Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Old & Rough Tool Case - part 20 -- Applying Danish Oil on the Drawer Fronts

Started by applying to the small drawers...


Enough of the oil is applied, using a cloth, so that there's an even wet look after application


This is one of the small shallow drawers, before the oil is applied.


After oil application.
This oil has a cherry color in it so that it darkens the raw wood...


The oil evens out the color of the oak wood...


Applying the oil on the larger drawers...


All the drawers have been oiled.


After about 30 minutes, the excess oil is wiped with a cloth rag to even out the finish.


All the drawers put back in the case.


The end result is very good.  It looks old and used but not dirty.
There's a slight gloss that will lessen after the oil sets overnight.  The Cherry Color Danish Oil gives the old oak wood a nice warm color.


The overall appearance is pretty even.

Still need to work on the outside of the case, in terms of gluing down the torn & loose leatherette, cleaning & then finding a way to even out the exterior color.
Where there's exposed wood, I'll find a way to color it black.
Don't know if I'll apply paint or ?

I moved the case to the back counter of the garage so that the oil can set/dry overnight.

Also need to do something with all the metal corner protectors and the handle...

 

Road & Track Magazine -- December 1994

In December of 1994, I was working for GM Styling Division at the Concept Center California (was in Newbury Park)...

The Peter Egan column used to be the highlight of reading Road & Track...

They used to have a lot of new vehicle news and pictures from around the world (there was no online sources...).


Saab was headed in the wrong direction and was eventually bought by GM, which didn't turn out well...


The Avalon had three across seating in the front! (like the old American cars...)


Supra ad next to a 911 article...


This was an interesting article, going around the world visiting all the supercar manufacturers.
The NSX is around but built in Ohio.  The old Bugatti company is gone (later bought by VW) but I recently saw an article that said that the custom factory built in Italy to build this Bugatti is still there and is in disused state...

Ferrari is still owned by Fiat which merged with Chrysler, which is about to merge with Peugeot group...  Lamborghini is owned by VW.

BMW is still independent but Porsche is part of VW.


Mercedes is still independent (they used to at one time own Mitsubishi), Lotus is owned by a Malaysian company (I think) & Isidera is no longer...


Jaguar is owned by Tata & McLaren is in financial trouble...


Chrysler is part of Fiat...


These data pages were a highlight.  They don't do this type of testing or data tables any more...


A front V12 engined Ferrari with a traditional gated manual transmission...


Hector Luis Bergandi did some incredible illustrations for Road & Track...


This issue of Road & Track had about 225 pages!

 

Miscellaneous pictures of the garage -- Sunday, October 18, 2020

Would like to clear the tops of all the work height surfaces.  Just don't have enough space for all the stuff...


Small items that can find homes in the flat file drawers...


More stuff that need to find homes...


The stuff that's on the top of the tall flat files is OK.  The height is too tall for a work surface so keeping things on top for display is OK.


But, some of the stuff that's currently on the tall flat files is not the right stuff for display and just need to find better homes...


All the stuff on top of the MATCO tool chest need to find different homes too...


This miscellaneous stuff also needs to find homes from the top of this low metal cabinet.


I had bought this ex-military backpack thinking that I could use it to carry stuff at swap meets.  But, it's too big and heavy...


This flat file top surface also has a lot of stuff that needs to go somewhere else...


The "Little Tykes" orange plastic chair is perfect for putting on the bicycle shoes...

 

1996 Lexus LX450 brochure