Got some polyacrylic applied to the sideboards. I'm planning on 4 or 5 coats go give them a bright and shiny finish.
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Finally got to work on the sideboards for the low-rider. Didn't get any pictures of cutting the wood or using my router table to radius some of the corners. Next is installing some edge banding on the oak plywood, I hope to give it the appearance of solid wood. A few weeks ago I found an iron at an estate sale for $5, it is used to heat the banding glue. I also used one of my corner clamp to hold the plywood while applying the banding. You can see the difference between the plywood with and without banding. Ironing on more banding. Bought a 50 foot roll and used about 40 feet of the banding. All 10 pieces now have the banding installed. Got the sideboards attached. Came out a bit different than I planned but this will work. Some more views of the sideboards. Got the screws measured perfectly, I took my time with these measurements to make sure they were spot on. Installed the handle to see how it fits with the front piece of oak. I got a black pool noodle, I will use t...
Got to work on the seat for the low-rider. Layed out the lines then stapled the vinyl using plastic strips to keep the staples from tearing through the vinyl. After the stapling, I stuffed the pool noodle into the vinyl fabric. It's now as cushy as I would have like but I doubt many people will be taking rides in the wagon Finally got a chance to start working on the stake sides for the trailer. I used some 3/4 inch oak I had to replace the rotted wood that came with the trailer. I patterned them off the original uprights. After cutting I had to drill some clearance holes for the top rail of the wagon. Then lots of sanding, then set up my router table to round over all the edges. Drilled more holes for the attach points then installed them. I couldn't find any 1/4 inch oak for the stake sides so I will be using some oak plywood. That will be my next task.
Part of my low-rider wagon build includes a seat for any passengers. I looked at some different materials for the seat and found my answer at Dollar Tree. Cheap pool noodles! I made a couple mock ups with what I had and after deciding on a design, I made a full sized mock-up. I just need to work on ends a bit, I have an idea that should work. I cut the noodles to length and hope to get this done in the next week.
With the low-rider trailer close to completion, it's time to work on the low-rider wagon. The first thing I did today was clean the tires for the wagon, they had a bunch of dried mud on them. Discovered one tire has a leak in an inner tube, I have on old patch kit I hope will work. Next job was to attach the wagon to the frame. I should have done this before installing the wheels and tires, it was a wrestling match to get everything in place. I got it on and all the fasteners are tight. The wagon looks pretty good. The wood I ordered from Home Depot is in so I can start working on the stake side rails.
Used the warm weather to get the diamond plate matting cemented to the trailer ramps. I clamped then down for about an hour to make sure the mats stay stuck. Also got the wheels put on the trailer. I just hope I don't need to remove them, getting the little caps on was kind of a pain. They went on real tight so I shouldn't have any problems. I set the low rider frame on the trailer to test the length. Fits great as I planned. I test fit the trailer ramps for length and think they are just right. I won't know if the low-rider will bottom out when going up the ramps till later. It looks like they will work fine though. With the wheels installed I can start working on the parking brake. I mocked up a piece of scrap to see how things will work. My first thought was to mount thd brake lever on the top of the trailer but that will interfere with the low rider. I thought about mounting in on hte front of the trailer but that would involve designing some kind of linkage....