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Ropes for the canvas all done and installed. I made up a mixture of beeswax and linseed oil and boiled it then soaked the ropes in it. 10 ropes in total and all had to be eye spliced onto the grommets. Lots of waxy work but my hands have never been softer.
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A total of 60’ feet of rope is required. The following measurements were taken from my NOS 15cwt canvas top.
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What?? No Lavender and Honey in the mix?
Seriously though, Jordan, they look really good and should last a long time now. Good work! David |
Some of the recipes I found while searching online called for ingredients like that. Turns out there is a whole community of people into making ropes softer for various reasons.
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I feel sure the military would use Stockholm Tar, for that authentic scent that really sticks to your hands.:ergh:
(I have (UK) mast stays that were treated with the stuff (for the 34-ft and 36-ft masts. The post-WW2 versions used synthetic rope (Terylene or polyester), so are a bit nicer to handle. The WW2 Canadian 20-ft and 34-ft telescopic mast kits seem to use untreated white cotton (Or possibly linen?) sash cord for the stays.) Chris. |
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I just painted them red from paint I had. I seem to remember a period red was called signal red.
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I finally had some time to sort out all the seats for the truck. It take a total of five. Two in the cab and three in the back. I’ll be using the raised bases for up front.
It was interesting to find some of the original paint colour on removing a couple of parts. Also the grey primer was a nice touch. I also had to replace one of the seat pans due to smoke rust holes. Some quick work with a Zip disk and the welder fixed things up. |
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Lastly I installed the proper knurled nut on the Chorehorse weather shield.
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I agree with Bruce .
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Interesting about the primer, Jordan.
When I stripped down the seats in my 1944 WIRE-5, I found the grey primer on the very same bits. It was only after that I started seeing it on other components of the truck. I never did figure out if it was due to parts coming in from outside suppliers that could only get hold of grey primers, or if all the parts were GM made and they were allocating grey primer to smaller items for some reason. David |
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Freshly back from the sandblasters. Now just to finish up the pile of small bits and pieces.
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Seat parts coming along. I’m always amazed at just how many pieces and design work went into these vehicles and that so many hands were involved in making them.
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So many parts for 5 seats. But I’m loving the new paint colour. This colour will be used on the Otter as the basic colour. It matches the original very close.
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I don't consider the seats as being over-engineered. It seems to be just about the minimum amount of parts to do what is required.
I was working on a copy of the Universal carrier antenna bracket at work the other day. Now that is over-engineered. You would think the British were winning the war when they made that monstrosity. The alemite button grease fittings on what should have been simple hinge pins were especially superfluous. |
It’s just been very repetitious. Guess it’s why I could never do a factory assembly type job.
Yes I know the carrier antenna you speak of. It had a little bit of everything in it. Flat bar, press braked, machining, welding, riveting, cast brass and iron, molded rubber. All because the antenna rods were rigid. |
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Best regards, Chris. (Who now has yet another post-WW2 variation of Aerial Base No.9, this time without the moulded-in stores code and a different "flat surface" mounting - for civilian purposes (Fire, Police & Ambulance VHF radio, I think).) :doh: |
Hi Chris, have you seen my question here? I'd love your input.
http://mapleleafup.net/forums/showpo...0&postcount=46 |
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Trades were: Driver/Electrician, Operator Wireless & Line, Operator Keyboard & Crypto, etc. Depending on size of station, the truck would probably have a crew of two, plus extra operators supplied separately if required. (If it was attached to a signal office there would be a lot more people required: office staff, cypher clerks, despatch riders, security, etc. and you end up with a small village.) I'll give it some thought. (During daylight!) Chris. (Zzzzzzzzzzzzz...) |
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Today I got the seat pan assemblies all painted. Taking advantage of the lovely high heat and humidity, the seats were painted in POR15. After about 1.5 hours the POR15 was slightly tacky and I painted on the top coat of the final colour. I find if I can time it right the top colour gets chemically bonded to the POR15 and once everything sets up you’ve got a very tough layering of paint. I also painted up the seat base mounting hardware. More on this below.
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I also made up a stamping die to make the front seat retaining strip. I only had one original and it was quite heavily pitted. The piece needed an offset bend in 1/8” plate. The 10ton press was maxed out but thankfully I was able to do the pressing in stages working along the length.
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And one can’t forget the 9 rings and 24 springs per seat. Once the springs were mounted I gave them all a quick spray with the paint. The cab seats were also mount to the bases.
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Looking really good, Jordan.
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Full day of sewing and the five seat back covers are all done.
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