Anyone interested in 83 Pace Arrow Tear down and Rebuild?

Bill1374 wrote:
Glad it was light there, my home got 35 inches. However, as a snowbird, it was kind of cloudy here and we only got 6 or 7 inches of sun.
Hope it doesn't postpone your project too much.

Ouch! That would be a little tough to remove.

Glad it was light there, my home got 35 inches. However, as a snowbird, it was kind of cloudy here and we only got 6 or 7 inches of sun.
Hope it doesn't postpone your project too much.

Well, they missed it somewhat. I guess 5 - 8 is better than 10 - 16. Still a mess to clean up.

Sitting here watching it snow. Just waiting on the rest of the 10 - 16 inches of it to fall! :)

Here are a pair of pictures that I attempted to show the taper for the window slide grip and how it works with a finger.











There is just enough taper, and depth, that allows the fingers to get in there, and not slip out when sliding the plywood.

The fingers are pushing side to side and not being pulled towards yourself, so it works just fine.

Here is a little more detail to the "handle".

As you can see, the edges are not straight. I used a router bit that cuts about a 30 degree taper. There is just enough surface area to grab hold of the plywood and since the sides are tapered, the fingers tend to stay put while applying pressure to move the plywood.

By the way. When these runners are done correctly, it doesn't take a lot of pressure to move the plywood.

Next was to pull the plywood out again, and cut a slot in said plywood. The plywood is 1/2" thick.

I routed out a section about 4" long and about 1.5" wide. This was also cut 5/16" deep. That left enough "beef" in there to satisfy me, and still allow room for the fingers to grab ahold to move the plywood.

Then it was time for another test fit, and a test "slide" just to make sure it was going to do, what I wanted it to, and it did.

Here is the wax I used. This is in a mostly "natural" color, but it does come in some darker shaded colors, if that is the look you are going for.

Here you can see the difference between the waxed part on the left, and the non waxed part on the right side.