Electric Car Department

Tim Peters has been working on the 1268 all through last year, and is forwarding some pics of the car and the work.  We will experiment a little with the layout and format so bear with us.

And of course, if you would like to see the work continue, funding is urgently needed.  To those who have made generous donations, thank you.  For those still considering to help please mail your donation marked for fund R 1268.  Hint - hardwood stock runs over $6 per board foot, one window may need up to 3 board feet, and we need to make 22 windows.

Rot Uncovered

Cleaned Out

Patch in Place

Ready for Paint

These photos show a severe example of deterioration to the letterboard and the steps taken to repair it.  The rot is cut out and a lap seam is cut to allow for a solid splice.   A 'dutchman' is cut to fit the gap and is glued in place then drilled for recessed screws, the letterboard is rescrewed to the posts and the holes are plugged. The surface is sanded and skim coated with epoxy. The epoxy is sanded smooth  and if necessary the process is repeated until all low spots are flush. The surface is then primed and painted.

Hardware

Henry Vincent installs hinges and hardware on the painted replacement door for the L 4.

Mortising

Victor Humphreys is setting up the mortiser to cut a slot for a tenon.  The piece on the table is a mid rail for new baggage doors.

Baggage Door Progress

Norm Krentel and Ray Schmid have one of the long door stiles on the mortiser.  You can see the fancy molding work in cross section on the end, and some of the slots completed near the end.

Teaching Time

Ray Schmid and Norm Krentel doing a once over on the completed stile before removing it from the set up on the mortiser.

Trimming

Bob Kutella (thanks for snapping a pic, Kirk) trimming one of the stiles for the glass opening using our table mounted router.

Measure Twice

Bob Kutella measuring and marking for routing the next piece for new baggage doors.  In the background you can see some of the 24 major pieces in process, needed to assemble just two doors.