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Re: Knight Krawler
Darn nice work on the soldering! The headache rack is looking pretty nice already, and it's not even done yet. I'd say the frame work for your chassis turned out nice too. I have never soldered any brass but you seem to have it down. The joints look pretty good, from what I can tell. Are you using a torch to heat everything up? The fenders turned out nice as well. I never thought about using the pole trailer kit to make something like that. Are they chromed plastic, or metal? This is turning into a great build. I know what you mean about prying yourself off the forum to actually get something done on your truck! I have that problem a lot. Right now, actually!
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Here's some more pictures from things I got done last night. After getting the bunks done and mounted I need to shim the the front bunk up so there isn't as much of a forward slope on the load. I new it was going to be there with the back bunk up on the wheel but wasn't sure how much. The headache rack is just laying against the cab, still need to build the mounts Had to go pick up the headache mount stanchion material. Big load shows the height differance in the bunks! (Will be fixed). Thats all for now, time to hang with the family, watch the race and get back to work! Thanks for Lookin' Kent |
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Headache rack and soldering look very neat and tidy,I'm beginning to understand where you are going with the build, looks like a good use for a pole trailer ,or two, Great imagination!
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Looking goog I'm really liking where this is headed. Definitely a different build
--Dan
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Thanks Dan I hope it turns out the way I planned! |
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Got a quick update. The shop foreman stopped by to see how the building progress was coming. After we made him happy and got him out of the way, I proceeded to fix the height difference in the log/pole bunks and finally took the dive into the cab. I decided to layer the roof to get the height I wanted vs. cutting up a perfectly good raised roof cap. Now I need to figure out the best way to remove the excess plastic.
Shop foreman, build inspection Passed inspection On with the build! Thanks for looking, Later! Kent Last edited by TRUCKMAKER; 03-04-2012 at 03:07 PM. Reason: spelling |
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Hey Kent, don't cut the top! So are you going to sand and file the cab roof profile to give that rounded look?
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Yes I'm going to carve the roof to the correct proflle to the best of my ability. I'm just not sure how I'm going to do it yet! Filing and sanding will probably be my best bet. Keep watching to see how it goes! |
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Filing and sanding sounds the way to go with plenty of eyeball to check the profile.
Its looking a nice job so far. Guess the cat is keeping a close eye on the job |
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The cat likes to hang out where ever I am and if I wasn't talking to him when the picutre was taken he would have been in the middle of the bench! |
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To bad you can't just take a router and cut the profile into the roof with that! That or a shaper. What might be handy to get the profile close all the way around, would be to make a styrene template with the radius in it. Then as you file and sand, you could check the radius by placing the template over the edge, if that makes sense? Later on, the same template could be used to spread any filler.
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Nice Build, this will be awesome when finished!
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[I am definitely learning as I go, I've changed the type and size of my solder 3 times. Still trying to figure out the best way to clean it up when I'm done, but that's what it's all about, if it came out perfect the first time it wouldn't be any fun. I'm using a small butane torch, .062, 60/40 rosin core solder]
on your solder try a 50/50 with no rosin ,and use a paste rosin and i think you will like it if you are careful with the paste, the solder will only flow were you brush it on and that helps clean up , 50/50 solder is the trick that the old timers used to fix radiators back when they were all metal should find it in the plumbing section of your local hardware store looking good so far |
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One word, WOW. Super nice looking rig! Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you for the compliment, I'm getting there slowly!
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Thanks MoRockN, lots more work to come, and I still got trailers to build yet! LMAO You sound to much like me with the power tool thing, why do you think its taking me so long to start this part, I'm trying to figure out what power tools I have to make it go quicker, (I don't own a router) so i'm using my dremel with a coarse sanding drum to carve it into shape! Its actually working pretty well so far. Definitely keep throwing those ideas around, especially the power tool ones and thanks! |
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Heres an update on the cab. I got it sanded to the shape I'm going with for now. The picture shows it sanded to 320 grit.
Thanks for looking! |
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That looks really nice, and i think its a first! Keep up the great work, i cant wait to see more!
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