Wood Magazine 8 by Larry Clayton

Author:Larry Clayton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Wood, Home and hobby woodworker
Publisher: Meredith Corporation
Published: 1985-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

already drilled in the

chassis to the bottom of

the seats. Now, drill V holes

\" deep in the bottom of the seats,

and glue a 'k" length of '/«" dowel

into each hole.

5 Drill a pair of V holes V deep in the top of the body where shown in the Exploded-View Drawing. (These holes will accept the hood assembly.)

6 Glue a %" dowel Vk" long in the tailgate to hold the spare tire. Using a hole saw, cut the steering wheel (H) to size and glue it to a V dowel. Both the spare tire and steering wheel assembly are removable from the body.

CONSTRUCTING THE HOOD ASSEMBLY

1 Cut the hood (I), grille (J), and windshield parts (K and L) to shape. (See the Exploded-View Drawing for how to taper the hood. You'll need to enlarge and transfer the shape of parts K and L—see the Parts-View Grid Drawing for help with this.) Cut the saw kerfs and counterbore the headlights in the grill. Sand the parts (I, J, K, L) smooth.

2 Glue and clamp I, J, and K together. Once again using the dowel centers, transfer the location of the holes from the top of the body to the underside of the hood. (Make sure the back of the fire wall and the back of the hood align when doing so.) Drill '/«" holes %" deep and glue a V length of %" dowel in each.

3 Clamp L in place, flat on the hood assembly, and drill %" holes through L and '/*" deep into the ends of K. Sand the bottoms of L in such a way that the windshield rests slightly angled back from center but will drop forward like the real ones. Carefully glue the dowels only into K so that the windshield will rotate freely.

4 Finish-sand the jeep and apply several coats of a nontoxic oil finish.

5 Assemble the jeep, fill 'er up, and take it out for a spin. ■

Project Design: Steve Baldwin Photographs: Hopkins Associates Illustrations: Bill Zaun, Kim Downing

WOOD MAGAZINE DECEMBER I98S

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