Norms Restoration - 31 Seater Projects
1939 Leyland TD5 [1635 DD]
2022
Body March
Norman Julian 17th Mar
Just a little update.
I want to start putting some of the rear panels back on the bus but I have to remake a few first.
Quite a few of the originals have bullet holes in them and I don't want that.
I bought this new beading machine a while back and I did press some panels out but the die that came with it wont fit the bill unfortunately with this bus.
Also a while back I got this very old bead or swaging machine which resembles a hand wringer (if anyone remembers what they looked like all those years ago) the dies that are in the machine are the right ones.
The other day I went to see if I could get new dies the same profile as the old machine made up to fit the new motorised machine. Yes that is possible but 3 months was the waiting time.
The cost was up there as well.
I thought about it and now I will make a stand for the old machine to sit on and use it.
These old machines normally require 2 people to operate them properly.
I will see if I can operate small jobs on my own.
Anyway, the stand that I am making will look similar to the other machine.
The tricky part is how I will get it to sit in the stand and be stable.
The shaft at the very bottom is I think made for 2" pipe which you can't get anymore.
What I have started to do is by using 6mm plate and cutting the same size dimensions as the square plate around that shaft is to have a snug fit so as to sit on the stand and not move.
You can see that it is out of balance so a tight or snug fit is required.
There will be 2 plates made the same with space in between so as to spread the load.
The first plate (as pictured) is cut and the hole is cut very snug so as to give the shaft no sideways movement at all.
I feel that this will work.
Just a little update.
I want to start putting some of the rear panels back on the bus but I have to remake a few first.
Quite a few of the originals have bullet holes in them and I don't want that.
I bought this new beading machine a while back and I did press some panels out but the die that came with it wont fit the bill unfortunately with this bus.
Also a while back I got this very old bead or swaging machine which resembles a hand wringer (if anyone remembers what they looked like all those years ago) the dies that are in the machine are the right ones.
The other day I went to see if I could get new dies the same profile as the old machine made up to fit the new motorised machine. Yes that is possible but 3 months was the waiting time.
The cost was up there as well.
I thought about it and now I will make a stand for the old machine to sit on and use it.
These old machines normally require 2 people to operate them properly.
I will see if I can operate small jobs on my own.
Anyway, the stand that I am making will look similar to the other machine.
The tricky part is how I will get it to sit in the stand and be stable.
The shaft at the very bottom is I think made for 2" pipe which you can't get anymore.
What I have started to do is by using 6mm plate and cutting the same size dimensions as the square plate around that shaft is to have a snug fit so as to sit on the stand and not move.
You can see that it is out of balance so a tight or snug fit is required.
There will be 2 plates made the same with space in between so as to spread the load.
The first plate (as pictured) is cut and the hole is cut very snug so as to give the shaft no sideways movement at all.
I feel that this will work.
Norman Julian 17th Mar
Wasn't a quick job making this hole.
I have no metal hole saw that can drill steel this thick.
I just used a drill bit and drilled a series of holes near the line I wanted and filed the rest.
I have done one and one to go.
Wasn't a quick job making this hole.
I have no metal hole saw that can drill steel this thick.
I just used a drill bit and drilled a series of holes near the line I wanted and filed the rest.
I have done one and one to go.
David Wilson
fabricate a guide to set the panels the correct distance.
Use two hands to guide the panel and have someone wind the handle.
For vertical swages, cut the panel slightly wider and then trim off in the guillo
Gregor Neil Robertson
Great to have the right tools! Well done.
fabricate a guide to set the panels the correct distance.
Use two hands to guide the panel and have someone wind the handle.
For vertical swages, cut the panel slightly wider and then trim off in the guillo
Gregor Neil Robertson
Great to have the right tools! Well done.
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