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Re: VA138, the next chapter....
Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2024 5:10 pm
by Tony Burd
Looking very nice Shaun.
Got mine running on Sunday.
Re: VA138, the next chapter....
Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2024 5:13 pm
by shaunroche
Tony Burd wrote: ↑Tue Jul 30, 2024 5:10 pm
Looking very nice Shaun.
Got mine running on Sunday.
Cheers Tony - I've just watched the YouTube vid, very cool mate!
Jon Jackson ran mine up just after he built it, but I've not started it yet, so I'll see if I can emulate your success!
Re: VA138, the next chapter....
Posted: Sun Aug 11, 2024 5:41 pm
by shaunroche
Chapman and Cliff re-veneered dash now refitted!
Did look like this....
Re: VA138, the next chapter....
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2024 2:28 pm
by new to this
shaunroche wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 5:41 pm
Chapman and Cliff re-veneered dash now refitted!
What veneer is that ? are the door top capping's the same ?
Dave
Re: VA138, the next chapter....
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:10 pm
by RSi
shaunroche wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 5:41 pm
Chapman and Cliff re-veneered dash now refitted!
Looks smart!
They did my door tops and asked for the cubby door to get a match. They made a fantastic job of them.
Re: VA138, the next chapter....
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2024 3:38 pm
by shaunroche
new to this wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 2:28 pm
shaunroche wrote: ↑Sun Aug 11, 2024 5:41 pm
Chapman and Cliff re-veneered dash now refitted!
What veneer is that ? are the door top capping's the same ?
Dave
It's American Walnut Crown from California apparently!
Yes, all done at the same time.
Re: VA138, the next chapter....
Posted: Mon Aug 12, 2024 6:49 pm
by new to this
Ive ended up veneering my dash 3 times 
the first 2 times i used bur elm, its a nice veneer but i had trouble with it, i bought my veneer from EBay so not sure about quality, the glue i used was Gorilla Glue which is white in colour, every thing went okay so i thought, stuck the veneer down, sanded the veneer down until smooth, applied the lacquer 3 or 4 coats then the problems started, where the knots are in the bur veneer white stress lines appeared
So striped veneer off again this time i used light oak veneer and stuck it down with evo stick 
the dash is okay this time, but am in the middle of making another dash the clock part from scratch but this one has 4 small gauges the veneer is on but not finished cutting out the holes yet
Dave
Re: VA138, the next chapter....
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2024 11:52 pm
by shaunroche
A little more progress to report....dash is in but not wired up....it's taking too long!!
Re: VA138, the next chapter....
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2024 11:54 pm
by shaunroche
new to this wrote: ↑Mon Aug 12, 2024 6:49 pm
Ive ended up veneering my dash 3 times
the first 2 times i used bur elm...
Dave
Phew, not something I would've attempted Dave, well done!