Remove that adhesive in two applications! Hahahaha! That darn wall took three hours of endurance scraping and endless reapplications! They really used fantastic glue, back in the day. Tough part is, it is a truly purgatorial task to remove it. But eventually, persuasive treatment with steel wool prevailed. Then I managed to eek out two [...]
It’s exceptionally nice when a messy job requires taking a break! Today is fume day—I’ve set up a big fan in the trailer (mostly for ventilation purposes), strapped on my respirator (outfitted with new filters) and I’m doing the solvent dance! Presently, I have a half hour break while the adhesive remover gets working. Because [...]
Most of my window epic is resolved. I spent a couple of hours grinding and polishing, then I installed the lexan panel in the frame. Why lexan? We did this since it’s the front window and we don’t have a rock guard covering for it. Eventually, I hope to fabricate a covering and return glass [...]
Good news! The window mostly fits in the opening. Mostly–because the channel it hangs from was filled, but I can file that gunk out. However, it fits the space, so we are both breathing a lot easier!
Removing the old vent involved drilling out 46 rivets
This weekend, I only have today available for working on the [...]
I’m a bit late writing this, so pardon the delay! This weekend, I worked Sunday and Monday on the trailer–and I practically have finished the windows…but my efforts have led to a bit of a crisis…
You see, a cautionary tale hangs there. Late last week, I started readying the window that I had “alumiwelded”–and noticed [...]
Well, it’s been a quiet few days with the trailer. After my csr breakdown, I ended up spending much of the weekend at a reenactment, though I did fit in time to do one more window. Generally, it was nice to take a break, to catch up with friends (who think I am [...]
In my ongoing quest to repair my windows, I took a half day off work and made an attempt at getting to Blaine Window Repair yesterday.
Note: emphasis should be placed on “attempt.”
However, rain, bad traffic and a broken serpentine belt conspired against me. I ended up shored up on an offramp to the Capital [...]
Last night I finally figured out how to use the Alumiweld system! As the instructions say, you heat up the metal you are welding very hot, remove the torch and melt in the alumiweld stick. The tough part, it turned out, was getting the broken window frame hot enough to melt alumiweld.
I first started by [...]
What a weekend!
Saturday started off early. Stuart Natoff came over to weld the front of our frame. He fabricated a beautiful replacement segment, then welded it right in. Turns out, Rick didn’t have to recut the damaged part flush with the frame, but the new piece was so well made, it slotted in there easily. [...]
I decided to take on the trailer’s rear window after work last night. It’s that silicone encrusted window I photographed last week. Getting it out was fairly easy, since all the operators had separated from the window (nor, for that matter, do they appear to operate) and the screws attaching it were already loosened. I [...]
