Kenworth W-925 (mild custom)

[ShakyCraftsman]

7 minutes ago, Gary Chastain said:

OMG, major disaster, I spilled glue on top of the tank when attaching the chrome straps. Now, to see if I can remove straps then repaint, second: build a new tank again. 

OH, Man that sucks!!! Hope you can fix it Gary.

Ron G 

[BK9300]

I really dislike do-overs - I can feel your pain!  You'll get it, though.

[Gary Chastain]

I did manage to save the straps and rechrome after some work. Still trying to save the tank. On a good note, I got the headlights built yesterday and like the more modern and depth of the lens (beads) I used. I think the headlights fit the theme of mild custom. 

[Gary Chastain]

A little progress, got a new fuel tank fabbed up after spilling glue on my finished tank. 

finished the fab work on the front bumper and applied chrome. 

[Jürgen M.]

Oh man, I hate it when that happens. A practically finished part ruined by glue, paint or even scratches. Raises the "bad words" factor in no time 

New tank looks great. Maybe you can use the ruined one for something else. I always put stuff like that in a special box. You never now! 

(Needless to say the box is full!) 🙈

Love that bumper. Looks Like a mirror! 

 

Edited Sunday at 06:26 AM by Jürgen M.

[Gary Chastain]

Managed to get the tank frame brackets to match the original tank, all cut from sheet stock. Now to assemble all the parts. 

[Gary Chastain]

One of the silliest tool I have ever made has become so indescribably handy, is this jewelry’s saw and a thick aluminum angle (jewelers anvil) bolted to my bench. I use this tool more than I could imagine for cutting shapes from flat stock. Takes a bit of practice to cut vertical, but works. 

[BK9300]

Looks like it works well - able to rotate your work and keep cutting same spot seems like it would make the cutting easier.

[Gary Chastain]

2 minutes ago, BK9300 said:

Looks like it works well - able to rotate your work and keep cutting same spot seems like it would make the cutting easier.

Brian, it does, but I need to invest in finer toothed blades. In this case I cut four blanks, put glue on places I knew I would cut off, then drilled/pinned the four pieces together, then square the four blanks, layout, then cut. I need different blades for. Very thin material as the teeth catch too much. 

[BK9300]

8 minutes ago, Gary Chastain said:

Brian, it does, but I need to invest in finer toothed blades. In this case I cut four blanks, put glue on places I knew I would cut off, then drilled/pinned the four pieces together, then square the four blanks, layout, then cut. I need different blades for. Very thin material as the teeth catch too much. 

Might be harder to control, but jeweler's round, or wire, saw blades might catch less - good for keeping up the eye-hand coordination!