Thread: 41 Willys Gasser project

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Hi bigboy,thanks for the kind words, you been tooting that trombone lately

Originally Posted by Mr Blue

Ive had those "hook and stretch" snakes bite me a few times.....Not fun!!! Glad to see you can tow with them!

Willys is looking killer Steve!

While i've been nursing a fractured elbow i got in the states on holiday i've been getting a few of the smaller jobs out of the way, A couple of nights ago i realised i would need an exterior door mirror, l looked through all my Willys pics but didn't see one so decided to design my own
They are made from 316L stainless and were pretty easy to make really.
I started by making a trumpet shaped base piece, I didn't have any 2" OD bar so had to make the piece out of some 1" bar and add a piece of 3/8" plate to the bottom and sculpture it in, 2 x 5/16" grub screws were fitted in the base to attach to the door











I was then stuck as i had run out of 1/2" bar foe the arm until my mate Allan came over with a piece, The bar was turned in the lathe to a taper of 5/16" at the small end gradually increasing to 1/2" the other, While he was there he helped me with the bending of the arm which was warmed with a Mapp gaz torch. once the arm was welded to the base i made up a top piece for retaining the mirror head and i metal finished it ready for polishing.








Next job was to start the polishing process of finer and finer grits and then dull polish with a Sisal wheel and finally bringing to a full shine with a cotton Stitch mop. Sorry about the pics but the camera don't like the polished surface.









These pics are better







:cheers:

As always Steve, another wonderful piece. And you're design is really neat. I'll bet you get a lot of satisfaction when someone asks where you got one of your creations, because they would like one, only to find you hand crafted them.
Attaboy.................. Now excuse me........... I've got to toss a couple items into the scrap bin...............

Yes,I think I will go and throw my whole car in the scrap bin as there is no way it will look as good as those darn mirrors, and to rub salt into the wound, there were so easy to make !!! Yeah right !!!!

Steve I know your maticulus but 5/15" whats that all about..Like the look of the mirror ....Just one??

Originally Posted by cffisher

Steve I know your maticulus but 5/15" whats that all about..Like the look of the mirror ....Just one??

Probably a Whitworth size.

Originally Posted by roadster32

Hi bigboy,thanks for the kind words, you been tooting that trombone lately

Hey Steve,
Yes tooted the "trombone" last night and tonight with the band. Playing and making $$ consistantly so I will not complain. Willys is looking great as per normal mister! keep up the hard work!

Originally Posted by roadster32

While i've been nursing a fractured elbow i got in the states on holiday i've been getting a few of the smaller jobs out of the way, A couple of nights ago i realised i would need an exterior door mirror, l looked through all my Willys pics but didn't see one so decided to design my own
They are made from 316L stainless and were pretty easy to make really.
I started by making a trumpet shaped base piece, I didn't have any 2" OD bar so had to make the piece out of some 1" bar and add a piece of 3/8" plate to the bottom and sculpture it in, 2 x 5/16" grub screws were fitted in the base to attach to the door











I was then stuck as i had run out of 1/2" bar foe the arm until my mate Allan came over with a piece, The bar was turned in the lathe to a taper of 5/15" at the small end gradually increasing to 1/2" the other, While he was there he helped me with the bending of the arm which was warmed with a Mapp gaz torch. once the arm was welded to the base i made up a top piece for retaining the mirror head and i metal finished it ready for polishing.








Next job was to start the polishing process of finer and finer grits and then dull polish with a Sisal wheel and finally bringing to a full shine with a cotton Stitch mop. Sorry about the pics but the camera don't like the polished surface.









These pics are better







:cheers:

Steve,what the heck did you do to that elbow while you were in the states????????????

Ok, that last piece just proves it, you are evil ! No human being can crank out stuff like that and make it look so easy.

So how did you hurt your elbow? Sue catch you looking at some cutie up in Nashville.

Don

Pounding back a few ciders?

Hahaha, I don't gloat
Reminds me of about 20 years ago, I had made an exterior mirror in aluminium and this guy comes up and says "where did you buy that its lovely" I replied i made it, he then says "how" I replied that i took a block of aluminium and cut off the bits that didn't look like a mirror !!! He just went "right" and wandered off

Thanks for the compliments mate.

Originally Posted by dlotraf33

As always Steve, another wonderful piece. And you're design is really neat. I'll bet you get a lot of satisfaction when someone asks where you got one of your creations, because they would like one, only to find you hand crafted them.
Attaboy.................. Now excuse me........... I've got to toss a couple items into the scrap bin...............

:lol::lol::lol:

Originally Posted by whiplash23t

yes,i think i will go and throw my whole car in the scrap bin as there is no way it will look as good as those darn mirrors, and to rub salt into the wound, there were so easy to make !!! Yeah right !!!!

Charlie i deciced to design my own thread Just a typo mate, thanks for pointing it out.

Don your so entertaining they should pay you thousands thanks mate.

Originally Posted by Mr Blue

Hey Steve,
Yes tooted the "trombone" last night and tonight with the band. Playing and making $$ consistantly so I will not complain. Willys is looking great as per normal mister! keep up the hard work!

Originally Posted by Mr Blue

Ive had those "hook and stretch" snakes bite me a few times.....Not fun!!! Glad to see you can tow with them!

Willys is looking killer Steve!

Yep,,we got some of those creepy little fellers down here,too...They bite when ya notexpecting it..Draw blood too..nasty..