So here's an update of my progress.
Today I was assembling the rocker box and drilling the holes for the Alt bearings.
I assembled everything together and found out that my mirror box was 1" too deep. So this meant a few hours lost cuttting 1" off of all the mirrror box sides. However this left too much clearance between the rocker bottom and the mirror box. So I had to recut the rocker sides also 1" less!!
In the meantime I have finally chosen a nice coloured stain to use on the plywood faces. The sample piece on the rocker is painted with 3 coats of stain on the right, and 4 coats on the left. Which hue looks the better of the 2 in your opinions? All opinions valued.
The bearings are also finished and painted. The only hiccup I had was that I found out the bearings had too much flexure in them and had to weld a strut in the centre for support. The bearings are DSC ready with a hole already drilled an tapped in the centre of the bearing.
All in all I am very happy with how its looking so far. I am striving for an obsession like scope in quality, and think I can achieve this especially with the Mark Suchting mirror.
So far the whole project has been very enjoyable and satisfying. Every weekend I have been looking forward to working on it in the garage. The trouble is the time goes by too quickly, especially when you are a fussy builder like me!! There is also the feeling of seeming to be almost finished building, and then realise there is still a ton of other small things to do.
Whoever has built one of these will know what Im on about
Anyway stay tuned for the next weeks progress!!