Actually making money in the resto business!

commando1 · Mar 20, 2017

1978 NYB said:
Yep. Now I' m having flashbacks!

1978 NYB · Mar 20, 2017

We lived in the oldest part of Milwaukee and everybody had coal furnaces. Everyone had a coal bin (room) that had a window from the alley that the coal truck would have a chute like cement trucks and dump 2 tons of coal for the winter. I remember waking up in the middle of the night because it was freezing cold and have to go in the basement starting a fire with paper and wood and then shoveling coal on to the fire.

commando1 · Mar 20, 2017

1978 NYB said:
We lived in the oldest part of Milwaukee and everybody had coal furnaces. Everyone had a coal bin (room) that had a window from the alley that the coal truck would have a chute like cement trucks and dump 2 tons of coal for the winter. I remember waking up in the middle of the night because it was freezing cold and have to go in the basement starting a fire with paper and wood and then shoveling coal on to the fire.

Yep.
And when we converted to oil, my father was the happiest man on Earth. Ahhh... memories. lol

detmatt · Mar 20, 2017

Jesus, you 2 are going to scare the younger folks away from this thread!

MarPar · Mar 20, 2017

pomonamissel · Mar 20, 2017

matt , just like a gm chassi and a fisher coach body , wound if it was a farmed out to a bodyworks . its a cool piece to do . maple for framing , a bud had a cabinet builder do his wood framing , 34 chevy was just a flat pile of tin when he started it , looked cool done . he did a 34 chev p/u next . all steel tube on that rod . would like more pics as you as it comes along . very cool project .

detmatt · Mar 20, 2017

I had to buy 8/4 maple in the rough to achieve some of the pieces that were no less than 1 3/4" for its smaller dimension.

pomonamissel · Mar 21, 2017

matt , ever build a woody wagon ? was thinking two door woody on my 36 plymouth . your making drawings of what your doing before cutting , right . or is it more off the cuff ?

commando1 · Mar 21, 2017

pomonamissel said:
or is it more off the cuff ?

pomonamissel · Mar 21, 2017

everything is off da cuff with stooges . lol .

detmatt · Mar 22, 2017

pomonamissel said:
matt , ever build a woody wagon ? was thinking two door woody on my 36 plymouth . your making drawings of what your doing before cutting , right . or is it more off the cuff ?

No drawings on this. I am 100% certain that this is the only vehicle that this lumber will fit. After these vertical assemblies I will move on to the front floor and then the bed and bed sides, all of which will be a piece of cake compared to phase 1. At this point the owner hasn't decided if the roof will match the pictures or maybe only cover the front seat. Also undecided as to whether it will even have doors, probably depends on budget. The joint below was fun, there is a left and a right at the base of the windshield A-pillar. There is one square edge between the 2 pieces being joined and I cut each one of the slots of the finger joint individually. They look like they were originally done with a high speed shaper but I don't have one and I could possibly have gained access to one but I enjoyed the challenge and it was only 2 joints.

1978 NYB · Mar 22, 2017

Nice work Matt!!!

MarPar · Mar 22, 2017

Old Normie has got some competition...great job, Matt!

commando1 · Mar 22, 2017

If you want to see how a carpenter with OCD builds his own house, read this book.

pomonamissel · Mar 22, 2017

that guy is great , watch him . got me to build my own door casings and finish trim from wooden crate matl my grandfather collected in the garage of this old house i'm living in . but here a couple pics of a bud that is disabled . but can't say still . dremal cravings .

pomonamissel · Mar 22, 2017

heres more from him dave's rat kill'r hand held crossbow . uses pencil arrows . and his spider kill'r rubb'r ban riffle . ideal idle hands you know , lol .