Wednesday 13th August another lovely hot summers day

The day started well as the postal service had delivered a 0.4mm X 15mm roll of aluminium for the BAC stamping machine but the day went down hill 15 mm fits on the carrier spool and on the feed pulley then you notice the feeder pulley is only 14mm wide so a trim is needed a 2mm strip cut of the first 30cm on the roll and hey presto it goes through the pulley and feeds in when the knob is turned the joy was short lived though.

The strip has to pass over the rotary plate and under the number stamp ring which it does everywhere apart from exiting the feeder so now we need a strip down to clear a blockage it may just be rust or debris but you cannot see in.

The 1mm off the width will be coil it up and put it on the belt sander to take one edge down.

The Morris bed needed finishing off remove tongue and groove clean up edges refit and secure after proofing the underside, moving the boards over has allowed room for another full board before trimming the edge one to suit.

The passenger door was fouling at the front when opening so the plan was adjust the hinges, the bottom had one working screw holding the weight, two seized ones and a fourth one that was broken. luckily to good screw was frr so the door was adjusted  then the one seized screw was removed cleaned and greased before refitting so enough to hold the hinge in place.

                                            

Three top hinge screws came undone but the fourth is solid so another old door trick came into play, the block of wood and some brute force applied in the closing direction.

                                                       

                                       This made a clearance between door and A post when opening.

The cab need spraying before another winter sat outside so time to crack on with the dressing of the welded in repairs and loose the weld seam.

                                     

The top of the A pillar was well rotted and has previously .been repaired with lead filler so cannot be welded a good clean then fill with body filler will have to do. 

 

The cab is now structurally solid so time to start rubbing down read for some high build two pack primer

Then it was off to the Toy Museum to remove 2 small cupboards and a shelving unit and put the large display cabinet up on the wall.

                                

                                 

 

A much better display and all items were cleaned before putting in, other cardboard display boxes have been removed for repair. The cabinets and shelving .are now awaiting a clean and relocation