Project Apple Bottom

[pickuptrucker]

nice skills keep it up i want to see it done!

 

[95XL]

Cool looking project. Still going to alfred state? I went there for a year for MET, but then left. I did some lathe work on those very same machines.

Nah, I graduated in May of '08. Yeah, those lathes in the freshman shop are pretty plain-jane. Were you there when they got the two CNC's going in the shop next door, with the robotic arm that moves the parts from machine to machine? Those are what we learned our second year, only bigger, and louder when you crash one! Cool to find someone else on here that knows where the dot-on-the-map we call Alfred is!

 

[robbieo11]

I know where alfred is i installed alot of dtv where i was in the cable business hit ALOT of parties there too

 

[Randy960]

I was there 06-07. I didn't get to see any fancy cnc machines, even if they were there. They don't let the first year met students play with anything cool.

 

[95XL]

I was there 06-07. I didn't get to see any fancy cnc machines, even if they were there. They don't let the first year met students play with anything cool.

Yea, the bigger cnc machines are in the senior shop over at Dresser Rand in Wellsville, so you wouldn't have seen them anyways, unless you had taken a tour or something. The guy who taught the lab for you guys was an idiot. (The big black guy who barely spoke english). He would come into our shop and ask us (students) questions about crap so he could teach his class afterwards, we were all like "uhhh, aren't you supposed to know how do to something in a field before you start teaching it?!?" Unless you had Chuck Weiser, (We all called him Bud! [bud-weiser]) he was cool, still didn't know much, but knew more than the other idiot! Yup yup, those were the good old days, now it's wake up, go to work, come home, eat, go to sleep, then repeat, welcome to real life.

I know where alfred is i installed alot of dtv where i was in the cable business hit ALOT of parties there too

Cool, at least there's three of us! lol I was never big on the party scene myself, but i went to a couple here and there.

 

[kscull70]

well then i make it 4 people...i have a buddy that goes there...never been there personally but i know where it is at

 

[95XL]

Rims Powdercoated, Tires Mounted!!!

I got my rims back from being powdercoated today, and promptly took them to get my tires mounted. Here are some pics...

I tried to match the color of my trim as best I could from memory, but the rims are a tiny bit darker. It's ok though, that just means I'll have to get my bumpers and trim powdercoated the same color (and to get rid of the rust on my bumpers!)

Yep, now I can swap the rear axle in as soon as the snow starts to melt, then I can start to fab up the front for the SAS. Then after that I gotta get the bed finished. Then that part of the project will be done! Then on the the diesel swap hehehe!


Had to sneak the super duty in the background as well! lol

 

[Randy960]

Yea, the bigger cnc machines are in the senior shop over at Dresser Rand in Wellsville, so you wouldn't have seen them anyways, unless you had taken a tour or something. The guy who taught the lab for you guys was an idiot. (The big black guy who barely spoke english). He would come into our shop and ask us (students) questions about crap so he could teach his class afterwards, we were all like "uhhh, aren't you supposed to know how do to something in a field before you start teaching it?!?" Unless you had Chuck Weiser, (We all called him Bud! [bud-weiser]) he was cool, still didn't know much, but knew more than the other idiot! Yup yup, those were the good old days, now it's wake up, go to work, come home, eat, go to sleep, then repeat, welcome to real life.


Cool, at least there's three of us! lol I was never big on the party scene myself, but i went to a couple here and there.

I had chuck for a couple classes, including manufacturing processes, but for that lab i had the black guy, which means i tought myself how to do lathe work. Never really did get threading down.

Anyway, rims look awesome.

 

[95XL]

More Pics!

Did a little bit of work getting ready to stick the new rear axle in sometime soon, heres the progress...

Before:

During:

Aftermath:

Ready for the new...

Thats all for now, weather is supposed to turn nasty for the weekend, so it'll probly be another week or so till I get ramped up for any progress again.

 

[pickuptrucker]

yay keep going!

 

[koda6966]

Good choice in beer.

 

[Loanranger]

Nice jackstands.

Looks good, glad to see you making progress on it.

 

[robbieo11]

hay when u are done with the beast what do u want for those superduty rear doors
i can not find any for my project i am at a stand still hear til i find some

 

[Scrambler82]

Wow, great idea, look'n good !

I just read your post, wow is all I can say; a lot of work needed to get where you are and to finish it will require more.

Keep up the good work and post pics as you have been doing and don't give up.

Can't wait to see the bed finished.

The idea of a Dually Kit is a good one, no one else has ever mentioned it.

Luck,

p.s. two more things, the extra work needed come in funny bottles, but the little bottles are needed and is that a 60 going in ?

 

[RedneckSTX]

Progress progress, lookin good man, cant wait to see it when you are done