Reference: Plans How to build a tool box for a CMP truck

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Mike Timoshyk

I said I was going to be busy the next few days but could not resist doing a little more to the box. I am well on the way to finishing it and have to resist being a little impatient. Top is now welded on. There will be a little cosmetic grinding here and there before I hit the whole thing with paint. I am quite pleased how it is coming together...hope my attempt at the clam shells is as successful. One pic....

cheers

Mike in Windsor Ontario

Mike ..
I'm curious to know what kind of welder and rod you are using..
A 1/8th 7018 rod would work dandy on that project..
Damned fine place to work on a snowy day in Windsor..Keep up the detailed progress..

[Mike Timoshyk]

Originally Posted by Alex Blair

Mike ..
I'm curious to know what kind of welder and rod you are using..
A 1/8th 7018 rod would work dandy on that project..
Damned fine place to work on a snowy day in Windsor..Keep up the detailed progress..

Hi Alex,

I am using a Miller 135 mig welder with gas. The settings are 40 for the wire feed and 4 for the voltage. The Miller 135 has a variable voltage setting which allows for more heat control over the a/b/c/d type settings found on less expensive models. I am using .30 wire. I don't own an arc welder and do everything with the mig.

cheers for now...

Mike Timoshyk in Sunny Windsor

[George McKenzie]

Hi Mike
I just took a look at your site and am impressed with your work .If you need more fine measurements em me . I would suggest that if you can get to a foundry with a clamp for a pattern they may be able to make some for you . I wonder what happen to the oridginal molds . If you are going to spotweld ,drill a hole 1/8 th in the out side metal than weld the inside metal till the hole is filled . I am doing the wood in a 1930 Fourdor Ford and will do a manual how I did it .I sure could have used one .It was a 2&1/2 month job .
Sunny Alberta George

[Mike Timoshyk]

Back again after a couple of days...been busy but managed to get a bit more done on the box.

First off, thanks for the compliment George...I could not have accomplished what I have done so far without your excellent instructions. Koodos to you.

Spent quite a bit of time grinding 1/4 inch plate to form bits and pieces. On a humorous note...I was busy bending the funny angles for the end of the box and got distracted just before welding one on. After getting back to the box I fitted the piece I had just cut and bent from the template I had used and much to my confusion there was too much of an overhang on one end...I thought mmmm must of made an error...oh well I will weld it in place and grind the overhang off. Got the piece welded on and went in for supper. It bothered me all through the shrimps and muscles...after dinner I went back out and looked at it one more time....I welded the bugger upside down... so grind and cut it out...make a new one and put it in the right way....HEY! no overhang, a perfect fit. Any way....here is a pic of my progress so far....tomorrow the lids get made and put on.

BTW the wine from La Fiole du Pape and is Chateauneuf-du-Pape



Mike in Sunny Windsor

[Bob Carriere]

... you found a wine bottle just as twisted and bent as your mind.....

You do have good taste......... wait until you have one of my "candlelight suppers" with suitable wine......

Boob

[Mike Timoshyk]

Originally Posted by Bob Carriere

... you found a wine bottle just as twisted and bent as your mind.....

You do have good taste......... wait until you have one of my "candlelight suppers" with suitable wine......

Boob

I know quite a few shipmates who would agree to your description "twisted"

Plans are in place for Ottawa arrival 6 Apr afternoon. If you want to contact me I will be at the Elgin Hotel, leave msg and I will call you.

Progress on the box....have two lids completed and attached the "feet" and the holes line up with the ones on the frame...go figure! Attached the braces on all four corners. Two lids to finish tomorrow ...attach the hasp...
hit the box with primer and muse over the Clam-shells. Pics will follow tomorrow....

cheers from sunny Windsor...snow is all gone...

Mike Timoshyk

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Mike Timoshyk

I know quite a few shipmates who would agree to your description "twisted"

Plans are in place for Ottawa arrival 6 Apr afternoon. If you want to contact me I will be at the Elgin Hotel, leave msg and I will call you.

Progress on the box....have two lids completed and attached the "feet" and the holes line up with the ones on the frame...go figure! Attached the braces on all four corners. Two lids to finish tomorrow ...attach the hasp...
hit the box with primer and muse over the Clam-shells. Pics will follow tomorrow....

cheers from sunny Windsor...snow is all gone...

Mike Timoshyk

Mike..
Have you the time for an evening with the lads at Gracies Bar and Grill..?
If so we'll have our entertainment chairman,RH Clarke, make the call and the arrangements..
6 April sounds good..It's been a while since we had a gather up..
Meet the MLU'er from Eastern Ontario..

[Mike Timoshyk]

Well I am back at it after a week in Ottawa lernen stuff and meeting some of the ROTTERs. Had a great time and wish to thank the "crew". I rolled the Ford out of the shelter in preparation to turn it around and put it in the garage nose first. This will certainly make it easier to drop the engine and tranny in...as well as start wiring it. Also this will give me some of the tarp area to store the cargo box which if all goes to plan will be here tomorrow...that will be another story.....anyway till tomorrow...by the way Naniamo BC got 20+cm of snow last night and this morning....
Cheers

Mike T from sunny Windsor Ontario

[Alex Blair (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Mike Timoshyk

Well I am back at it after a week in Ottawa lernen stuff and meeting some of the ROTTERs. Had a great time and wish to thank the "crew". I rolled the Ford out of the shelter in preparation to turn it around and put it in the garage nose first. This will certainly make it easier to drop the engine and tranny in...as well as start wiring it. Also this will give me some of the tarp area to store the cargo box which if all goes to plan will be here tomorrow...that will be another story.....anyway till tomorrow...by the way Naniamo BC got 20+cm of snow last night and this morning....
Cheers

Mike T from sunny Windsor Ontario

Nice looking work Mike..Sorry I missed you this trip but I'm sure there will be others..
And then there is the old discussion,never ending..which part of the chevron on the tire should hit the ground first??..the open end..or the pointed end...or the point on the front and the open end on the back...???
I see yours all have the point hitting the ground first..
Would anyone wish to settle this discussion once and for all..??

..Nice work..

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Alex Blair

And then there is the old discussion,never ending..which part of the chevron on the tire should hit the ground first??..the open end..or the pointed end...or the point on the front and the open end on the back...???
I see yours all have the point hitting the ground first..
Would anyone wish to settle this discussion once and for all..??

Only what the Ford and Chev Manuals say on the subject: