1948 Triumph Roadster Supercharged plus other stuff…

Because the body is once more on the rotisserie, I was able  to finish these welds.
I’d be embarrassed to show the tacks done when the body was on the chassis, ie. on my back getting burned.





They had only been tacked previously, as I was adjusting door gap and they locked in the angle of the firewall box thingamyjig. ( Just for you Tea, the Aussie spelling, note the extra ‘a’ )

While it was on it’s side I tidied up some bit and pieces, getting ready for underbody paint.
Still not sure what I’m putting on there though.





Had a bit of a win with a very small rust repair on this steel piece.
One of the floors under the front seat. It’s the black bit, lower left in the pic above.
Repairs needed in green circles.
Cut a strip of sheet and put a fold in it.





Marked a line by clamping the repair piece on top.





And then cut it the thickness of the material back from that. About a very thin cut off wheel back.
Then tacked it together.





Migged and ground back.
Why is it that repairs that will never be seen, turn out so well?
That’s one of the best I’ve ever done and I doubt it’s ever going to be seen, by anyone other than me.





Then spent a frustrating couple of hours trying to weld up a 35mm split in the same area.
But effing dirty ally this time…





Thanks.

For the underbody I personally would coat in a couple of thick coats of epoxy primer, then a coat of stonechip, then a coat of gloss (black?) to waterproof it as dirt falls off gloss better.

Had a day off from the Triumph, waiting on sandpaper.

And it’s too hot to be doing much anyway.

So I had a bit of a play with this.





I noticed there was oil dripping from the air line ( supply ) when I moved the sandblaster out of the booth. Not much, but ideally there shouldn’t be any oil or water.
Proving that my Aldi compressors might be past their use by date.

So I looked on t’web and found this.




Plan is to mount it on one of the tanks ( I have 2 Aldis - same age, usage ) and plumb the tanks together.
Once I have it set up, I’ll see how much air it delivers and how it performs.
It’s oil free so should be good for paint spraying.
If it lasts long enough to get a coat of paint on!
Not that it was particularly cheap, just that it’s oil free. How’s it lubed?
We shall see…


Thanks.

We rain oil-free compressors for a while at my old job. They were quiet, but not great performance wise, nor were they particularly long lasting. It’s a long time ago though, so maybe things have improved.

Back to the stainless screws; I hadn’t registered that you’d used them to join the steel brackets to the wood frame, I thought you’d used them through the alloy. 😃👍

Gave the undersides of the rear guards a coat of stoneguard this morning and allowed 4 hours for it to dry.
Temp is over 30C so that should be plenty.

Then sprayed a good wet coat of epoxy.
No pics as it all looks the same as the first coat of primer, all grey.

I allowed that 3 hours to go off.
Then a coat of 2k black.





The compressor mod is progressing.





Just need to sort out a fitting for the link between tanks and it’ll be up and running.


Thanks.

Sandpaper arrived Monday morning, so I put some guide coat on the rear guards and got stuck in.
Also did one of the doors and the boot lid.

Didn’t get any pics, it all looks much the same.

I was a bit distracted by the other parcel in the mail.

The used desktop arrived, and I needed to get it set up with a screen, keyboard etc (that I had), and then see if I could get the Wifi to work through my phone.

That all went surprisingly smoothly, so then I was able to have a go at Onshape, one of the free online CAD programs that was mentioned on here.

Boy, would I like to be 25 years old again!

Not really, but I’m sure it might be easier to pick up this stuff.

Anyway, that was yesterday, and I didn’t do a post as there really wasn’t much to report.
Other than my falling hopes of getting to grips with CAD.

This morning, all keen on manual labour, I masked the newly painted black under the rear guards and wiped it down with wag remover.

Then gave it a nice thick coat of epoxy primer.

And had a few more goes at Onshape. In between watching various YouTube vids.

My excellent wife came up with something for me to attempt to design.
I couldn’t think of anything I wanted to print with the bright green filament that came with the printer.
I wasn’t going to print a ‘benchy’. For those who don’t know, that’s a cartoonish little boat, that in all fairness is used to compare speed/quality.
I’m not one for emojis, but if there’s one with a finger down the throat, I’d be tempted, when it comes to the curse word that people apparently print. A waste of the earth’s resources.

Anyway, she suggested a replacement for the thing I’d recycled out of a wire grill off something.
It’s a doohickey to sit her shampoo bottle on in the shower.

I'd replated it but it kept rusting.

Anyway I got enough of the basics sorted out in Onshape to get a design.

And it was a bit too early for a beer, so I thought I’d try hooking up the printer.
Now, it’s all wireless shenanigans, and my track record isn’t good with that sort of thing, so it just goes to show they must have that stuff just about foolproof.

Because I printed this.






Now it’s far from perfect.

Not as smooth as I’d hoped. Certainly not good enough for the blank for a mould.
But it’s my first go, and I only unpacked the desktop yesterday and I hadn’t plugged the printer in till today.

And at least it’s not a frikken benchy…

Thanks.

You have too many toys! (not jealous at all!)

A few pics from our show.

Liked for the progress, not the wasp stings.

Pretty much every time I see how kind your climate is to elderly tin, it’s soon followed by a reminder that the price you pay is an excess of stingy, bity, critters hell bent on ruining your day.