Indy used pictures and specs of my motor in their on line add for the 6.1 :-)
click on the link and scroll to the bottom.
Pat


http://www.indyheads.com/6.1hemiengines.html

Just starting to get back to work on the charger as I've been very busy at work. I did put some time in on the steering wheel project and I'm happy with my progress so far. I found another steering wheel with good chrome on the spokes. And I decided to leave small 1" sections of the original plastic wood grain in place to help position the outer ring as well as locate the inner ring that I made smaller in diameter. My plan was to use a product called West System which is a two-part epoxy that has a variety of fillers to help color, thicken, and add strength. I started by making a small mold of the shape I was looking for and just move it around using plumbers putty too damn up the ends when I filled it with a epoxy. This worked OK but didn't give me the results I was looking for so I decided to make a full mold. After using it to make the top half of the steering wheel I modified it to clear the spokes and used it again for the bottom half of the steering wheel. This worked great and other than a few air pockets which I can fill-in along with the holes that I drilled so I could use a syringe to inject epoxy into the bottom of the mold I think it turned out great. I plan on making it a darker shade of brown and then comes the tedious part of replicating the wood grain.
Thanks
Pat







This is a picture of the partial mold that I started using











Here's the mold has been waxed and filled with epoxy








First pull of the new mold




Then I cut the mold to clear the spokes and flip the steering wheel to redo the shape on the backside of the steering wheel.








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Wow that steering wheel looks great!

It's getting there, we'll see how good it looks after I'm done with fake wood grain.
Thank you
Pat

wow i have read from 1 to 19 at a stretch yesterday

really good work!

what tool do you use to cut the metal, to cut a small pcs from a frame

19 pages in 1 day, you must have been bored ;-)

For cutting metal a Plasma cutter works great with a guide and I also use a small Dremmel tool.

Thank you & welcome to the site!
Pat

Home with the flu
Have some holes I have to fix on my coronet, maybe i have to buy a plasma cutter... there are cheap ones at aliexpress for about $200, But Im not sure if it will work?

40+ hours and the steering wheel is just about finished. With a lot of sanding and adding more epoxy I got the oval shape I was looking for. Then I used a hook blade to add the wood grain affect. For color I used wood stain to darken the wood grain cuts and to get the color I was looking for.
Thanks
Pat















This is the difference in size and shape from the original steering wheel grip to the new larger oval.

Beautiful job Pat!

Ridiculously cool work...

Thanks Don and Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Pat

Thank you sir!
Pat

What an awesome build and talent you have!!!

Thanks for sharing!

Wes

Wow, just wow!! To say your level of detail is amazing would be an understatement! That wheel is over the top and something that I can say I have never really seen most restorers tackle themselves. I can't wait to see updates on this build. You have a talent that few builders do, keep up the beautiful work!

I'm not to sure about talent, more like rocks in my head ;-)
Thank you!
Pat

Nicely done!

Reassemble my home made paint booth over the weekend. I used boat shrink wrap for the walls and ceilings.





These two walls can roll up to get the car in and out.




Four 20x20x4 intake filters.






Window box holds two 20x20 fans and track for quick change 20x25x1 discharge filters.







A little clean up and the paint booth will be ready. This will be the 3rd car to be painted in this home made booth.
Thanks
Pat

Great build and booth! What are you using for a fan and is it a positive or negative pressure booth?

Thanks Wes

Wes,

I'm using two 20 x 20" fans pulling the air out of the booth, with air in to the booth from the four large intake filters.
Thanks
Pat

Pat - nice booth! I will have to steal some of this. Weather in the Washington DC area not real good now. What if anything you doing for heat?