Woodworker's Journal 1994-18-6, страница 30

Assembling and shaping the engine compartment

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Center kerfs /e" apart

³/₆" hole 1" deep

Step 2

Bandsaw the grille

Praw arc, then bandsaw kerfs to line

Step 3 Taper and shape

Tapered side

Y" chamfer

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Side contour

/_e" apart

f"""^ Zte'-deep kerf

sawing, clamp it in your bench vise and use a coping saw to cut out the window.

Step 5: For the roof (K), cut a piece of '/V'-thick white oak to 3%x554*\ but don't shape it just yet. You'll actually shape it and the car body's back later, after joining the body and chassis.

Step 6: Make the seat, consisting of a white oak bench (I.) and back (M). To "texture" the surfaces, make shallow bandsaw kerfs across the bench and back as shown in the Exploded View drawing. Glue the seat parts together and set them aside to dry.

Step 7: Using dimensions shown on the Side View^: drawing, position, glue, and clamp the assembled seat to the

chassis. Next, glue the firewall, side panels, back, and roof to the chassis. Note: Position the outside or front facc of the firewall 6*/u" back from the chassis front. (We've found masking tape more convenient to use than clamps for holding together a number of small parts while the glue dries.)

Step 8: Once the glue has dried trace the roof and back profiles from the full-sized Side pattern onto the assembly. Next, bandsaw the roof and back to shape. (See figure 2.) Note: A single cut establishes the "S" profile on the back, sides, and chassis. Sand the cut surfaces smooth (we used a 2"-diam-eter drum sander), then using a 'A*"-

radius round-over bit in your table-mounted router, round the edges of the top and back. Now, finish-sand all exposed surfaces.

Step 9: To complete the chassis/body assembly, glue the engine compartment to the chassis and firewall. If the end of the steering column dowel protrudes through the front, trim the excess Hush before mounting the engine compartment.

You're Ready to Form the Fenders

Step 1: For the fenders (N), first rip and crosscut two 3x14" pieces from '/<"-thick white oak. Make photocopies of our full-sized Fender patterns shown on page 78.

30 Novemher/December 1994

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