Hi Gang,
Hope everybody had a great weekend! I think its time for an update... Early Sat morning I started moving more panels over to the warehouse!
Here we go!
I spent a good portion of the morning making sure ALL the lower panels were aligned. I then cut these aluminum angles to fit
Sanded and rounded out all the sharp edges
These angles will pull double duty. Not only will they keep the nav chair platforms in place but also act as a guide to ensure perfect each time
First one drilled into place
Although the panels bolt into place on top of the nav chair platforms, the angles will again act as a guide and also keep the corrugated mats in place
Chewie's side done
Han's side done
I then painted the nav chair angles black - the angles on the main platform will remain silver
There will be several more angles added but I'm not at that point just yet
Time to get these panels into place!
Saturday ended on a good note!
Sunday morning I took all the greeblies off the old Volvo panels. I'm going to see if I can salvage the end caps to use as a guide
Lots of greeblies to remove
And then we destroy it...
BUT... before I can start work on the NEW Volvo panels I had to fix and mount the front window. I gently removed the 3/4" wooden guides that were mounted on the interior side
Sanded the surface smooth
There was a HUGE gap at the lower center of the window and it was causing a lot of visual alignment issues... time to fix!
Believe it or not... the center is the right side of the gap line
Sanded and primed
More wiggling needed to fit the window
The shelves will have to be trimmed out
So... the big question... Is the front window now finally aligned and properly mounted?
YES!
Unfortunately, scattered thunder storms prevented me from going any further... But... I was able to cut a few things with the laser cutter (she's still not 100%)
Those gas regulators have a wrench pattern and I wanted to include at the base where the pipe connects
The laser is SO out of focus! I had a tough time cutting just these simple shapes
Pretty good weekend... Let's hope for smooth sailing from here forward!
More to Follow so Stay Tuned!