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Verm1n

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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:34 am

I know it may of sounded pretty stupid and a retarded idea to make a wooden dash...
and believe me it was :lol:

but saying that, I did want something alittle different to every man and his dog

Here is the build, a few pics of many many hrs of gluing/clamping/sanding

starting off...
I tried to heat bend some material for the dash.. I will post pics but i think they are on the oldies computer..

this is method 1
wet the timber with hot water, bend and clamp.. after drying for a couple the water evaporates and should remain the clamped shape

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Verm1n

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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:51 am

I couldn't get the full 1ltr dash in one go.. and it cracked after bending it about 180 degress

yea thats right a full 180 'half a circle'

So back to the drawing board..
I started again with the idea of a solid dash with complicated joins and bracing

I machined down some lengths of timber to 4.5mm, and a few lengths about 15x15mm.. glued the basic frame together and cut the cluster in

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Verm1n

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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:03 am

Sorry about lack of pics.. Most of the build are on another computer..

From this i glued all the extra supports and new piece of material along the front about 7mm.. soo i could give the dash a round front and follow the curve of the plastic end caps..

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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:05 am

How long till you make a cluster out of wood??

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Verm1n

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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:13 am

I then had to fit the cluster into the wooden dash so i copied the old tin dash.. cut the hole alittle bigger and glue a lip on the inside to it wood fit in snug.. I also used the old bracket underneath the cluster to screw it to the bottom

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Verm1n

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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:16 am

Haha Steknig
I'll let u know I did think of it :lol:

johnt57aus

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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:18 am

Hi Verm1n,
Nice job. Stained and varnished timber always looks good. To make it easier to bend the timber or ply or whatever you use, try cutting grooves along the length of the timber etc about a cm apart. You will only need to groove it about 1/3 to 1/2 the thickness and then soak well, say overnight. The timber should be supple enough then to bend without cracking. Just a friendly suggestion, not a criticism. Regards John T.

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Verm1n

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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:29 am

I cut in a slot for the navman so i can feed it in from behind and use it

fit the dash to the zook and test the cluster in.. pulled it back off again and stained/varnished it ready to go back in

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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:32 am

I like it

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Verm1n

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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:38 am

johnt57aus wrote:

Hey thanks for the advice and yea i tried a few times.. Unfortunately i didn't have the tools at home to cut it.. I was only using 3mm think material and I did think of curf cutting but the idea was sketchy for the thickness

haha I'm glad i scrapped that idea and went with the solid

Verm1n

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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:45 am

Here are a few pics of it fully finished stained and then varnished

Enjoy
Brad
Once im finished the centre console and the glove box lid i will post up anopther build with pics

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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 9:54 am

Nice job mate!

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johnt57aus

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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 11:05 am

Well done. It came up a treat. :goodjob:

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Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:09 pm

thats realy cool! better than metal!

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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:48 am

nice work oringinal and come put looking the goods u got to be happy

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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 9:21 am

nice job looks flash

some 4.5 or 6mm bending ply would of handled the radius you were trying to achieve with out the need of saw curfing ( grooving ) the timber

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Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2011 7:52 pm

Well done mate

Keep practicing and you will make a shipwright one day!

Verm1n

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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:09 am

Thanks everyone for looking

remydog05 wrote:

Well done mate

Keep practicing and you will make a shipwright one day!

HAHAHA.. hopefully not :roll:

I think i'll stick to my job instead

Verm1n

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Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:11 am

stollie wrote:

nice job looks flash

some 4.5 or 6mm bending ply would of handled the radius you were trying to achieve with out the need of saw curfing ( grooving ) the timber

thanks

I was going to keep trying to bend it.. The only thing i'd be worried about is it springing back or slowly over time pulling away from the skeleton..

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Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 4:50 am

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MART

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Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:12 am

Does it help with the centre of gravity , no just joking , looks good , Cheers Paul.

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Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 7:22 am

cool, a little bit of luxury car in a sierra... just watch out for termites.

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Posted: Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:00 pm

Looks good mate, now you can come over here and recreate my vent surrounds in wood from my Pathfinder. They aren't made as well as Suzuki's.

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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2011 8:19 pm

Cool.

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bulladean_

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Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 12:41 pm

really nice touch.

Verm1n

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Posted: Sun May 13, 2012 8:26 am

cheers guys gotta love the things we do when we get bored

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Posted: Mon May 21, 2012 7:57 pm

Great idea

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