up the mat, I found more issue that did not look too bad from the outside.

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So I had to cut out more.

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And the post parts are cleaner this time.

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With a pile of somewhat clean parts, I can get to gluing and screewing them on.

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And dont have high hopes of not seeing rust in the future.

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Ether way, Im pushing foward...

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Its dark now, there was failer again so half done. I did not know you add oil to the rivet gun, and it barfs it into glue. So still need to glue the lower post piece, but need to finish the rivets on the rocker.

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Hope these screews will do for the glue to set.

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I got some rivets in this but snaped a bit, lost the second. So there was this road block and having to find out how to get the gun to work, did not help.

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The front post may had set fine.

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Mouse, is your approach gluing everything together and then removing the screws?

 

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Mouse, is your approach gluing everything together and then removing the screws?

The glue is more secondary, its to try to keep the metal water tight and from shifting around. Im going to have rivets hold it together but there failing to set good, some snap before tight and dont have a #10 bit. Might had been better to just had used 1/4 screews and called it a day.

 

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The glue is more secondary, its to try to keep the metal water tight and from shifting around. Im going to have rivets hold it together but there failing to set good, some snap before tight and dont have a #10 bit. Might had been better to just had used 1/4 screews and called it a day.

I understand, I know you think through things and wanted to ask. That’s a lot of screws you’re using, was curious. The factory only uses a couple plug welds in different spots.

 

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I understand, I know you think through things and wanted to ask. That’s a lot of screws you’re using, was curious. The factory only uses a couple plug welds in different spots.

Yea, its a lot of screews and factory had spot weld ever inch or two apart. The metal is putting up a fight to give flush edges since had to beat them a bit, so they want to do there own thing. That rear post is getting less than the inch for gap, since have that extra scab piece. That piece even tho it was bent to shape, changed on me and is not as nice of a fit. All I have to say is, it is easyer to get factory pieces to fit together better when cut from a donor than what I had to work with.

 

[hacked89]

Yea, its a lot of screews and factory had spot weld ever inch or two apart. The metal is putting up a fight to give flush edges since had to beat them a bit, so they want to do there own thing. That rear post is getting less than the inch for gap, since have that extra scab piece. That piece even tho it was bent to shape, changed on me and is not as nice of a fit. All I have to say is, it is easyer to get factory pieces to fit together better when cut from a donor than what I had to work with.

If that’s from LMC I remember thinking, this isn’t even close when it showed up.

 

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If that’s from LMC I remember thinking, this isn’t even close when it showed up.

Yes, but dont think that matters since thay all have the same pic and quantity.