Author Topic: "fixin" a seat (Read 11170 times)

heffay · « **Reply #50 on:** May 10, 2009, 09:55:32 PM »

ok... so, i must teach you to WEAR SOME #$%*ING SHOES

AAAANNNNND

PUT ON A #$%*ING MASK!

go here... you think I don't know what I'm talking about...

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=5517.0

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #51 on:** May 10, 2009, 09:58:30 PM »

I wear shoes.
I wear lots of shoes, just not in those two videos... that was for funzies.

heffay · « **Reply #52 on:** May 10, 2009, 09:58:57 PM »

Quote from: heffay on May 10, 2009, 09:26:48 PM

OK... i read the first page...

seriously.

heffay · « **Reply #53 on:** May 10, 2009, 10:01:18 PM »

no IC... that was for toesies!

which you won't have any of left!

dammit... my name's not effing grasshopper and I feel like one!
do I need to point you to that, near loss of appendages, post of mine as well?

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #54 on:** May 10, 2009, 10:04:19 PM »

...you're not my real dad.

I'm reading your thread.

heffay · « **Reply #55 on:** May 10, 2009, 10:06:41 PM »

and to think I was only 3 if I was!

still got all twenty fingers+toes... so far.

btw... I don't know who my real dad was, anyway... are you sure?

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #56 on:** May 10, 2009, 10:12:02 PM »

Quote from: heffay on May 10, 2009, 10:06:41 PM

are you sure?

I dunno.

heffay · « **Reply #57 on:** May 10, 2009, 10:20:22 PM »

Sonny Boy!

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #58 on:** May 10, 2009, 10:26:05 PM »

PaPuh!

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #59 on:** May 11, 2009, 08:51:56 AM »

Alright, I sanded the rest of the tail down to the plastic with 180 grit, and wet the seam down with some MEK, then I pressed a super mushy chip of the remaining plastic into the bubble holes.
after that, I dripped the thinned glue on top and wiped it a little smooth with my finger.

juicy

heffay · « **Reply #60 on:** May 11, 2009, 09:31:09 AM »

looks like its s'posed to.
very nice.

mystic_1 · « **Reply #61 on:** May 11, 2009, 09:38:28 AM »

Looking good!

If it were me, I'd be thinking around this time about doing a "gorilla arm flex test" just to test the strength of the repair before doing the fine finishing work.

mystic_1

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #62 on:** May 11, 2009, 10:03:31 AM »

Quote from: mystic_1 on May 11, 2009, 09:38:28 AM

Looking good!

If it were me, I'd be thinking around this time about doing a "gorilla arm flex test" just to test the strength of the repair before doing the fine finishing work.

mystic_1

oh trust me, I've also dropped it a few times, and blown it out of my hand across the shop once or twice with the air compressor.....
but I did do the gorilla arm test by holding the bottom ends and bringing them together (out of curiosity) and it flexes with a good solid curve, like it was never cut.

I'm pretty happy with how it's workin' out.

update: I had to do a little filling in the center of the duck tail, it had a low spot that was unsatisfactory

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #63 on:** May 11, 2009, 04:03:31 PM »

*sigh* more progress, I sanded my arms off again, I used 180, 220, and 400 grit.
Then I painted it with some filler primer and found out the crack in the corner needs repair on the outside too... duh

needs sanding with 400 and a black primer

heffay · « **Reply #64 on:** May 11, 2009, 04:08:37 PM »

i think its looking better than it did before!

mystic_1 · « **Reply #65 on:** May 11, 2009, 05:15:42 PM »

Heh, that little crack in the rear right corner was visible way back on page three. Just saying

It's always like a little "grand unveiling" when you lay on that first coat of primer, isn't it? Suddenly the thing you've been sweating over looks a lot more like the thing you've got in your head. Well, with luck it does, at any rate

mystic_1

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #66 on:** May 11, 2009, 05:34:44 PM »

well I thought that crack was smooth...rookie mistake $:-\$
I patched it from the back, and thought it would hold, but all the manhandling from the sanding made it open back up.
i ground a valley with a diamond ball into both sides of the crack and soaked the area with MEK.
There's a chip soaking right now to make a reinforcement for the back, and I filled the front side already with a pile of glue. good times.

wish I had a heckler to hang out and watch.
it's lonely in the middle of nowhere

I took auto body in a vocational school for a year, so I enjoy what I'm doing here. just really rusty.

heffay · « **Reply #67 on:** May 11, 2009, 05:51:46 PM »

you should prime that rusty barrel too.

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #68 on:** May 11, 2009, 06:05:40 PM »

I have one that has a big medical waste biohazard sticker on it too. never noticed it till the county guy pointed it out. eeek

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #69 on:** May 11, 2009, 06:35:54 PM »

I like lots of pics

topside fixuns

underside reinforcement

the black stuff you see is paint chips that didn't get pulled out of the mixture

heffay · « **Reply #70 on:** May 11, 2009, 06:58:08 PM »

Quote from: Industrial Cafe on May 11, 2009, 06:35:54 PM

the black stuff you see is paint chips that didn't get pulled out of the mixture

plastic now!

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #71 on:** May 12, 2009, 11:49:28 AM »

OH GREAT!

what the hell is this!!???

I fixed the corner and laid it upside down in the sun all day, now the seam is stickin' up!!!!
I guess it wasn't completely cured... ugh, i'm gonna let it sit on the bench for a few days while I work on my homemade sync rack

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #72 on:** May 13, 2009, 07:54:40 AM »

nobody... nothin smart to say?

....oh wait, this isn't the shameless thread, nevermind

mystic_1 · « **Reply #73 on:** May 13, 2009, 08:24:45 AM »

I have only dumb, obvious things to say, like:

"Hey, guess you should have let it dry longer"

or

"Sand it back down, then cure it in the sun for several days to make sure it doesn't happen again."

or

"Haste makes waste"

...and things along those lines, but actually saying any one of those would make it seem like I've never had something like this happen myself

I feel your pain bro.

Have you done any more work?

mystic_1

Industrial Cafe · « **Reply #74 on:** May 13, 2009, 08:31:52 AM »

no, it sits in the sun, baking.... I got a set of 78 gauges and a top triple tree. gonna grind and flip the tree and do some clipons at my dads machine shop.
then gut, and fit the gauges into an old yamaha headlight bucket with the integrated oval speedometer..... but thats for another thread.

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