Shriner parade car

[stevehuckss396]

Beautiful work Steve,
Is there a chain or belt inside the transmission? Would you mind showing us the inside of the coverplates?

Nothing to see yet. There will be some gears and a belt. The original had a chain in it but i'm going with a belt. Mostly because i cant get chain one third the size of the original and the sizes around it are 85 bucks a foot with a 300 dollar minimum order. Think im going to go with the 50 cent oring style belt. I ordered cutters for the gears. I made an R8 holder for said cutters. When they get here i will make an attempt at cutting them. I have only cut two gears in my time so i'm still learning.

 

[michael-au]

Nice work Steve

 

[stevehuckss396]

Well I still don't have gear cutters so I went and got some oak dowels and turned them into spokes. I still have to decide on how I'm going to finish the wheels so I haven't applied epoxy. I can still take them apart.

 

[stevehuckss396]

Well the glue has set on the spokes. I machined the center of the spokes to thickness and bored the hole to accept the hub. This is the first time the model has stood on all fours. I still need to get the wheels drilled to accept the screws but it is time to eat drink and be merry!

Happy new year everyone!

 

[minh-thanh]

I always love projects like this, Making a complete car

 

[stevehuckss396]

I had a long post and then lost it before I could get it on here. Here are the highlights.

Thanks Don1966 for the spreadsheets for doing gear calculations.

Got the steering column started.

 

[johnmcc69]

Nice gear! The first?

Don has done a great job putting that program together & I have used it quite often in my design work.

Looking great Steve, quite the unique project & I'm loving it.

John

 

[stevehuckss396]

Nice gear! The first?

Don has done a great job putting that program together & I have used it quite often in my design work.

Looking great Steve, quite the unique project & I'm loving it.

John

Actually 3rd. My first 2 were all figured out for me. This is the first that I had to do from scratch.

 

[Lloyd-ss]

Steve, wow, beautiful work. I love the photo of you and your buddies in the first post. Lots of big smiles.
You know, if you moved that new-fangled silver car out of your shop, you'd have room for more projects, LOL.
Lloyd

 

[stevehuckss396]

Steve, wow, beautiful work. I love the photo of you and your buddies in the first post. Lots of big smiles.
You know, if you moved that new-fangled silver car out of your shop, you'd have room for more projects, LOL.
Lloyd

Unfortunately in michigan you can't store cars outside or they are rusty junk in 10 years. That one is 12 years old and still in great condition.

 

[Lloyd-ss]

Unfortunately in michigan you can't store cars outside or they are rusty junk in 10 years. That one is 12 years old and still in great condition.

I lived in Southfield and Roseville and worked in Fraser and Roseville for a few years back in the 80's. I remember the huge piles of snow in the parking lots. But I also remember the tremendous amount of technical skill and services available within arms reach. That was such a luxury.

 

[stevehuckss396]

I lived in Southfield and Roseville and worked in Fraser and Roseville for a few years back in the 80's. I remember the huge piles of snow in the parking lots. But I also remember the tremendous amount of technical skill and services available within arms reach. That was such a luxury.

I grew up on Margaret street in Roseville. Thats one east and one south of 11 and Hayse.

 

[Lloyd-ss]

I grew up on Margaret street in Roseville. Thats one east and one south of 11 and Hayse.

Ha ha, I wasn't too far away, just east of Gratiot on Fernwood. I worked at a specialty precision gear house (ACR industries) close enough in the residential neighborhood that I rode a bike there in the summer. Things were hopping. 58 hour weeks at many of the shops. The gear house I was working for in Fraser (Renco Precision) merged with 2 other shops in Roseville and there was a lot of hostility toward one of the owners because a lot of the employees had previously left that company because the owner was a real SOB. And here they were having to work for the guy again. I remember there was a kind of "peace party" at a local bar and the SOB owner got a drink thrown in his face. Came within a nickel of tearing the place down with a major fist fight. For the machinists (and these were sharp guys all with many many years under their belt) it was a merger made in hell. These were all small shops, and the owners should have seen it coming. The Detroit News had 20 pages of classifieds at that time, and a lot of talent left for a (hopefully) better environment.

Sorry for the rant and hijacking the thread, but it all came back about the lack of respect that the machinists got in that merger. From 3 happy companies (ok, maybe just 2 of the 3) to one pissed off company. Totally avoidable.
Lloyd

 

[stevehuckss396]

Ha ha, I wasn't too far away, just east of Gratiot on Fernwood.

I know where that is. Dad had friends on Barbara and Ronald. We would go over to Ronald and the parents would party and we went across the street to the park and sled down the big hill on the corner of Frazho. Now that I'm older that hill ain't all that big.

Anyway I found some time so I now have the steering gear completed. It's a funny looking thing. The blocks on the ends act as steering stops.

 

[stevehuckss396]

Cut more gears today. Internally the transaxle is complete.

 

[stevehuckss396]

Lots done. While the mill was running making a steering wheel I was finishing a few things. I cross drilled the pinion gear and pinned it to the shaft after installing it in the bushing. I put the steering column together, installed it, and finalize the length. That was then drilled and pinned. The column got a washer and cotter pin at the bottom. Then the steering shaft was pinned at the top. Column completed. Then having all that done I got a length on the shaft that comes off the steering gear to the axle and completed that. After the wheel was done I could turn the front wheels with the steering wheel.

 

[kuhncw]

Dandy looking steering wheel, Steve.

Chuck

 

[stevehuckss396]

Ok. Couple things to report. I went around to every ACE Hardware in the area buying all the .090 thick 1/2 inch wide brass I could find from the K&S racks. They keep a better stock than the hobby stores do believe it or not. Problem is they only have room in the rack for 2 or 3 of everything. So I get 2 here and one there. Then I cad to machine 1/2 down to .333 because they don't make 3/8.

Anyway the bumpers and brackets are done. While I was making strips .333 wide I also made the seat support brackets.

I also found some tubing for the windshield frame. All 3 of my cars have the frames and looking close, the ends are crimped equal distance and meet in the middle. I also measured how much is crimped and how far the hole is from the end. I then made a die to crimp the end to look real darn close to the real thing. Now I have to design and build a bender so the inside radius is exactly 1/3rd the diameter of the original car. Might start on that tomorrow.

 

[stevehuckss396]

Today I made the most important part of the entire project. Hood ornament!

 

[stevehuckss396]

Windshield frame is done.