The Lynx ProjectLincoln-Mercury’s Lost Dream Car


BUILDING THE SCISSORS JACK

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19 December 2015:

I began manufacturing the hydraulic stabilizer equipment. On the left are the mounting brackets from copper sheet. On the right are cylinders made by cutting brass tubes and fitting M3 rivet nuts inside. The feet are made by epoxy-glueing M3 screws to conical washers. I drilled holes on the cylinders where the hydraulic lines will fit.

I soldered the brackets on the chassis.

20 December 2015:

I soldered the cylinders to the brackets.
 

I screwed the feet into the cylinders. I rolled thin aluminum sheets around the screws to hide the threads and look like a piston rod.


I routed the hydraulic pipes at  the sides of the chassis.


25 December 2015:

I decided to introduce operating lighting with LEDs. The place that the powering equipment could be installed was under the hood.
I had previously thought of the hood as static, however, to have access to the battery and switch, the hood should be  removable. So I thought of a tipping hood. I made and installed the hinge and hinge legs. I made a recess for placing the switch and glued a plywood base for the CR-2032 battery and its socket.
 

26 December 2015:

The rear LED connections would have to be hidden, so I designed a cover from copper sheet to hide the back side after installation.


I soldered brass tubes along the chassis inside, to house and hide the cables.


27 December 2015:

I manufactured the hood from styrene sheets.


29 December 2015:

I made the cable/hose hinged tray by having it punched on a machine and bending.

01 January 2016:

I soldered negative ground terminal connections for the rear lamps.

I made positive and negative terminals for headlights and fixed them on the chassis with 5-minute epoxy glue.

02 January 2016:

Now that the soldering was over, I painted the chassis.


I made the platform from styrene sheets and sections and fixed on top of the brass platform chassis with 5-minute epoxy glue. 

Next was the operator's platform, command panel and safety railings. All were made from styrene sheets except for the brass railings.

The final positioning will be like this:

To replicate the foot-plate of the operator, I made use of a silicone trivet part and shaped a piece of aluminum foil by pressing over it.

Now the time for electrical cabling. I routed a telephone wire through the previously made conduits.

Wiring is finished.

Test time for the rear lights. No problem :)

04 January 2016:

I began installing the parts. I stripped off the copper core from a telephone wire and used the plastic insulation as the hydraulic hose for the cylinder. The other end of the hose went through the chassis into nowhere :)

05 January 2016:

I assembled the previously made hydraulic pipes along the chassis sides, then carried on installing the scissors. I painted the inside of the roller rails black (grease imitation).

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