what are you doing?

What's everyone up to on this fine Saturday?

showed the model A to a guy, he was too fat to fit in it...WTF was he thinking......

Pulled the motor out of that ranger, getting ready to re-install, but another guy wants to see the Pontiac, so meeting him while I am out getting a few bits I'll need for the Ranger....

Had a leaky pond fixed on the place and they left the dozer here for the weekend so I hi-jacked and did a bunch of other stuff that needed doing.

Toying around with my new daily - '78 Malibu Wagon. 2nd owner, 65,000 miles, and been in the Cincy area since new. Of all the cars I've ever owned it's my first longroof and I'm diggin' it...

Installed the rebuilt trans in the 55 today.

I spent my birthday with little man. He said Happy Birthday, gave me a hug, and made me brownies.

Went to the Swap Meet in Springfield. Great weather for November which meant a good turnout for the Winter Swap. Saw some cool stuff but didn't find anything I couldn't do without. Walked for hours. Ran into lots of people I hadn't seen in a while.
Had a good day......

Roller Coaster wrote:I spent my birthday with little man. He said Happy Birthday, gave me a hug, and made me brownies.

that sounds like you had a better day, than all of us!

Christmas is behind me now. I'm looking to get back to work on the 27 here soon! Anyone else wrenching on anything?

I think I'm going to try to get the '56 Binder ready for spring...

my Rancher...mamas 59...the 66 Mustang...

Still replacing missing metal on Belle. Formerly known as the Big M. Momma says Belle and it stuck. I can't fight the whole family.

Waiting on a drive shaft to be cut.

Arieldouglas wrote: Formerly known as the Big M. Momma says Belle and it stuck. I can't fight the whole family.

Sounds better. You got to make Momma happy too

I cleaned and organized
my tools I got a two piece 11 drawer roll around Dayton tool box loaded with tools for Christmas mostly with tools still in their boxes

Spent the day fishing with my oldest son Nick 22, my youngest son Jacob 8 tomorrow, and my Grandson Nicholas 1.

I'm trying to help my wonderful hubby on this house. So we can sell it and move!

I can smear some bondo on a car but takes me 10 times as long to spread plaster on a wall. Doesn't make sence

Since I did some trading to get the driveshaft modified I am off to get the rest of the parts needed to get it off the stands.

RebStew wrote:I can smear some bondo on a car but takes me 10 times as long to spread plaster on a wall. Doesn't make sence

Use a wide knife to spread the mud. Then do what I do: Run an airline into the house and use an airfile and a D/A to sand the drywall mud. It's just bodywork on a larger scale.

MAD THRASH IS ON FOR THE CAVALCADE... as always this time of year!

RebStew wrote:I can smear some bondo on a car but takes me 10 times as long to spread plaster on a wall. Doesn't make sence

Use a bucket of water and a wet /damp spunge after it drys. It will get you there faster and half the mess!! ( All that dust from sanding. ) Even if it is dry for a few days you can still use a wet spunge on it and it will smooth out.

I have done that a few time when I didn't want the dust flying. My problem in I get in a hurry. On a car when I do bondo I put it on one time. 5 minutes and it's done. I had a pro come in the house to do some work one time and watched him. 3 days to do the work in a room but he spent maybe half hour working each day. 1 st day, mud and tape. 2nd day a second coat of mud. 3rd day was a light sanding and it was done. Easy to do if you do it like that. Just seems strange to wait 3 days. I guess I'm use to dealing with bondo buggies that are done all at one time.

Wat about squeezeing some hardner in the plaster. Lol

Steve get you some EASY SAND it comes in a white bag woth blue and red writing on it.. It comes in powder form, and you mix it with water. It comes in 15, 20, 30,45 each numer indicating drying time.. I always use Easy Sand 45, gives you enough time to mix, apply and and fine tune your work.. And by the time you get your mud pan and knives clean you are ready to sand the area.. Mixing and cleaning the tools can get time consuming on bigger jobs, but if its a big jub I just use regular mud .. And you can put a box fan on your work area and it will dry faster. Never hurts to bump your heat up some also on cooler days.. If you have any questions give me a shout, this is how I make my living, I have all kinds of tips and tricks to speed up the job...