Anyone interested in 83 Pace Arrow Tear down and Rebuild?

With the tape in place, I used some sandpaper and manually smoothed the sliding surfaces. I only used 120 grit and was satisfied that it would allow the wood to absorb the wax.

The first thing I did was to cover the edges of the plywood slide with some painters tape. I wanted to wax the sliding edges before putting any finish on the plywood.

Why? I want the wax to impregnate the wood, instead of sitting on top of a finish. Once the wax is in the wood, the mating parts will slide for a long time before needing any additional waxing.

Therefore, the tape will keep the wax off of the plywood that I intend to add a finish to, while allowing me to wax the sliding runners.

Wanderlost wrote:
What kind of handle/grip will you use to pull the slide in/out?

That is covered in tonight's post. Thanks.

sundancer268 wrote:

fulltimin wrote:
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Nice mess, a little pocket magnet should help by picking up three to four screws at a time.:B

PastorCharlie wrote:
I have several 4' diagonal magnets that I removed from old speakers and those screws would jump off the floor to stick to one of them.

I also have a speaker that I took apart with a nice magnet, and it works well for picking up things like this.

Sorting them, that's another matter.... Lol.

I have several 4' diagonal magnets that I removed from old speakers and those screws would jump off the floor to stick to one of them.

fulltimin wrote:
Help, I need somebody...
Help, not just anybody....
Help, u know I need someone........
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Nice mess, a little pocket magnet should help by picking up three to four screws at a time.:B

What kind of handle/grip will you use to pull the slide in/out?

Help, I need somebody...
Help, not just anybody....
Help, u know I need someone........
Heeeeeeelllllllllllllpppppppppppp!!!!!!!

I for got to take some pictures of the plywood piece that will ride in those grooves after routing them.

However, here is the beginning of what covering the rear window will look like when closed.

When we want it open, it will just slide to the right, out of the way, and out of sight.

I then used my portable router, and cut the grooves into a couple of pieces of plywood, that the window cover will ride in.