I’ve started the rear arch. The aim is to get as much of the body crudely knocked together first before I spend too much time sanding anything totally smooth.
The rear arch is far from finished, even in crudely shaped form. I used my CAD model for the dimensions again, but I think the arches look too wide. I used photos of a Phantom ’37 for reference, yet seeing the buck in the flesh, I think I will hinge the side of the car outwards in such a way the rear arches appear smaller. As a side effect, I’ll get another 6″ of interior width and more room for routing exhausts etc. If I can make smaller arches and a wider body work visually, it will make a better design all round.
To do this I need to do some more cutting. The car below left, ‘to me’ has much more sleek proportions. My windscreen needs to stay the same as I’m using one from an MG Midget, so I will need to hinge the side of the car out at the bulkhead. Unfortunately the belt line of the car is one single arch, so when I say hinge, there will be a fair bit more involved. I will need to do some sanding and filling to re-gain a smooth arch.
I haven’t done an awful lot of woodwork this week. The reason for this is, I spent quite a bit of time restoring an old bench guillotine to working order. The original aim was to make one from scratch, but a 1920’s seized item came up on fleabay for £10. The one that arrived wasn’t the one in the advert. The seller, a rather decent chap, had noticed whilst packing, a crack. He put an apologetic note in to say, ‘have this larger one instead’. It wasn’t completely seized, as you could just about move the lever, but cutting butter would be a challenge.
Once all the rust was removed I found the marking ‘Giles Featherstone G2A-1947’ Do you recon that means it’s 66 years old?
– If you’re out there Giles – Hi, your guillotine still works perfectly.
Free Bench Guillotine Drawings for download. Make your own guillotine with these drawings. Mine cost me less than £40.