Thursday, December 29, 2022

Whittling Down Some Small Parts For The Barracuda On The Unimat Lathe

It's not often I have a project small enough to use the Unimat DB200, so when this project presented itself, I took advantage of it. The rocker molding on my 1966 Barracuda uses nylon/plastic "push rivets" to hold the bottom edge of the molding to the car. They are small plastic things that have fingers which are pressed through a hole in the molding, then through a hole in the car's rocker panel, after which the center pin is driven in with a hammer to expand the fingers outward, keeping the rivet in place. A flange on the outer end of the rivets holds the molding flush to the car. Below is a photo showing an original white rivet next to some black ones I found at O-Reilly Auto Parts.

Thursday, December 22, 2022

Tranters Patent Parlor Pistol - Grip Repair

This antique gun has seen better days. Not surprising, given how old it is. My guess is it's circa 1880. In a previous blog, I did some other repairs to this gun, seen here.

Yesterday's task was to repair the left grip that had a chunk of walnut broken out. I'd previously glued a cracked part of the grip together, but the repair done yesterday and today will hopefully get it to look somewhat better.