What are you working on today??

[Dan Scully]

Got the door latches in the 64, I hate door work. First took forever second was easy after the learning curve of the first one. Converting to disc brakes and curios to see if I could make left hand studs work in the rotor. A friend has a Bridgeport and lathe, the studs where from my 68- a-100 that I changed to right hands. He had to turn them down slightly on the head and shank and then re knurled them. Only about a 1mm short thru the rotor, so that should not be a problem with the lug nuts.

 

[detmatt]

Got a good bit more installed today.
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I forgot to finish posting this project. I did finish it and continued on in this house in fact to this day. After this I remodeled her great room fireplace wall and am doing a complete kitchen, laundry & powder room.

 

[EurekaSevven]

Assembled my rotor/spindle assembly for my disc brakes, with oil seal, bearings, and all the other hardware.

Calipers and adapters are next.

 

[LocuMob]

I got my tach today. Now I need the console top plate with the mount.

 

[OldWarHorse300]

I forgot to finish posting this project. I did finish it and continued on in this house in fact to this day. After this I remodeled her great room fireplace wall and am doing a complete kitchen, laundry & powder room.
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Looks good to me! Simple but stylish. What's that, colored Oak, Ash? Keep pictures coming..
Regards
Mika

 

[detmatt]

Looks good to me! Simple but stylish. What's that, colored Oak, Ash? Keep pictures coming..
Regards
Mika

It’s white oak with a silver/gray stain. All of the treads and risers are in too and have been covered since I finished them.
Here’s the fireplace before. Kool enough but kinda dated and at that point it was the only thing left in the house that wasn’t white, gray or stained dark.

 

[Ripinator]

Assembled my rotor/spindle assembly for my disc brakes, with oil seal, bearings, and all the other hardware.

Calipers and adapters are next.

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Fix that axle nut cap!

 

[detmatt]

Had to cover up all that stone to lighten it up and modernize.

 

[TX67FURY]

Almost done with the shop; my 67 Fury is inside already!

 

[detmatt]

So much better!

 

[Ripinator]

So much better!
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Matt: You are an artiste! Beautiful work!

 

[detmatt]

Same client. I built a pair of nightstands and this wall unit.

 

[RGORHAM29]

Matt: You are an artiste! Beautiful work!

Beautiful FP surround Matt. You have a natural talent working with wood and metal

 

[Old 66 Yorker]

Going to look at another car today, its not a slab but it sure is pretty ))

nicely dressed 77 lincoln

1977 Lincoln Mark V - cars & trucks - by owner

 

[RGORHAM29]

Tiling the fireplace surround. Wood stove insert arrives in a couple of weeks.

 

[detmatt]

I had some time away from the client above while I waited for other trades to finish their work so I took this job.
Before…

 

[detmatt]

I completely removed the stairs including the original framing as they were so poorly done to begin with that there was no way to improve them. This was fun. I like metal fab as much as wood.

 

[RGORHAM29]

Getting the home projects out of the way to continue working on the fury. This weekend was pulling off old fireplace surround and mantel to make required clearance for wood stove insert (arrives end of month). Prepped brickwork for new tile. Installed tile on hearth. Mocked up new fireplace mantel and surround. Not quite @dematt quality, but satisfied just the same. Lol. Before and progress photos below.

 

[Jack-Stand]

Working on one of my turbines at work right now. We had a vibration event that led to some blade damage about a week or so ago. It's only a little guy at 15,000 hp, but it's a screamer at 5,100 rpm (for a steam turbine at least). Getting ready to ship the rotor off to have it inspected, and potentially make a cut on the L-0 blades (last stage blades) to remove the damage.

 

[Omni]

Nothing as high tech as turbine blades.....
But I finally got the carbs back for the '66 GTO (factory tri-power). They have now been reinstalled. Just waiting for SPRING to fire it up and tweak them.