Interior Rear Corner Quarterpanel Fabrication- How To?

[AKdude]

Anybody want to share their experience with making the curved rear panels out of 1/8" baltic birch? Not intending to install side closets. I don't have templates, and they appear to have some complex angles that may lend themselves to utilizing a string of multiple explitives and frustration, which I would prefer to circumvent....help?

[earlywesty]

There is not much to it. 3mm baltic birch will bend fairly easily. Building a steambox and steaming them may help if you are struggling. Make a cardboard template first and then transfer it to the birch to get the dimensions correct.

[EJZero1]

https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...p;start=40

Page 3 should help you, but the entire thread is certainly worth a read. Incredible vision and craftsmanship.
_________________
‘60 Kombi, The “Bob Dowell Van”

[mdege]

[AKdude]

Great stuff guys, thanks a lot, I'm on it !

[EJZero1]

[galexander]

The grain of the Baltic Birch should go North-South, up and down. Makes it easy to form to the door curve.
_________________
enjoy the journey,
Gary
Check out our YouTube Channel, VW Life

[Clara]

[Stocknazi]

Anyone have a clue why the rear luggage area panels had those corner notches cut into them? I've always thought they were an oddity.

When I install these in a large hatch bus using Masonite/hardboard material, I locate the front edge into the window surround sheet metal and clamp them down through the window opening. You can then push them into the corner (not all the way), then clamp in to set overnight. You can then push them the rest of the way into position and install the rear/perimeter screws.

If you have a standard with the rear corner channels at the hatch opening: the panel will sit on top of that channel overnight, then pushed into position until fully seated. Soaking the backside with a wet towel in the area that bends helps. If you are using birch, you may be able to do them in one shot without wetting b/c the birch is much more flexible. Small hatch panels are done similarly and are much easier since the bend is not quite as severe.
_________________
WANTED:
58 Westfalia cabinet knobs (3 needed), roof rack, and (7) privy tent poles (silver painted).

"When the people are afraid of the government, that's tyranny. But when the government is afraid of the people, that's liberty."
"Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God."

Thomas Jefferson

[Clara]