Wow may !st lots to do till then. I hope the weather gets better. We got a couple of inches too. Yesterday I got my sand blas booth and my new compressor now I just have to get the right braker to finish adding power to my garage. Davis --- AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > Oh I am pacing myself Davis. I did this door panel > over a 3 day period. > I used to be able to make one of these from start to > finish in 6-7 > hours. I don't mind the cold that much as I am > inside and I have > perscription pain killers. It's the !@$%^ Snow that > is a pain. I don't > know about you but we got another inch or 2 during > the night. My son > took me to run some errands and I got the battery > pack to boost my > Chebby and the last of the upholstery supplies I > need along with a new > rivet gun. I finished installing the last 6 buttons > on the pass side > door panel and have the materials set up for the > drivers one to be > started today. I will not be ready to install > buttons till tuesday or > wednesday so the hand should have a chance heal a > bit and the swelling > in the arm should be down too. This is the last big > panel. All the rest > of them are in the hatch area and are not big at all > I should be able to > do those in a week to 10 days with a minimum of wear > and tear on my old > body. I need the weather then to co-operate so I can > start prepping and > painting the metal body parts that are part of the > car and not removable > so I can install these panels. I still have to > remove the headliner and > dye it and paint a few plastic parts and also have > to insulate the > inside of the roof with dynamat. There are still a > ton of things to do > but I am shooting for a may 1'st completion date. > That includes new > carpet and the seats re-upholstered, and the new > dash installed. > "Doc" > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Help save the life of a child. Support St. Jude > Children's Research Hospital's > 'Thanks & Giving.' > http://us.click.yahoo.com/6iY7fA/5WnJAA/Y3ZIAA/YtqqlB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > BaadAssGremlins-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 > To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > From: Davis Martin <martin-davis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 07:34:36 -0800 (PST) > Subject: Re: [BaadAssGremlins] @#$%^& Tool Failure > --------------------------------- DOc, Take it easy and don't over do it or you will have to take a few weeks off. Better to pace yourself at your bodys level and take your time. You do have lots of cold weather left. Davis --- AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > Wednesday I busted my butt to cut out the pass door > panel along with all > the holes for the door handle, window crank holes, > arm rest mounting > holes and panel clip mounting holes. I used my > Dremil to drill the 1/8 > mounting holes for the button mounting bases. It's > nice and light and > easier to use than my 18 volt battery drill since my > arthritis in my > hands is killing me. I had around 60 holes to drill. > I barely got half > way done when the Dremil started to give me trouble. > I think it is brush > related. I barely got done. Thursday I finished the > trimming and covered > the panel with the foam backed vinal. Friday was the > day for the button > installation. I worked as steady as possible the > whole day as I wanted > to get the panel done. With my hand killing me and > my wrist starting to > swell I was determined to finish it when with 6 > bases to rivet on to > finish it my rivet gun gives up. So today when my > son takes me out for > the upholstery materials I need and the battery pack > booster I have to > buy another rivet gun too. > "Doc" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Give the gift of life to a sick child. > Support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's > 'Thanks & Giving.' > http://us.click.yahoo.com/5iY7fA/6WnJAA/Y3ZIAA/YtqqlB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > BaadAssGremlins-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Give the gift of life to a sick child. Support St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's 'Thanks & Giving.' http://us.click.yahoo.com/5iY7fA/6WnJAA/Y3ZIAA/YtqqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BaadAssGremlins/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: BaadAssGremlins-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/