A new build.....if you're interested.

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This is gonna be too cool. How's the guy in Kentucky doing?
 
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Kevin said:
This is gonna be too cool. How's the guy in Kentucky doing?
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We are pretty much at the same stage of the game but I haven't seen what he got done today. With that being said, I'm building two vehicles while he is just building the Hummer. He is, however, making some very cool modifications to his Hummer to turn it into full blown military including body modifications and all kinds of extras. Very cool stuff.
I was hoping to get a little more done than I did, but my hand was pretty much ruined after all the sanding on the seats. i think I pushed it a little more than I should have but I was having fun. :unknown:
Thanks for the kind words Kevin.
 
Are those seats heated?:sarcastic:

I love your build threads... The attention to detail is mind-blowing!:wacko1:
 
Those seats are awesome! 2 tone and contoured to boot! Great work. :good::good2:
 
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How many hours were in the clock? My guess would be in the years measurement.
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I worked pretty steady at the clock for about 10-12 hours a day for a period of 21 days. So anywhere from 210-252 hours. That's just for the cutting. Then there was the sanding and the assembly, and the wiring and the finishing and the base with the cabriole legs. I'm gonna put it at about 300+ hours but it was a 300+ hours well spent.
Thanks again for the kind words.
 
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After two weeks, I made it out to the shop today. I'm sure that some of you have figured it out that I am actually making two vehicle simultaneously in this thread. I wanted the Hummer to be a civilian model but I liked the idea of a military vehicle, so I am making an MRAP Cougar at the same time. I alternate days to break up the chaos. I spent 6 hours in the shop today and although it doesn't look like I got much done, I think I did pretty well, considering how many issues my hand was giving me. (but that's another story) I managed to get the hood vents completed and the upper front bumper made and installed. The vents were what took the longest because each individual slat in the vents had to be cut and shaped to fit. Had a good time with it though, even if I didn't get as much done as I would have like to.
Oh well, a bad day in the shop is better than a good day at work.
Here's where we are at now.
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Glad to see you were able to get back at it, looks like its coming along nicely, well both.
And I will be another to give a shout out about your clock, it is gorgeous, but I have never seen your bike, have a link to pics?
 
Great work! Those MRAP Cougars are wicked awesome. Got to play with all of the MRAP styles when I was in Afghanistan. The buffaloes are my personal fav. All of them save a lot of lives and that is all that matters. Keep up the good work. I'm going to share this with a few of my EOD buddies. They aren't woodworkers but they cheerish the cougar.
 
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just josh said:
Glad to see you were able to get back at it, looks like its coming along nicely, well both.
And I will be another to give a shout out about your clock, it is gorgeous, but I have never seen your bike, have a link to pics?
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Here's the link to the bike thread Josh
http://woodbarter.com/showthread.php?tid=144

Thanks for the kind words guys. I appreciate it. Hoping for another great day today.
 
I just revisited your bike thread. The detail and number of parts still amazes me. These hummers are shaping up just as nice! :biggrin::good::good2:
 
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Well this was an interesting day to say the least. I worked on the Hummer today and I kind of got carried away with extra little details of the interior, including single arm, tilt steering adjuster, the steering wheel, a radio, a glove compartment, the shifter levers, gas and brake pedals and floor mats. I turned the shifter knobs and the signal lever on the lathe. That was an interesting task for sure. The steering wheel isn't crooked for those who might think that it is. The steering wheel turns and I guess it wasn't lined up when I took the picture. I also rough cut the lower side panels and dry fit the into place to see what they look like. I'm not sure if I am done with the interior details or not, but I am done for today.
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I racked my brain on how I could make the steering wheel and I finally came up with this idea. I turned a taper, kind of like a ring sizer and then drilled a hole in a piece of stock to coincide with the inner diameter of the steering wheel. Then I slipped the stock onto the ring sizer, kind of like a jam chuck and turned the outside. It worked really well and I will be using this method to turn the steering wheel for the Cougar as well.
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I also made a conscience decision to day to make a drill press table after spending time to make this contraption to drill, one, 3/4" 60* hole. What a PITA. I've been wanting an adjustable drill press table for a while and I think the time to make one is now so I don't have to do this again.
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And that was my day. Not too bad if you ask me. I would like to have gotten more done, but I'll take what I can get lately.

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What do you mean more done? That was a lot! Great work Ken. :good: :good2:
 
That looks great. Love the steering wheel and turn signals. So that picture of the lathe - the mandrel is made out of a tapered dowel, so to say, that you slipped the steering wheel over and slid it up until it jammed tight on the taper. The turned the shape of the wheel. What was the shape of the wheel when you first slid it on there.
 
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Wildthings said:
That looks great. Love the steering wheel and turn signals. So that picture of the lathe - the mandrel is made out of a tapered dowel, so to say, that you slipped the steering wheel over and slid it up until it jammed tight on the taper. The turned the shape of the wheel. What was the shape of the wheel when you first slid it on there.
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I rough cut it to round on the scroll saw before I jammed it on the taper. Worked like a charm.


Thanks for the kind words.
 
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