The Intelligence - Day 16
went over to the hw store to get a screw remover bit, and while I was there I noticed they now stocked the middle size of painters tape (1.5") so I grabbed a roll, thats going to be the width of the white stripe on the case
I already had the 2" and the 1" and a couple weeks ago I was thinking "a size in between would be perfect for the stripe" and didnt give it much more thought
a start of a fiasco. its hard to tell be the hole on the left has a broken screw shaft in it so I busted out the 5/64 drill bit and the tap driver, and got to work...
an hour later and I still couldnt get the darn screw out, so I drilled out and tapped it to 8-32. I managed to get some threads in there but I am not liking this solution. The jury is still out on these latch brackets - I dont know if I am going to use these or not. I have an email address to Zero-Haliburton customer care, and they do offer replacement parts for their cases, so I am going to see what they say first. If I can get new ones with minimal fuss I will do that, if not I will ghetto this one into the build.
thats the 8-32 test
ok, more fiddling with this dvd mount.
I decided I needed a custom brace which will be bonded to the L bracket in the foreground of the pic, it will have a screw hole for the screw point nearest the L bracket, and it will extend an arm back to the upper screw. Time to dig thru the scrap bucket
you guys do save all your cutting scraps for times like these, right?
ah ha, a leftover piece of aluminum from the lian li mobo pan that was cut down a while back, perfect...
cut out a tab that was 7/8" x 4"
began cutting out the general L shape
rough cut and a little bit of filing, and there she is
back to the drive to test fit
heres how it will be mounted, bonded to the L bracket where the tape is now, and screw holes will be pre-drilled, that way when I go to mount it with the jbweld stuff the holes lining up will dictate the bonding's final position. but before that...
I jbwelded this bracket onto the case lid. I kept the drive and everything in place to act as a guide. it was a funny sight, me scrambling onto the floor with a flashlight to look up at the slot and tweak the drive and bracket into place, then get up and check from the pic angle, etc (did this manuever about three times, haha) all before the bonding sets and its game over
I was going to paint the latch brackets today but since I am not sure if I am using those particular ones it will have to wait. Tonight I will be ordering a bunch of stuff I need from mcmaster-carr. Once I have that stuff I can finalize the fabrication, and then I will be clear to begin sanding and priming the case for paint
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