Tag Archives: entrance steps

28/5/2019

Ordered African Iroko timber to make the lower side rods, panel bottom stretchers and rear wheel arches, total including VAT and carriage £225.

The current work is concerned with preparing to refit the entrance steps.  This will require the pillar steel plate to be in place, the floor edge to be replaced and careful alignment with the hand rails.  Ordered a tongue and grooved spruce board to repair the floor edge in this area.

Prior to fitting the entrance steps I need to fix the exhaust connection between the main pipe and the manifold down pipe.

Sprayed the entrance pillar steel plate with a second coat of green smooth hammerite, it is now ready to fit.

Red oxided  the reinforcing plates between the side rods and floor cross bearers.

Wire brushed the underside of the floor adjacent to the entrance ready for priming and painting.  This will allow the new metalwork to be fitted.

Vactan’d the angle iron supports for the floor under the entrance door.

Rewelded some of the roof steel where the welds were porous then primed with red oxide.

 

 

19/5/2019

Painted the first coat of silver smooth hammerite onto the entrance step frame.  Removed the steel reinforcement plate from the rearward entrance pillar and made a replacement.

This pile of scrap in front of the dustbin is pretty much all that remained of the original entrance steps.

This pile of scrap in front of the dustbin is pretty much all that remained of the original entrance steps.

18/5/2019

Applied Vactan to nearside chassis side member.   Also treated body framing where the entrance steps are mounted.   Applied more red oxide to step frame.  Completed welding  the entrance step enclosure.

Angle iron frame for stair treads

Angle iron frame for stair treads

Stairwell steel enclosure ready for painting.

Stairwell steel enclosure ready for painting.