2021: What are you doing today

[chimp koose]

I have 100% coverage from my job .    got it in place of a pay raise many years ago .

[kb426]

It got up to 72 degrees today. We have another cold front coming in. I worked outside in the afternoon. I made a trip to the county landfill to get rid of some stuff rather than wait for spring cleanup in a few months. The scale ticket said the 2000 Dakota which had a full tank of fuel weighed 3920. I hadn't thought about what it should weight. I know that the 32 and the 51 weighed right at 3350. Useless trivia.

[chimp koose]

Started repairing the door bottoms on my T today . Patch panels are not accurate . The inside lower panels were an optimistic interpretation totally missing the 1/8" shoulder at the bottom (snyders panel ) and the outer lower panels have a flat reveal with a 45 degree bevel rather than a rounded reveal with a tight round curve ( howells panel ). I will have to leave the last 2 or so inches from the reveal not welded when I try to beat a curve into the 45 angle at the inside of the reveal . The panel is low in those spots at the bottom of the bevel so trying to get the curve will likely raise them closer to the original panel . This is the last bit of rust repair on the car

[kb426]

C.K., is it time to build a set of dies for a bead roller to do what you need?

[chimp koose]

I did this instead , thinking I would save some time and get the project rolling instead of always getting side tracked with building the tooling to make the part. Its ok, an experienced tin basher would fix this with out too much trouble . I will take it slow and maybe learn something new. Frustrating thing is that I bought the inner door patches because I didnt want the hassle of making a multi stepped die set and the patches I bought omitted the 1/8" step /shoulder I was fussing about .

[idrivejunk]

Is this step something that can be bent on a brake and then curved by shrinking the foldover flange?

I think what you call reveal, I call a bead. :?  So the radius or lack thereof on the face of the bead on the door skin does not match cowl and / or quarter? And then a seperate issue with an absent contour on the door shell? I don't know the first thing about a Model T. :oops:  I tried the R.O.P.E. method for that (Relies On Plastic Exclusively) with the A but it doesn't work unless one personally carves the filler to shape and blend. What I got was no we can only work with already perfect so the line stays wrong.

You guys can probably "tell"...Temperature dropped a good 20-30 degrees this morning and wind picked up by that much, my left thumb is not only useless but also delivering sharp pain each minute but can't wear the brace and work and the only alternative to work is death... and I am about to build a late model 4x4 in the paint booth so it can go home today.... and spent the entire morning trying to get a one foot square to look straight so's I can weld it. Boss says we have all these vehicles coming in so first thing I did was spend an hour getting my current task and all parts related to the job packed into my stall only. First thing then was bang a kneecap because of all the stuff around. Last thing I did before lunch was ping bottom corner of left thumbnail with sharp corner of light slapping spoon. Cuss, put stuff and bandaid plus waterproof tape then ice cube on that and wrap with blue towel and tape. It smarts.


Etc. I'm a fine mess, eh? Yesterday, placed hand on hot weld and got nice second degree blister inside index finger. Left of course. The build task is a bazillion stacked shims under tiny bolts and a gajillion push clips that take a thumb to engage.

Painter asked hows the world treating you, which is strange in itself... and I said its an anti-Matt-er. Typical IDJ.

[kb426]

I went out this morning to take the 78 to go walk at the civic center. The drivers door didn't open We had a skiff of snow but there was no way it was froze. I walked around to the right side and it opened properly. This afternoon I ran it in the shop thinking I might be able to adjust it. Not enough travel. I removed the handle and drilled the tab that hits the rod and tapped it and installed a set screw. The set screw is loctited  so I think it will be good for a while. Another example of repro parts.

[idrivejunk]

Today I helped push a cool Pontiac into the stall next to mine at work. Betting I won't lift a finger on the job because its not an F truck but its a 68 according to me with two pedals and a stock 400 with head castings from around then. There was no opportunity to get a picture with coworkers swarming it.

I had a thread about BO at work when it was warm last. The stinker's wife caught the crap so he is missing another quarantine period. Today I had broom guy toss out the half eaten and now far past ripe... something he left in the little refrigerator we use. So each time all week that I have gone to refresh my cool beverage, the fridge is head high on a shelf so I get the nasty funk waft in face and lingering on sandwich bag. So I been getting "got" by his stink even in his absence.

Thats all my ranty crap for the day.    I got to work on the f250 in the stall in front of the booth instead of actual booth. Between the drafty door and booth intake. It ran almost the entire day. Now to unwrap that thumb and look forward to Friday.

[kb426]

^^^
The gift that keeps on giving. I find that when I get a smell in my system, it stays long after it should. Maybe there should be a sign on the fridge: open with caution.

[chimp koose]

Yes IDJ the bead as you call it is not the same . This repair panel I put in 4" from the bottom of the door so at least it is on a section of the door that is curving back inward toward the bottom so in my thinking will be easier to hide my lack of skill . Also my 1/4 panel repair is seamed at the same level so any creative pudding work I do can be matched all the way down that side of the car. The bead is about the same width as the original part of the door so if need be I can sculpt a radius tool to match the original contour and sculpt the pudding to match . It would not be more than 1/16 thick at the centre if I go that way. The bead along the bottom of the door is wrong compared to the other side but since it is the only horizontal bead on that side of the car it will only look wrong if you run around to the other side to compare . I can live with that , I just have to accept that I will never win the riddler award I will be happy to have a rust free car with decent paint one day . This thing will likely get its share of road rash anyhow and knowing it was never perfect will make that easier to accept. It feels good to finally be able to get back to working on the car again. I have been looking after a pit bull/mastif puppy ( 9 months @ 80 lbs) for the last 2 months and could not leave home to work on the car . Puppy is now re homed to a nice location and I am able to get out.

[idrivejunk]

Some of those orange biohazard bags from the hospital would be good for the fridge. BTW, the new work music arrangement sucks hard too. Everybody hired in the last few years uses constant earbuds and ignores everything. I take my bluetooth speaker and put it at arm's length from where I am working and keep volume so low as to not be enjoyable or irritating to a person two arms away. Not much help. Charging five devices each weeknight with two chargers is a circus and the shop is depressing to be in. Be that as it may...

CK you have the right idea all the way around. And man! Yeah it must be a great feeling to be where you are at with it. Plan sounds good by me.

The ice on thumb at lunch did the trick, lessened the badness of the slap whack.

[idrivejunk]

Oh. I was gonna also put a Mastiff puppy comment. Mike has had his um Irish (? its grey, little white on chest) one to the shop a couple times. Barely knee high yet so I made sure to greet her in a polite tone with a slow hand. A sweetie, for now!    I happened to read about the wolf hound recently, the tallest dog and a sighthound instead of scenthound. Wow, now theres a hungry dog.

[kb426]

I read this today: https://www.streetmusclemag.com/news/iconic-automotive-company-edelbrock-shutters-so-cal-headquarters/

[phat46]

Sure is!

I didn't allow enough time to try much but it was enough to remind me of my thoughts on it. Which are I will probably have to learn using it opaque, no washes. Which is what I think I see on Phat's. I'll have to study those more closely. My only other observation was that I didn't buy good stuff. The main adjustment will be working opaque. Done it before but rarely and not with anything very colorful. It definitely takes a different plan to start. I may get flustrated before anything proud comes out. Time will tell.

We were talking the other day about painting opaque and using washes. Like I said I use washes, usually over opaque bases. Here is an example, this is underpainted, with several washes added to get the aged effect. I also use a technique called dry brush scrubbing for effect. The tailgate here has at least four washes, the side at least three, plus dry brushing. I will need to put a wash over everything to flatten the color when I am happy with it, usually a thin grey will work. When I do glass I  usually do a couple washes then opaque highlights for reflection. When this is finished most of the interior we see here will mostly disappear under a wash. This is going to be a Winter scene, notice snow on the barn, so much of the cars, there are five in this painting, will be covered, but they have to be painted first.

[kb426]

I'm ready for a summer painting with sunshine, green grass and no sign of cold.