CAF Project Rebuild - Trunk Fabrication Beauty Panels!

[beak81champ]

You are the guru! All your videos are top notch; by far the most informative anywhere! Thanks!

[caraudiofab]

You are the guru! All your videos are top notch; by far the most informative anywhere! Thanks!

Thanks! Just doing my best to learn myself and help build our community!

[BigAl205]

It always amazes me how you, Dave, and other fabricators come up with such cool designs.

[captainobvious]

Mark- It would be very helpful if you show how to get the initial "false wall" piece's shape. Do you use a bearing wheel or other tool to get a near perfect shape of the contours for the trunk panel?
And in some trunks (including the one Im working on), you can't cut a single piece to fit the trunk wall and be able to get it in and out of the trunk. How do you then get around that? 3 pieces? (One main center piece and two small side panels?

[caraudiofab]

Mark- It would be very helpful if you show how to get the initial "false wall" piece's shape. Do you use a bearing wheel or other tool to get a near perfect shape of the contours for the trunk panel?
And in some trunks (including the one Im working on), you can't cut a single piece to fit the trunk wall and be able to get it in and out of the trunk. How do you then get around that? 3 pieces? (One main center piece and two small side panels?

TSK TSK! You must not have watched the last video!

Check it out here:

If you cant fit it in one piece ALWAYS break it into 3. Have a middle piece and two sides. You will see this in the amp rack cover portion. Never put a partition down the center, your eye goes right to it.

[Coppertone]

It's all a work of art when you guys are doing it.

[caraudiofab]

Some sneak peek action! Pretty excited about how this turned out!

[BigAl205]

I saw that on your Facebook page...pretty badass!

[captainobvious]

TSK TSK! You must not have watched the last video!


If you cant fit it in one piece ALWAYS break it into 3. Have a middle piece and two sides. You will see this in the amp rack cover portion. Never put a partition down the center, your eye goes right to it.

You would be correct- doh!

Great video there as usual Mark. I need to pick up one of those adjustable curves. I remember seeing them a while back and forgot about them.

I need to get a nice cover panel with a cutout for this amprack I've been working on in my wife's car:













Here's the trunk.



My cardboard template mess was thrown out. I think I'll try your method since it should be much more accurate. The panel will be too wide for a single piece so I'll do the two sides and then a large center piece.

[Babs]

Yeah I get impression those adjustable curves and other template tools for flush-cutting clean lines are as absolutely paramount as good router bits for this kind of work. For anything and everything that isn't just a straight line or full circle.


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