Greenie-poo - Day 06 - new tools and some work
So I went to Lowe's to get the SKIL drill press, and found a few other things that I needed. SAE and Metric allen wrenches, a ratcheted screw driver and bits, a dremel 90 degree thingy (always wanted one of those), some batteries, and a cool digital caliper...
and of course the "money" box
holy hell, what did I get myself into, lol
got the sucker set up and went to install the batteries for the laser sight when I noticed something quite curious. the lower left spring was compressed behind its plastic mount, and the contacts on the right were nowhere to be seen. Now, im no electrician but I can tell you for sure that looking at this configuration, the circuit is not closed and will never work
ignored the non working laser and snapped some pics
thats not a drill press...
now thats a drill press!
after testing the business end of the drill press I came back to this problem. I was so amazed but apparently the battery box has some manfacturing flaws..
missing two damn contacts! how does this leave QA? Anyway I pulled the compressed spring out so it makes contact, and had a good think while snapping some more pics
digital caliper, tested, sweet
sae and metric allens
cool ratcheted screw driver. drives standard mobo standoffs and 6-32 bolt-head case screws (win)
dremel right angle jammer
(while still rolling the laser issue around in the back of my thoughts) zotac mobo, glove for size perspective
needed to make the rials, busted out a dremel plastic cutting disk to test
disk was win, low rpm no melting, win
decided to give basic circuitry a try (what could it hurt right?) inserted tha batteries, and since I inspected the circuit wiring, and saw all the money side connection were there, I assumed I only needed a bridge between bot batteries to finish the circuit. used a paper clip...
win
apparently you have to move bets around to change rpms
, how about a voltage dial there guys? I guess what can you expect for 100 bucks lol. aside from this, and the manufacturing error which they will hear from me about, the drill is damn solid and all around kick-ass
those are the two stips I cut from a long strip of green I had, these will be the mobo mounting rails
lining up and marking holes
oh, hello there mr new drill press, glad to make your acquaintance
solid f'er if I do say so myself! holes done
tap for 6-32
standoffs mounted
testfit (win)
rough-assembled the box to begin marking off the back panel cuts for the mobo i/o
clearances for fans (back and top) tested ok
threw a hdd in there to get a visual on its size, bear in mind in these pics the hdd and psu are not centered in relation to the back and bottom panels, they are just there for the height axis
thats how I cornered the box while testing
got some marks for the mobo cutouts but couldnt get to the cutting today, Ill get there on friday.
that manufacturing mishap on the drill press still amazes me, I have to give those f'ers a call and give 'em a long talking to, much like UPS, and newegg At least for now I have it working with a temp bridge made out of a paperclip lol. later I bent the paperclip and was able to close the housing, so from the outside you dont know theres an issue. more soon.
cheers and thanks for watching
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