East Barnet Joint Stock - a workbench

[micklner]

Personally I think,  once it is all painted what if anything, will actually notice ? It is very hard to tell from photos.

If yes, then I would either file the bottom of the ends a fraction to allow the sides to drop about the amount needed  to allow the sides to then cover  the gap, or solder strip to the base of the sides to hide any gap and file them flush with the body, if you do that then very hard to do any more soldering without them falling off/moving. Easiest option is to file the fraction of the  bottom of the ends.

[Jon4470]

Morning Chas,

 

Firstly I just wanted to say that the build is coming on nicely and looks really good to me.

 

Initially I thought that, if I was you, I’d ignore the sides not quite covering the folded up stands. As Mick says, it is hard to see in the raw brass - and it will be painted black ultimately which will further reduce visibility. But, if it bothers you, then Mick has suggested the options. Of these I would favour filing down the ends first….as long as the beading at the bottom doesn’t become too narrow (and visibly different to the side beading)

 

However, something else has occurred to me. This might help disguise the visible bend or…….make it more noticeable. There are brackets that attach to the footplate under each vertical frame of the body. I think that these really do need to touch ( or appear to touch) the sides. Does the fold get in the way?

 

If not, then I’m back to my first thought….ignore the problem🙂. If the fold does get in the way, then I think it’s a case of filing the ends and adding a strip to the sides, if necessary.

Jon

 

PS I know that you said you doubted your ability to solder a strip to the bottom of the sides……..just wanted to say that I disagree……I don’t doubt your ability to do this. …..and make a clean job of it.👍

[Chas Levin]

9 hours ago, micklner said:

Personally I think,  once it is all painted what if anything, will actually notice ? It is very hard to tell from photos.

If yes, then I would either file the bottom of the ends a fraction to allow the sides to drop about the amount needed  to allow the sides to then cover  the gap, or solder strip to the base of the sides to hide any gap and file them flush with the body, if you do that then very hard to do any more soldering without them falling off/moving. Easiest option is to file the fraction of the  bottom of the ends.

 

Morning Mick, thank you, good points all!

 

It's one of those things though that having once been noticed, will bug me when it's finished, so I'm sure it's better to try and do something about it. You know how something that niggles is the thing your eye is drawn to...

 

Good point about any strips soldered to bottom edges of the sides will be prone to move during later soldering. Perhaps using a wider strip - say 1/4" - of very thin shim, 5 thou, soldered along the bottom of the sides, with just the lowest fraction showing and a very narrow solder fillet to smooth the join, might make movement less likely?

 

I'm coming round though to the idea of filing the bottoms of the end structures and the areas of the floorpan where they sit. Reducing a fairly wide area like that and doing it really evenly isn't easy but it's do-able and while I initially thought it wouldn't be possible to achieve sufficient reduction in height that way, I think perhaps I can: the required lowering is very slight, after all, it's just that it looks large to me because I'm focussed on the problem. I'll see if I can learn more by measurement, though measuring things this finely, even with the very good digital calipers I have, isn't 100% reliable.