Thanks Jeff!
Today I made all the rails and sills for the cab sides. These were all made from 1/8” x 1/4" 1018 steel bar. I cut them on the band saw then cleaned up the ends and trimmed to size on the mill.
Then, with the pair of front rails held together in the vise, I trimmed a 1/16” rabbet to fit over the top rail. Only the front rails needed this notch.
Still with the two parts held together, I drilled the mounting screw holes. These will be tapped 3-48.
And on the edge, I drilled holes for the 1-72 solder-holding screws. These will be tapped 1-72.
After drilling the holes in all the parts I proceeded to tap all the holes; fourteen 1-72, and eight 3-48. Lots of tapping.
Here’s the small pile of parts made this morning. The two on top are the bottom mounting rails, the middle two are the sills for the windows, and the bottom two are the front mounting rails.
Then I test fit everything together, and wonder of wonders, it all fit! On the left is the inside of the right cab side. On the right is the outside of the left cab side. (I set them in the wrong positions, didn’t I?
Nothing like making descriptions complicated!)
Then, for the grand finale, I attached the cab front into the cab side rails with 3-48 screws and put on the roof. I’m quite pleased with how it looks!
The whole arrangement feels very sold - and the hinge is quite satisfying!
I still have to solder the sides together and file the screw heads off. Oh yeah, and looking at this picture I see I need to round off the edges of the window sills. Ah well, I’ll get to that next time.
Thanks for looking in!
Kim
