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[GT Jimmy]

Me too! That film was brilliant

[James_eaton_thewholething]

Me too! That film was brilliant

Most annoying thing about the film is I can't talk about it with anyone because they haven't seen it

[mina08]

nothing you shall say young jedi

[GT Jimmy]

All I will say is Rae is fit

[James_eaton_thewholething]

nothing you shall say young jedi

I shall not master say anything to ruin it for anyone apart from it contains lightsaber's, space, blasters, good guys, bad guys and its freaking awesome

[James_eaton_thewholething]

Got bored in work today and decided to get my paint skills on and design my dash so I can work out how I will place all the clocks and gauges.



Also managed to work out where to have a small glove box and where to put the stereo. Before I finish the other side of the car I'm going to make this as it's something different and it will get my brain working

Edited by James_eaton_thewholething, 19 December 2015 - 07:32 PM.

[James_eaton_thewholething]

hopfully I can get it right and how I want it. It's going to be made out of some 1.5mm thick aluminium with some 3mm thick steel in the centres and at the ends with a couple of tabs in the centres of the larger panels for more support

Edited by James_eaton_thewholething, 19 December 2015 - 04:30 PM.

[Ben_O]

I like that.

 

Looking forward to seeing it come together

[mini_matt_106]

Just read the whole thing! Looks great!
Well done for getting stuck right in!
When you said CAD I thought you meant cardboard aided design like project binky!

[James_eaton_thewholething]

I like that.
 
Looking forward to seeing it come together

I hope it comes out as well as it looks in my head I will be happy

[James_eaton_thewholething]

Just read the whole thing! Looks great!
Well done for getting stuck right in!
When you said CAD I thought you meant cardboard aided design like project binky!

Thanks for reading through, I can't even remember where I mentioned cad lol but yeah always good for those templates

[James_eaton_thewholething]

Got on with making up the physical template tonight after work ran into a few problems with a couple of measurements that weren't correct from the template I found so had to measure the car and go from there.



Two pieces of cardboard which I had to tape together.



Drew it up and cut it out then had to trim a fee parts to get it to fit correctly



Traced it out onto the sheet of aluminium ready to cut out tomorrow.



I finished off tonight with marking up where all the dials and gauges will go on the template ready to cut out so they can be cut out on the Ally parts now just to cut it out after work and then make up the steel parts to be able to bolt the dash too. I'm going to make the mounts with captive nuts so it's easy to remove the sections in separate pieces

All for now

[James_eaton_thewholething]

Managed to get some time on the car the past couple of days to try and get this dash sorted.

After cutting it out of the aluminium sheet and making sure it fits and getting a good few bruises on my knees from dropping the panel a good few times I set about working out how to mount it to the dash.





Made up four supports like this with captive nuts on the back to make fitting and removal easier.



After all four welded in.



Cut the panel into three pieces and had to trim each panel individually to get it to fit well.



Once it fit well although needs a little more fettling at the bolt holes but fits well enough for now. Also made up card templates for the bits of strips to go in the centre and out sides ready to draw them onto the ally sheet and cut out. After that I will then work on fitting the three clocks and glove box after that I will mark where to put the rest of the gauges and stereo hopefully will get it finished soon and will then need to buy all the gauges

[James_eaton_thewholething]

Got an hour or so before work the morning to work on the dash.

I marked up and cut out the glove box.



I then made the door to fit in the gap it is quite a bit smaller than the cut out due to the nature of home the hinges work as I didn't want to use regular hinges and have to have a way of stopping the flap from just dropping down and then having to have a catch to keep it closed.



It stops at about 90 degrees and acts like a little shelf need to cut down the bolts for the hinges and also make a little cut out to drop the nuts into so that you don't have to use anything to tighten the bolts up.



Pic of the back side. I know there would of been a way of making it look clean and had stuff hidden but I like being able to see how things work. Going to file bits down after work to make it look a little neater

All for now

[GT Jimmy]

 

Me too! That film was brilliant

Most annoying thing about the film is I can't talk about it with anyone because they haven't seen it

 

just got back from watching it again with my eldest daughter, she's a 10 yr old star wars head