Comments on: 1956 Chevy Lights http://v8media.com/1956-chevy-lights/ mac tech support, photography, video, interactive/installation, visuals Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:08:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Ian Page-Echols http://v8media.com/1956-chevy-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Ian Page-Echols Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:34:16 +0000 http://v8media.com/?p=92#comment-78 So I got the place nibbled where I knew I had to nibble it. The back of the new lights are larger as they have replaceable bulbs. Only problem is that the arc of the bulb seems to be more "full" than the other ones, which I would have to say are "cone shaped". So the bulbs still don't fit. Or actually, almost fit. One of them I got fully together, the other is millimeters away from working. Should I nibble out a ton more, and chance that they won't be strong enough to hold the lights over thousands of miles? Make new ones somehow? I'll have to add photos to make this more clear. So I got the place nibbled where I knew I had to nibble it. The back of the new lights are larger as they have replaceable bulbs. Only problem is that the arc of the bulb seems to be more “full” than the other ones, which I would have to say are “cone shaped”. So the bulbs still don’t fit. Or actually, almost fit. One of them I got fully together, the other is millimeters away from working.

Should I nibble out a ton more, and chance that they won’t be strong enough to hold the lights over thousands of miles? Make new ones somehow? I’ll have to add photos to make this more clear.

]]> By: Ian Page-Echols http://v8media.com/1956-chevy-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Ian Page-Echols Tue, 09 Dec 2008 21:09:31 +0000 http://v8media.com/?p=92#comment-74 Well, it didn't start that way. It started out because I found myself never updating my web site since I had to hand code everything. And now I guess I find myself posting any old thing. If I were to ever get a following, it would be by mistake, as I have no focus to the thing, and even if I did, I couldn't keep up any high level of posting on just one topic. Too many things going on to do only one thing. Which is exactly why the documentary is taking so long. Speaking of which, I should work on that today. Well, it didn’t start that way. It started out because I found myself never updating my web site since I had to hand code everything. And now I guess I find myself posting any old thing. If I were to ever get a following, it would be by mistake, as I have no focus to the thing, and even if I did, I couldn’t keep up any high level of posting on just one topic. Too many things going on to do only one thing. Which is exactly why the documentary is taking so long. Speaking of which, I should work on that today.

]]> By: Randy http://v8media.com/1956-chevy-lights/comment-page-1/#comment-73 Randy Tue, 09 Dec 2008 15:19:31 +0000 http://v8media.com/?p=92#comment-73 Hi Ian, I didn't know you had a blog! Anyway, I have only used one kind of nibbler (a cheapo from Grizzly (http://grizzly.com/products/Super-Nibbler/G4956) but it worked better than tin snips or aircraft snips, as you said. Less warping of the metal and more control over the cuts. The Klein tool you linked to looks better than what I used. I have also done some tapping in my days and I guess I have only two suggestions: practice tapping before you work on a critical part, and if you can, make a sleeve to hold the tap upright as you do your cutting. Keeping the tap upright, or perpendicular to the surface, is the hardest part of tapping; using a sleeve or jig with an inside hole just big enough for you tap can help keep everything aligned. Good luck! Randy Hi Ian,
I didn’t know you had a blog! Anyway, I have only used one kind of nibbler (a cheapo from Grizzly (http://grizzly.com/products/Super-Nibbler/G4956) but it worked better than tin snips or aircraft snips, as you said. Less warping of the metal and more control over the cuts. The Klein tool you linked to looks better than what I used.
I have also done some tapping in my days and I guess I have only two suggestions: practice tapping before you work on a critical part, and if you can, make a sleeve to hold the tap upright as you do your cutting. Keeping the tap upright, or perpendicular to the surface, is the hardest part of tapping; using a sleeve or jig with an inside hole just big enough for you tap can help keep everything aligned.

Good luck!
Randy

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