Knight Krawler

[Espeefan]

Originally Posted by TRUCKMAKER

I'm not going to get to crazy with it, just try to make it flow nice, I do like the template idea, Thanks Nathan. That also gave me an idea of how to get the correct radius in the template, I'll get back to you on that. Thanks again for helping out, hopefully I get time in the workshop this weekend to get some more done.

I was just throwing some ideas around. More like thinking out loud, but I still like the router bit idea best, cause it uses power tools! Ha. I'm sure you'll get it looking good. You've gotten this far, and it's great.

[TRUCKMAKER]

Originally Posted by RCTech9

Nice Build, this will be awesome when finished!

Thank you for the compliment, I'm getting there slowly!

Originally Posted by grumpygrady

[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

Grumpygrady have you seen 50/50 in a small diameter? What I didn't like about the stuff I had was the diameter was to big and it would deposit way more solder than I needed for the joint which made clean up much worse. I used some 1mm 60/40 from our electronics lab at work and it was great! No problems with the joints holding and you can get away with alot less heat. Thanks for the help and compliments, keep watching, more soldering to come!

Originally Posted by MoRockN

One word, WOW. Super nice looking rig! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks MoRockN, lots more work to come, and I still got trailers to build yet!

Originally Posted by Espeefan

I was just throwing some ideas around. More like thinking out loud, but I still like the router bit idea best, cause it uses power tools! Ha. I'm sure you'll get it looking good. You've gotten this far, and it's great.

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!

[TRUCKMAKER]

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!