The Shay is beginning to gain some weight! The frame bolsters are now welded in place, although I still need to drill the all-important drain holes in both.

A few more welds and some clean-up grinding and they will be done.

 

The bolster pads and retaining rings were milled flat and turned on the lathe. Still left to do: center drill the holes before welding onto the bolsters.

 

I used my homemade bender in an assembly line fashion to fabricate the bottom halves of the running board brackets. A digital protractor came in handy to accurately measure the bend angles on the first piece, then that piece was used as a template for the remaining brackets.

A little clean up grinding left to do but it’s starting to take shape!