The Intelligence - Day 18
Needed some parts moar
Hit the HW store and picked up some adhesive spray to make my own mouse sander pads, a set of allen keys, a few small clamps, a couple hacksaw blades (24 tpi), some B&D sander pads (just to have), a pair of vice grips, a pair of pliers (because mine were shot), and 4 10-24 x 3/4" screws (with washers and nuts) for the case feet
fist thing I wanted to check was if the jbweld could be drilled and threaded...
epic fail. the stuff just tears away like rubber material. maybe Ill get some quick steel and try again
I took the base rails off because this whole time I had various risers sandwiched in there held on with tape etc. Time to perma-weld them in, mixed some jb...
welded
now for the thing that has been bugging me since day 1, the case handle shape. I hated how the thing was diagonal up along the sides. I wasnt sure how this was gonna go so I hedged my bet and purchased a couple spare case handles from mcmaster during the week - my plan/test was to see if I could use the scroll saw to square off the side of the handle without f-ing it all up...
I am smelling "epic win". anyone with me?
after I changed my panties, i took this pic
since that was a go, I fore-went the case sanding in order to get these parts done and stacked away. sanded the handle
sanded the rest of the handle hardware, and taped off the handle hinges
(this whole process of sanding/filing took more than an hour btw)
victims all in a row
Since the handle and the handle-bracket are two sided paint jobs, I primed the first sides and all around on the handle risers
4 coats prime
1 min between coats, waited ten mins
4 coats black gloss
1 min between coats, waited ten mins
4 coats clear
these each had 4 coats prime on one side during the other process above, so now I flipped them
4 coats of prime - second side
1 min between coats
not sure if you guys have seen my lil shop so I shot a pic as I called it a day. There is still stuff to fix up and clear out the left side but so far its working out excellent. much better than it was originally
tomr will be the case sanding and possibly some priming
another adventure either way
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