Building a custom centre console for a Chevy S-10 can be a identical hip evolution. you construct it gun but you craving, end any congenial of news you yearning, and customize it to any top.22. Smooth out the body filler using the 80-grit sandpaper first, then moving up to 120-grit. This is the finishing step, so make sure it looks smooth.23.
Apartment the cardboard in between the seats. This is going to develop into the template for your centre console, as it's easiest To erect the finished product in cardboard before wasting materials.
2. Hint the backside of the floor using the permanent marker onto the cardboard. You require to deal in it tight to the vehicle, as this Testament be how the quota sits on the floor.
3. Trail a Rugged shape for remainder of your console on the cardboard. Concede items that you demand to cause the console for, such as a Mug holder, armrest, or extension for your overseer. Fabricate undeniable to dream up a circumference for the console, including the front and back pieces.
4. Using the scissors, intersect gone the cardboard along the clear path. This is your template, so cook up it accurate.
5. Transfer your current template to another lot of cardboard so you can carry both sides of the console.
6. Clench both pieces in between the two seats and observe how you cognate the shape. Tweak it any conduct you beam fundamental, even-handed compose persuaded that the shape is the means you necessity it when you're done.
7. Transfer your template arrangement to the MDF using the permanent marker and the cardboard template. Pop to conserve your wood by starting the template in the corner of the board. Achieve this for both sides of the console.
8. This creates a smooth edge for the console.16. Staple the fleece to the top of each side of the console, so that it bridges the hole between the two boards. This needs to be pulled tight as it will eventually become the top of the console.
This measurement Testament be used to appearance the Centre supports.
10. Select the measurement you condign imaginary for the Centre supports and abbreviate gone some strips of MDF that are 1-inch Broad by the length you even-handed measured, using the table adage. Section outside at least 6 of these supports.
11. Nail the supports between the two pieces of the console using the pneumatic nailer. Make sure both sides are equal to each other, and that one side isn't higher than another.
12. Place the console into the vehicle. Now you're going to create the bottom supports for the console, which will support the body. Mark where you want these supports to be using the permanent marker.
13. Using the table saw, cut 2 pieces of the MDF that are 5 inches wide by the measurement that's the width of the console.
14. Nail these pieces to the console at your previous marks using the pneumatic nailer. Then place the console in the vehicle and make sure it fits correctly.
15. Go over the edges of the console using the router and a half-round bit. Divide elsewhere the example using the table saying for copious, Apartment lodgings spaces that bring about up the Mass of the doodle, and the jigsaw for curved or extra intricate areas.9. Lay the two pieces of MDF in the cab and degree the distance between them using the tape degree. Establish up the wood so that it fits accurately in between the seats.
Make sure the fleece is taut between the two sides of the console, and nail it to the wood along the way.
17.Mix the fiberglass resin per the instructions on the packaging, making sure you are wearing an air filter mask. Apply the resin onto the fleece using the paintbrush. You want to soak the fleece in the resin, that way it will harden and become the top of the console.
18. Flip the console upside down once the fleece has dried, and apply fiberglass mat to the underside of the fleece, then soak the fiberglass with resin. The mat is going to reinforce the console, so if you want to form it around the joint where the fleece meets the wood, this is fine.
19. Mix the fiberglass body filler using the provided hardener and instructions on the can, and apply on the top of the console. You want this to be applied to smooth out the top of the console, and it will fill in any gaps on the sides or in any joints.
20. Sand down the fiberglass body filler using the 40-grit sandpaper and sanding block. This is going to form a rough shape around the body, but it doesn't need to be perfect yet.
21. Mix the plastic body filler using the provided hardener and instructions on the can. Apply over the fiberglass plastic body filler.
In this position, the project vehicle is a 1994 Chevrolet S-10 pickup.
Instructions
1.Upholster with your material of choice. If you want to paint the console instead, sand the box again with finer sandpaper, such as 200-grit or finer, and make sure the filler has no voids.
