Delivery Delayed; Body Buck Built

I was unable to pick up my kit last week because Hurricane has not fully received all of the parts that they need. Some things can be backordered, but some cannot, and the late arriving part was coming from the fiberglass supplier and too important to just backorder. So now, we are hoping that Hurricane will have everything by this Wednesday, Feb 13. I am not going to hold my breath, and actually, it would not be all that bad if it slipped a little more as I am going to be very busy this week and weekend doing the TYCOON simulation at Wash U.

I have however completed the construction of my body buck.

Here is Jim Jones (who really does have a forehead) helping me get the OSB home from Home Depot in Sue's Denali. It did not quite fit so we had to rig up some bungee cords to keep them in place to get them home.

From there, I worked on meticulously measuring and cutting them to the specs that Paul Proefrock had on his website.


After doing as much as I could by myself, I had to call on my nephew, Nathan Halley, to help construct the rest of the buck. It took us about 2 and a half hours one evening to glue and screw everything together. I think it turned out great.




The final product was finished the next day when I added the vertical brace, evened up the shelf, and finally added the foam insulation pieces to protect the fiberglass body where it will be resting on the buck.

Lots of things were learned along the way. Like make sure that your battery is fully charged when drilling/screwing into such dense wood. And that the foam pipe insulation is already scored so you don't have to cut it with a utility knife. Ask me when I found that out.