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Rear wheel arch NS
Posted: Sun May 12, 2019 4:02 pm
by sp250boy
Gent's
not sure quite what to do, with my Lanchester La 11 1939
The wheel arch wooden frame is rotten and there is no strength there at all.
Has anybody got a template of the arch or know anybody that could help?
thanks for any feedback
Re: Rear wheel arch NS
Posted: Sun May 12, 2019 5:44 pm
by John-B
Email JT7196 (Alan Wheatley) who has a LA11 and lives in Yeovil, not a million miles away from you.
Re: Rear wheel arch NS
Posted: Sun May 12, 2019 10:36 pm
by JT7196
Hi John,yes my N/S rear Arch was the same, I was fortunate to have a friend who was a cabinet maker , who was well qualified to sort out my car.
One way would be for you to laminate several layers of Marine ply to recreate the correct curve around some formers,
.I have some pictures taken during the repair of mine, but not sure that they would be of any use to you unfortunately.
Cheers Al
Re: Rear wheel arch NS
Posted: Mon May 13, 2019 8:18 am
by ranald
Hello, Have you read this topic?
http://forum.dloc.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=2848
All the best, Ranald
Re: Rear wheel arch NS
Posted: Tue May 14, 2019 6:22 pm
by buckfield
Re: Rear wheel arch NS
Posted: Tue May 14, 2019 6:28 pm
by buckfield
Some pics of the jig I made. upper is the lower rear section and the smaller is the rear door area. and pics of completed arch but still needing sanding a bit. Tony
Re: Rear wheel arch NS
Posted: Wed May 15, 2019 7:58 pm
by sp250boy
Hi Tony,
thanks for the pictures...
What is the size of the ash you used?
Don't suppose you want to make another arch
Thanks Steve
Re: Rear wheel arch NS
Posted: Thu May 16, 2019 1:16 pm
by buckfield
Hi, yep ash strip was 1/4 thickness and 2 1/2 wide all kiln dried which you can get of ebay, just make sure there are no defects and avoid any ash with knots or lumps etc. it was hard to begin with, steaming/bending and gluing didn't take long to do but most of the work was in making the lap joint accurate and then use the cascamite to fill any small gaps, a bandsaw was a real bonus and an electric planer, laminating is stronger than a single piece of wood so you can cut it down a bit and still retain the strength, I've only fitted the arch on one side as an injury to my arm has prevented anymore work on the rear wood structure, but have made all the rear structure, I'm just waiting for my arm to heal before before continuing the resto, look online for tips of how to steam and bend the ash and you should be ok with it. I'm not a "natural" woodworker but I managed to get it right the second time, the arches are the hardest to get right, the rest is mainly flat ash sections. good luck. Tony