Friday, September 26, 2008

I filled her backside in.

The hole on the backside of the door got some attention today. Unfortunately this is a half finished project. I need to buck two of the rivets on this inner beauty ring. I loaned my bucking equipment to my buddy John so he could put things back together on his trailer for the WDCU Installation Rally.

The one in the finger tip comes through right at the edge of the frame that holds the screen in place. I do not want to see the back of an Olympic here. The other spot is on the sleeve. That rivet is right next to the lock shaft and it is a tight clearance. I will be taking care of this at the Rally.
I also still need to rivet the front beauty ring on. It is raining big time here, so that will need to wait until it stops. A little polishing is needed and some vulkem, neither mix too well with rain. All in all I am extremely pleased with the solution for hiding these gaps that bothered me so.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Do rivets come in different colors?
I'm thinking about something like a gold colored rivet for the fingernail....

Anonymous said...

Oops. That was 'dc' who suggested the colored fingernail.

dc

Jaime said...

Thats a great idea! This sort of looks like R.Crumbs "Keep on Truckin.."
Jaime

Anonymous said...

Great patch,I saw another post where someone cut out the state of Texas for a patch,it's a good look.
Doug the Tin man

Anonymous said...

Frank, just showed the wife your work.. she LOVES it! I'll get a pic to you soon, personal life (well, the wife asked.. can't always be with the mistress... : ) ) got the nod this weekend.

Marc (3ms75argosy)

Skip said...

Genius, my friend. is it the same design on the outside?

FlossiFur said...

does this point the way to the bathroom down the hall like in that song "gonna hire a wino"
carol