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Drilled & pinned the tie rod arm & traced a line around it. This will be my build template.

Thanks, Ken, really appreciate the comments. It's very rewarding when I get something to the point where I'm happy with it. The process of getting a part to that point is full of, "argh, how'm I gonna do this?" This is a piece of 1/16 wrapped around the maple bending caul. It was cut from a piece of extruded aluminum. It doesn't want to bend in a compliant manner & I'm noticing what appear to be stress lines along the radius of both bends. Need to find a softer alloy to work with. Dimensionally, it's correct for fitting the axle boss & the 9deg angle on the face seems about right.

Thanks, Scott. Ya, it's an exercise in tunnel vision & focus.

Putting a couple of hours on it this a.m. Piece of hard maple that dimensionally matches the axle boss...this is my bending fixture for the spindle bosses. Tapered across the end of it to match the angle of the axle boss, 9deg down from horizontal, as posted above. The plastic pieces are the templates I'm building off of so want to verify that they fit the axle properly before proceeding. Factoring in the taper of the spindle, nice match-up of the spindle to the horizontal line on the layout. I think I can proceed.

Nicely balanced & proportioned. The lines flow gracefully & with purpose.

Nice!

Ken, Dave, the fact that large scale scratch building is terribly time consuming & challenging are the very things that draw me to it. And, these facts generate huge respect, in my mind, for the abilities & perseverance of those that are doing it well! I can't resist the challenge...things that are "too easy to do", don't seem to hold my attention for any length of time. I can't imagine trying to juggle more than one project at a time.

+1

" i'm slow, like to research, and enjoy the process" Ya, that's my approach, as well. Savor the journey, knowing the destination is there in due time.

I've got about $250 in my 1:8 deuce at this point. This includes 2 big deuce kits, a few small specialized tools & a small stock of aluminum to work with. My bigest investment at this point is time. I've got a couple hundred hours mining & gathering good information over the past 8 months or so...& that's on-going as the build progresses. Then there's engineering time...figguring out how...then usually a couple of failed attempts that I log as prototyping. Then actual build time, after I've got good crisp pictures in my brain to guide me. Interestingly enough, the actual build time, on each of the parts, so far, has proven to be quite brief when compared to research & engineering. When I factor in estimated costs for a welder & machine shop equipment necessary to build it the way I want to, I'm calculating that by the time it's finished, I'l have $2,500-$3,000 in it, plus couple thousand hours in labor, maby more.

It is what it is...after we've given it our best effort...a very healthy way to look at things. Allows one a clear mind in laying future plans. best to you

Found this dimension drawing of a caliper online last night. This will help.

Hey Scott, just found your thread. Looking good. Interested to see how it evolves.

Thanks, Scott, appreciate the compliment. Hope you've had a prosperous summer!

That's why I'm in it. I built 1:1 all of my life, but now that I'm retired this is the closest I can afford to another build.

A couple more screen shots from the vids. Just about ready to move on these pieces & get them put together.

That's some beautiful work, Pete!

I've got my eye on sherline for my shop. Currently digesting Joe Martin's book. I like the fact that they have all the accessory pieces available & the entire system is engineered to work seamlesly. Plus, I'm big on supporting "mom & pop" opperations when ever I can vs giving my money to some soul-less corp entity somewhere on the planet.

Couple of screen shots from the vids. This is what I'm going for...disc brake conversion on early ford spindles. Adaptor plate holds GM style caliper & GM style hub/rotor assembly used.

Laying out centers for drilling the spindle plates.

Nice touch, the way you've reshaped the bottom of the doors.

On-going project research. Couple of vids about disc brakes on early ford axle. He's an entertaining, chatty dude & his camera work is very good & clearly shows what everything looks like, perfect illustrations for what I'm building. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3HWc1mYVzQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiDO_DI6XIE

Using an angle finder off of a vertical line on the spindle jig, I've determined that the top of the axle king pin boss is 9 deg down from the horizontal line. The other side matches within 1/2 deg, so that'll simplify this process. The top & bottom of this block on the spindle plate must carry this angle so the spindle king pin bosses will fit the angle on the top & bottom of the axle boss, when assembled. Also the face of the block must be cut to match the end of the axle boss. When assembled, the spindle shaft needs to be on the horizontal line. See if I can pull this off...

Thanks, guys. Like you Bill, with your 1:1 header project, I've been kinda sidetracked with other stuff for the last week. And as I tell my wife when she mentions the size of my guitar collection, I don't have to feed or nurture any of this stuff & it all just waits patiently till I get back to it. It's all ok, actually, as I've been scratching my brain as to how I'm going to approach the spindles & brakes for the project. Having never built these parts before, I don't have any experience to draw from. Not yet having lathe or mill, I can study the way some of these guys build their stuff, but for the most part, am unable to emulate their process. So I have to be resourseful & figgure out another way to achieve a similarly believable result.