Inlay Style Trunk and Door Panels - Need Help & Ideas

[The WidowMaker]

Looks good . When will your engine be ready?

it shouldnt be too long. the heads and the crank are going to be the hold up though. we're going to try and get tony to cut me some 74cc heads to drop the compression down just a little more. it will save me about 500 bucks vs a custom piston.

more updated pics. i would call the trunk just about done. i plan on making an aluminum "cover" for the trunk latch hole and i need to remount the new back piece. other than that, its ready for material.

a few people have asked about the back cuts that i used to lighten the panels. if i wouldnt have put the detail in the panels, i could have gone with a thin piece and not needed a back cut. id also wait until done mounting before doing the cut if i did them again.

[Ron in SoCal]

Looks great Tim. Time for a new career...

[MarkM66]

Looks great. What did you use to make the cuts? They look nice and clean.

[The WidowMaker]

Looks great Tim. Time for a new career...

thanks, but my mind couldnt handle this full time. all these ideas consume WAY too much time.

Looks great. What did you use to make the cuts? They look nice and clean.

to start, i made a template that i could trace the outside of. cut it out, sanded the edges and rounded the corners. i then used that to make an inside template (one with a hole the size of the shape i wanted). i could have used the first one, but if the router slipped a little my piece was done. with the inside template there was no way to cut too much.

i then used those templates to cut even more templates for the inside recessed pieces. because i used a bushing system on the router that provided a little offset, i ended up with lots of templates to make it all work.

[TheShopLLC.com]

Originally Posted by The WidowMaker

thanks, but my mind couldnt handle this full time. all these ideas consume WAY too much time.



to start, i made a template that i could trace the outside of. cut it out, sanded the edges and rounded the corners. i then used that to make an inside template (one with a hole the size of the shape i wanted). i could have used the first one, but if the router slipped a little my piece was done. with the inside template there was no way to cut too much.

i then used those templates to cut even more templates for the inside recessed pieces. because i used a bushing system on the router that provided a little offset, i ended up with lots of templates to make it all work.

LOOK'N SWEEEEEEEET TIM KEEP CRANK'N BUDDY