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Old 11-07-2015, 06:28 AM   #95
RockHillWill
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Default Re: I could not sit idle, have a new project

I finally got the hand held bead roller finished. I have shown the test bead as a simple character line bead, but I am making a set of rollers to put the outside edge bead in the Model A fender. Progress is slow as the effort to help my friend, Jim Hery with his Bugatti and Delage projects have been VERY time consuming. He called two days ago, and has commitments to take both the Bugatti and the Delage to Concourse deElegance shows at Amelia Island and one some where in Texas next year. The Bugatti owner is communication with the folks at Pebble beach for the Bugatti.

The bead roller works extremely well, but is heavier than I was expecting it to be. I need a larger knob diameter on the adjuster as the one I made originally is too small in diameter and adjusting it while in use is pretty hard to turn. At the Oblong metal meet, I trimmed the wire edge pieces and the driver and passenger cover panels and hope to be mounting the body to the chassis today, if the rain lightens up.

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