Media blasting cabinet I built for $50, the main reason I made it was when I was sandblasting the and ended up EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!! You can re-use sand and other media if you filter it after using it (which saves money),however if the sand is all over the ground mixed with other debris this is harder... Blasting in the cabinet eliminates the need for a lot of cleanup time after blasting as well as easier recycling media. (the enclosure of the sand/dust also eliminates the need for me to wear the stupid hood/breather mask)
P.S. this is my first narrating video, sorry for the moving around so much and erratic speech...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
Painting Time again!
I got my new sandblaster in Yesterday and I can tell you it is amazing! I sanded using sandpaper for almost an hour on one part then the blaster got delivered and the rest of the parts took less than an hour in total.
I also got my vinyl swatches and I like them, they're the colors I'm going with. Keep in mind it's not Carolina Blue, it's BABY Blue.
At the bottom is my Fresh painted dash trim and air filter. more later...
^New Vinyl Colors!
^New Paint Colors for interior Trim
^Before and After dash trim
^Before and After Air Filter
I also got my vinyl swatches and I like them, they're the colors I'm going with. Keep in mind it's not Carolina Blue, it's BABY Blue.
At the bottom is my Fresh painted dash trim and air filter. more later...
^New Vinyl Colors!
^New Paint Colors for interior Trim
^Before and After dash trim
^Before and After Air Filter
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Measurements & pleats
Well...
Today I attempted to do some pleating with some success! Since I was just practicing to see what it looked like I didn't draw straight lines to follow, but my freehand is OK for this I think...
Specs foe rear of front seat, rear seat, headliner and package tray,(rear windshield)
Measurements of the front seats, all measurements are total lengths including hems & seams... Mostly I put these on here so I can quickly access hi res photos from other places including my phone when needing to know how much of what I need...
Today I attempted to do some pleating with some success! Since I was just practicing to see what it looked like I didn't draw straight lines to follow, but my freehand is OK for this I think...
Specs foe rear of front seat, rear seat, headliner and package tray,(rear windshield)
Measurements of the front seats, all measurements are total lengths including hems & seams... Mostly I put these on here so I can quickly access hi res photos from other places including my phone when needing to know how much of what I need...
Monday, March 5, 2012
Upholstery Project Starting...
Way too long overdue for an update...
Well it got to the point where it was too cold to work on the car, now that it's starting to warm up a little bit I'm back out there. Today I cleaned the garage until my ears got numb, then came in to start a new project!
Custom Upholstery!
The plan is to go from cloth light/dark blue to a vinyl light/dark blue w/white piping, I'm having the crests from the 55's custom embroidered at a pro shop to sew into the backrests, the original seats were plain and flat, I decided to "dress them up a little" by pleating them giving a "ribbed" look.
Over the weekend I got a new "tool" to work on my new seats.
1945 Singer 15-91 with ALL-STEEL gears & Internals!
This thing will stitch through 3/8" of tool leather! Jenn's new plastic Singer sewing machine although good and expensive will barely go through 2 layers of cheap vinyl.
The cool thing is it folds up into this tidy little package! The machine is shiny and looks almost new with the exception of the usual small scratches of 67 years of use, the table has been completely restored. Both for only $120 what a steal!
I practiced some straight stitches, longer shorter and lock stitches... (Keep in mind this was my first attempt at using a sewing machine)
Then I did a "welt" "cording" or "piping" test as my seats will have piped trim...
not having any luck with pleating as of yet but I think it's because I got the wrong kind of foam backing...
I called the nice people @ midwestfabrics.com today and they were nice enough to mail me out some samples of the colors I want to buy.
http://www.midwestfabrics.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=61
http://www.midwestfabrics.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=61
http://www.midwestfabrics.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=63
http://www.midwestfabrics.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=58
Well it got to the point where it was too cold to work on the car, now that it's starting to warm up a little bit I'm back out there. Today I cleaned the garage until my ears got numb, then came in to start a new project!
Custom Upholstery!
The plan is to go from cloth light/dark blue to a vinyl light/dark blue w/white piping, I'm having the crests from the 55's custom embroidered at a pro shop to sew into the backrests, the original seats were plain and flat, I decided to "dress them up a little" by pleating them giving a "ribbed" look.
Over the weekend I got a new "tool" to work on my new seats.
1945 Singer 15-91 with ALL-STEEL gears & Internals!
This thing will stitch through 3/8" of tool leather! Jenn's new plastic Singer sewing machine although good and expensive will barely go through 2 layers of cheap vinyl.
The cool thing is it folds up into this tidy little package! The machine is shiny and looks almost new with the exception of the usual small scratches of 67 years of use, the table has been completely restored. Both for only $120 what a steal!
I practiced some straight stitches, longer shorter and lock stitches... (Keep in mind this was my first attempt at using a sewing machine)
Then I did a "welt" "cording" or "piping" test as my seats will have piped trim...
not having any luck with pleating as of yet but I think it's because I got the wrong kind of foam backing...
I called the nice people @ midwestfabrics.com today and they were nice enough to mail me out some samples of the colors I want to buy.
http://www.midwestfabrics.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=61
http://www.midwestfabrics.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=61
http://www.midwestfabrics.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=63
http://www.midwestfabrics.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=58
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