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Sanding
Created on 2008-05-21 04:24:43
The sanding has begun. I quickly learned that my compressor is too small for my DA sander; it's rated for an average 4 cfm @ 60 psi, but the constant cfm must be much higher; the compressor runs constantly; never catching up.. I'm going to try turning the regulator down to 50 psi to see if that helps the compressor out on the cfm side. I'm trying to only sand down to the original paint; there's one coat above it; of course I do go deeper at times. But the bonnet is getting media blasted this weekend at a cost of $250. The guy is picking it up Friday evening and returning it Sunday, now that's quick service. Part of the reason he is doing it quickly is so that I get it back and put the epoxy primer to it before too much flash rusting takes place. I figure it's $250 well spent.
Judy's been working on the alloy rims, sanding and polishing. She's sanded one and it looks very nice. I think they are going to look very nice once she is finished with them. I really hope the car looks good for the NATC in August.
Judy's been working on the alloy rims, sanding and polishing. She's sanded one and it looks very nice. I think they are going to look very nice once she is finished with them. I really hope the car looks good for the NATC in August.
Summary of Previous Journal Entries
Showing previous 10 journal entries:
| Title | Date | #Pic | #Cmt | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Welding Complete! | 2008-04-21 | The weekend saw the A-post closing pieces, sill end cap and a front corner of the driver side floor pan welded in. That brings the welding to an end. I also dug out the grinder a... | ||
| Productive Weekend | 2008-04-14 | Saturday I clamped the inner fender to the rear fender and clamped the assembly to the car. After adjusting the position of the inner fender a few times I was able to get it to fi... | ||
| Spitfire Is Edging Towards Body Panel Completion | 2008-04-10 | Over the weekend I got my door fit straightened out but now I have another problem. When I offer up the sill, its too short, weird. So yesterday I took a chance and... | ||
| Cutting Is Coming To An End | 2008-03-31 | Saturday was a great day to be out in the garage, the sun was out and it was nice and warm. The three pieces of the sill are all gone from the body and the rear fender is gone asi... | ||
| Spitfire Body Restoration | 2008-03-25 | 3 | The Spitfire's body was pretty crsuty it turns out. Here's a summary of my restoration work since I started at Christmas, 2007: Christmas 2007 Started... | |
| Engine Rebuild A Success | 2006-11-16 | 2 | The following is the machine work they performed: clean, magaflux, and resurface the head; install and 3-angle grind 8 hardened valve seats (intake and exhaust seat were all found ... | |
| Std Pistons, 0.020" Rings?! | 2006-05-26 | Finally an update. After having my engine at one shop for five months waiting for them to do the engine machineing I took it to another shop Monday, who promissed it... | ||
| Parts Keep Coming Off | 2006-01-11 | It started out as an engine rebuild. I then figured I might as well paint the engine compartment while the engine was out. About a week ago the grill came out becau... | ||
| Engine At Machine Shop - Finally | 2005-12-20 | Yesterday I finally got around to dropping of the block, head and crank shaft to my machinist and today I dropped off the valves, pistons and rods. He's going to ins... | ||
| Strip Down Completed | 2005-11-12 | I just finished stripping down the engine. I only found copper showing on two bearings. If I'm luck on the main journals will need to be ground down. I also found the cylinder wall... |
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