06-25-2017, 07:11 PM
Got to work with wood AND metal today. Made a pair of bedsides for my brother in law's '66 Chevy pickup. He's always doing favors for me so I thought I'd return one. I'm heading Up North Wednesday, a day or two ahead of him, so I think there will be time to install them before he gets there. He has no idea this is happening. :)
The wood is Red Oak, radiused on all corners and bolted together with stainless carriage bolts and hardware. Thought about springing for chrome plated hardware, but it would have cost nearly $100 for the 24, 5/16" bolts. Not that he isn't worth it, but stainless will never peel or pit. Tomorrow I get to take them all apart, sand them and put on a coat or two of exterior grade polyurethane.
Tom
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The wood is Red Oak, radiused on all corners and bolted together with stainless carriage bolts and hardware. Thought about springing for chrome plated hardware, but it would have cost nearly $100 for the 24, 5/16" bolts. Not that he isn't worth it, but stainless will never peel or pit. Tomorrow I get to take them all apart, sand them and put on a coat or two of exterior grade polyurethane.
Tom
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