TRIM
The major activity today was preparing the
trim pieces for buffing. Ron continued to work on the long pieces on
the main buffer. Bud brought his buffer that was fixed to a floor
mounted motor with a long flexible shaft. Clamping down the long 16'
pieces Fred, Bud, Wally and Ron buffed these pieces. By the end of
the day all the pieces that we had here were completed including
Wally applying a coat of wax. There are two pieces at another
location for repair by a person that will weld them with a MIG
welder.
Next, Ryan started us on the process of preparing
the letters "GENERAL MOTORS", and "PARADE OF
PROGRESS". As mentioned previously there are 45 castings that
make up these letters. These are raw aluminum castings and very
rough surface. Using belt sanders he had Del using 36 grit on the
sander he was using. The next operation went to Don using a 50-grit
belt sander. Following that Dick using a DA started with 150 grit,
followed by 220 grit and then finishing with 320 grit. Ryan and Fred
also did the fine filing and sanding in the small corners of the
letters. Mike also was helping in the process of preparing the
letters for final buffing. By the end of the day about 1/2 of the
letters were through the operations up to the final 320 grit
sanding. None had been through the buffing operation yet.
TRIM FASTENERS
Ryan had Sparta Sheet Metal cut us 500
pieces of steel that were 1-1/16" square so that we could make
fasteners for the trim. Ed, Ryan, Connie, Art, and Marty set up a
mini manufacturing operation of making all the necessary fasteners.
First a jig was built to drill all the holes in each piece of steel.
Next the threaded rod was cut. Following that the rod was welded in
the hole and the weld was ground flush with a grinder. At the end of
the day all the fasteners were completed. Next week they will be
painted.
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