Weds.15.08.07. Needless to say Colin failed to turn up sighting his bad back as the cause. Chris managed some of the fabrication before the blade in his jig saw packed up. I had filled my day labouring over the console which is held together with glue, pins, screws and clamps. There is still a great deal of repetitive toil before it resembles what is intended. The task has become ‘labour’ because of the unremitting ‘déjà vu’ that I am constantly experiencing. I have unquestionably trod this path before unfortunately I feel quite discouraged.
Thurs.16.08.07. I have continued to work simultaneously on both units. I have laminated the underpart of the dash using MDF trimming the edge with half-round beading, gluing and clamping as the assembly progresses. Lastly, each will be shaped then sanded to take the final top layer of leather. The curved ends of the dash have been formed by using soaked, ‘bendy’ MDF screwed to a contoured frame; the cuts on the back being filled with a mixture of PVA and sawdust to maintain the curve. Once dried the framework can be removed, the spaces behind them ‘packed’ and the batwing ends joined to the main part of the dash. Potentially, there will be a problem when the ‘proper’ dash is cut to replicate these curved ends. To achieve this effect it maybe necessary to reproduce this shape from a carved, solid piece of wood or, another solution would be to completely cover the entire dash with a veneer.
Typically, there has been a downside to the day: ‘no show Colin’, Chris has not worked on the car because of the broken jigsaw blade, Danny the Painter is still hiding on Mars, discouragingly Gordon, the alternative painter, has declined the offer of jumping into his boots.
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