Hi Jim,
Not sure what to tell you. Go slow and keep your saw straight?
Cutting of the top was easy because I could use the top lip as a guide. I just
kept the blade against it when sawing. Another thing I do is to start at each
corner and go part way through. I don't try to cut the whole car as one cut.
This helps because if you get off line on one of the cuts it will only be for
part of the final job (assuming the other cuts go better!).
I think no matter what you do you will need to sand the parts on a flat surface
for the final finish.
As mentioned I used a belt sander to reduce the height of the car. There I
didn't need to worry about sawing. It is a big woodworking sander so the
concern was sanding too fast!
I've been thinking of doing another conversion, if I get another SHS car. If I
do I can take more photos and post them.
For those who expressed interest,
My casting supplies have arrived so I should be able to start making parts soon.
Keith Thompson
--- In [email protected], "raisinone" <raisinone@...> wrote:
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> --- In [email protected], "kbt000" <kbt1@> wrote:
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> > Cutting the top off was fairly easy with a razor saw. <skip>
>
> Keith:
> Easy for you to say! I for one could use some pointers, "how to's" and do's
> and don't's for cutting with a razor saw and obtaininng a smooth square edge.
> Seems most of my similar projects result in way too much work and
> aggravation to clean up and hide those edges when bringing cut seams back
> together.
>
> Any modeling tips or photo steps would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Jim Kindraka
> Plymouth, WI
>
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