Part Out Party - Part Two
Just a quick mention that a couple of us plan to be heading back over to Sequim on Saturday to visit Steve at his powder-coat shop - and so I can pick up a few parts I left behind at his house and hack off a couple pieces I didn't get to hack off last time we were there. Nothing at all like the last part out party.
If anyone is interested in visiting a powder coat shop -- Steve will be doing my rear axle housing, backing plates, and my Gene donated 5-lug wheels (in red). We may be doing a couple parts for Patrick if they get here in time. We we're hoping for a few more parts from other people to make it worth firing up the bake ovens.
We'll be leaving bright and early Saturday morning -- so if you have anything you want coated - speak now or forever hold your peace. :D
I think right now we have room for two more people - assuming Gene still wants to go... and drive. If it's just us two, we may consider driving my pickup over - since Steve has a friend who may have an interest in it. And Gene, you are also free to do something else if you need to.
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The powder flew and some of it was white.
Had a fun trip over to Steve's place today - first spending a couple hours cutting the quarter panels off the remaining part of the gray Ranchero -- it is now a goner. Then loaded up those and few other odd bits floating around after the last part-out party into the back of Gene's nifty new pickup - and then it was off to the powder coat shop.
First of all, let me say Steve has got a nice little shop there. A couple ovens, one big enough for a car and a sand-blast booth big enough as well. He made quick work of sand-blasting the 5 rims while Gene did a little last-minute weld clean-up on the 8" housing. I was tasked with masking off and hanging the small parts on the hang-racks while he basted the housing. Was nice to have a good sand blast booth; Steve was done blasting before I got anything hung.
Then we were onto the powder. We each got a hand at it - as you see below. The parts turned out pretty good... though in the excitement I forgot to snap any done pics. I'll take a picture of my rims tomorrow and one with my rings and hubcaps. Gene and I barely made it back as the snow began to accumulate. Another hour and we would have surely abandoned to truck on the side of the road and walked.
Thanks a lot Steve for sharing your business with [a few of] us. Pretty soon, we'll be converging on you to do something on your delivery - but does it have to be sanding??? :(
:p