nine4's projects, restorations and blunders

[Duker]

Nine that is some great looking work!

 

[drivesitfar]

Nines: haven't a clue how you fixed the problem so fast, but happy to see you did. the car looks great and i bet your buyer will love it more than your dog does.

 

[nine4gmc]

Thanks ALL!

Strouty, I can not remember ever seeing a nice blue interior but Another good choice would have been a creme, tan or camel color inside but the red screams HOT ROD!

Drives, I just tore it all off and started fresh, only thing I reused was the PVC panel, arm rest and carpet. It was easier to do it that way than trying to fix ruts in the foam and any foam torn trying to pull back the vinyl. New foam, new flames and new vinyl...

 

[slodat]

Nines, I throw so much away.. I understand. It is the difference between getting referrals and repeat customers or never seeing it again.

You do some nice looking work. On lookers have no idea how much is involved in the seemingly simplest ****.

I have a bit of a thing for upholstery sewing machines. I have a few

 

[nine4gmc]

No doubt Slodat, I just spent two hours making the seat bracket covers, something that looks like it should take 10 minutes ends up taking forever once you figure out how it actually needs to be done and get it done... Most people would not realize what goes in to making something from nothing.

Thanks again for the props man, I really do appreciate the kind words and I'm over those machines. Love the long arms, I could do all kinds of stuff with one of those!! Is that a 226 r1 bottom left and which one is your favorite?

BEFORE:

AFTER:

 

[slodat]

Bottom left is 339RB twin needle walking food with big bobbin and long (10mm) stitch. I have two. One in 1/4" gauge and another in 3/8". The middle machine is my main, go to day in day out machine. My favorite stitch is bottom right - Pfaff 1245.

 

[nine4gmc]

SICK!! I bet you do some killer work with all those great machines!! Speaking of, will you be posting any of your work? I love to see other peoples work to try to learn something new or just check out the creativity.

 

[nine4gmc]

Just spent another two hours on floor mats. I used the last scraps of special order carpet on them so they are smaller than should be but will cover the right heel and left foot of the driver well. I sewed the carpet to heavy rubber cut-to-fit floor mats from a chain store and edged it with the vinyl.

 

[dlcwent]

Nines, I'm seeing red with envy. I wish I had just some of your talent.

 

[timbitca]

Strouty, I can not remember ever seeing a nice blue interior but ...

That reminds me. My Dad used to sell Mercedes-Benz, and back in '96 or '97 he sold an E420 to some rich guy who clearly had more money than taste. He took his car with a tan exterior and dark blue leather interior. I remember my father saying... 'I hope I never sell him another car because I'll never be able to sell that thing twice if he trades it in'

 

[Strouty]

Volvo had some nice blue interiors as well as GM trucks. The older 780 Bertone had two tone blue and black interior that was hand made in Italy. I would not mind having a suburban with blue leather interior, those captains chairs look really nice that way.

As funny as it seems (since I don't like red) one of my favorite colors for interiors is burgundy, my suburban has that with black exterior and it looks very nice. My volvo is maroon with graphite interior. Too much of any color can be just that, too much.

 

[nine4gmc]

If you think about it though Strouty, that maroon interior in your suburban is ALL maroon. The hot rod here has a black dash and column but everything else is red so there is contrast. The red just makes it seem like there is more of it because the color is so LOUD.

Also, captains chairs look much better in gray, blue just makes me want to puke and I promise, 95% of my clothing is blue but I don't want to look at it in a vehicle or even walls in a house. Our kitchen is country blue and one of the things on the list to get painted asap.

thanks for stopping in guys!

 

[firemanast]

Dam that is beautiful work and excellent craftsmanship!

Crappy night time cell phone pics but I'm about to wrap this thing up.

 

[nine4gmc]

Thanks Fireman!

 

[nine4gmc]

From interior upholstery to interior engine in less than a week...

 

[jakemac]

How do you upholster an engine ?

 

[nine4gmc]

Like this leather covered Audi... but unfortunately that's not the case with the Honda in my last post... it's getting a head gasket and timing set with water pump.

 

[jakemac]

That's just wrong !
I wonder if the insurance company will pay out the claim when the fire burns the car to the ground.

 

[RivennHewn]

I tend to think I can cut and fit just about anything with some success.

The only thing I end up with working with any type of fabric is frustration.

Don't know how you do it, but it sure looks good.

 

[nine4gmc]

Jake, I should point out tht the Audi is NOT my work, just a pic I found online.

Riven, when working with fabrics, make a pattern out of paper or extra fabric and make the pattern fit before cutting your actual pieces.
Thanks for the props!!

 

[dlcwent]

Like this leather covered Audi... but unfortunately that's not the case with the Honda in my last post... it's getting a head gasket and timing set with water pump.

Interesting. But the mechanics hands better be extra clean before starting to work on it.

 

[eborcim]

What was the approximate time on the red interior start to finish? Looks great btw, the mats and slider covers are nice touches.

 

[nine4gmc]

Interesting. But the mechanics hands better be extra clean before starting to work on it.

High end luxury there, mechanics wear white gloves.

What was the approximate time on the red interior start to finish? Looks great btw, the mats and slider covers are nice touches.

Thanks Eborcim, honestly I could not tell you how long. It sat in my driveway for a month or so while I finished another vehicle. Then we had to wait on the special order carpet while I tinkered around with design. Then there were some upgrades and changes made to the original plans. If I had to guess, it would be over 200 hours easy. Everything he had in there that he thought was ready to cover had to be re-engineered for upholstery. He didn't leave allowance for panels/padding or materials when he built it.

 

[MikeF2316]

Interesting. But the mechanics hands better be extra clean before starting to work on it.

High end luxury there, mechanics wear white gloves.

Anybody pulling that dipstick to check the oil better be mighty careful with the business end.

 

[nine4gmc]

I knocked out two little major projects tonight, hung a ceiling fan that I found free and have been tripping over for months, got it wired and working beautifully. Then the belt sander I picked up last year was staring at me funny, like when you gonna finish me man...

See, I cleaned it all up when I got it and BlueBolt sold me a stand so I painted them both up and changed the bearings in the wheels, then never re-installed the wheels. The top one is a press fit so I kept juggling the wheel around the shop until just now. I finally pulled out the press and pressed the wheel on, only thing left now is to replace the cord(it's been repaired in the middle but works) and pick up some belts. Anyone know where to find good 2x48 sanding belts for metal let me know.

Check and Check...Now on to the next one...

 

[Strouty]

Glad you got the fan installed.

I bought my belts from zoro when they had a flash ssle, but they were not that expensive anyways. I think like 3 bucks each.

 

[Outlawmws]

Is the fan in the house, or the shop?

It's always nice to make some progress!

 

[slodat]

I bought belts from Enco for my belt grinder.

 

[Strouty]

Is the fan in the house, or the shop?

It's always nice to make some progress!

Why would we care about his house?

 

[Outlawmws]

Why would we care about his house?

Just askin!

 

[nine4gmc]

The ceiling fan I put in is out in the shop, the house has fans in dining room, living room and all bedrooms so we are straight in there.

Thanks Strouty and Slodat, I'll be on the lookout so I can get that belt sander working finally. I'd like to try and make a knife this winter if I can put together a forge by then. My move that up my priorities list.

I did get a lamp mount made for one of my drill presses and got the lamp painted to match but that was all I did before crashing out last night so I gotta mount it and wire it up tonight.

It feels good to cross off old projects on the list, the three things I did last night were on there for a LONG time.

Thanks for stopping in guys!

 

[nine4gmc]

Got the light mounted and about to wire it up. It's a newer lamp that I got from a garage sale that I mounted on my Atlas DP and I have a matching lamp also from a garage sale but it's a brushed stainless look that will go on the Atlas mill next to it so they will hopefully look like they were supposed to be there instead of new additions.

I just screwed the pole to the bottom of the motor mount on the drill press but I will be making a tension hanger that will allow me to loosen a knob and rotate the light up/down for more adjustment. Gotta come up with something clever for that contraption though, any ideas post up.

 

[nine4gmc]

and here is the fan with wrench pull on full blast, feels good with air moving now.

 

[Amitygravel]

nine4 ,

You might try TruGrit for belts as well.
I don't know that they have prices that will match what Strouty found , but they have a huge selection.

 

[nine4gmc]

Thanks Amity, I will have to check them out as well.

Edit: What are the different numbers like "R228, R821, R823", etc?

And a grammar question about the question above. Does the comma go before or after the quotation marks after the R823?

 

[nine4gmc]

Here is the sander, I just finished the cord so it is now belt ready. I also wired up the light on the drill press but need to pick up a CFL for it. Also, I am starting a "wanted" ad for a Craftsman belt sander base plate for that disc/belt combo sander in the pic. I have a block of wood rigged up on there but I'm ready to find a base plate and finish that thing too so if anyone has one or knows where one is, let me know please.

 

[dlcwent]

Well I guess I WAS sleeping nines. Wrong place, right time

 

[nine4gmc]

I am posting in a few threads to keep it live around here.

 

[dlcwent]

I just should have caught up before posting a question that already had an answer. You're up pretty late for you.

 

[nine4gmc]

I'm working on a schedule flip. One day this week I will stay up a day and a half to get back on regular people time, just not going to be today

I got the motor from the Craftsman sander broke down for a rebuild. When I added the cord initially I saw the wires were looking cracked inside and the other day when using it the built in breaker popped and would not reset. When I got it apart, I cleaned out the mechanism and got it to work again. I will be rewiring the loose wiring and putting a heavier cord on it. May shoot some fresh paint on it while it is apart but yet.