Hutch

Great job so far Cattle. Don't mean to stray off topic of your build but I noticed you have some experience with JB Weld. I was wondering how sandable/paintable JB Weld is. I have a small (about 1/10") space between two metal panels that i need to fill and sand over. I tried using bondo but after sanding, the bondo began to crack within the ridge.

An image might help explain:


Slide the side panel up against the front panel and then need to fill the gap between them as well as bond them together.

sizeak

Looking awsome dude, thanks for the encouragement btw, just waiting for cash now. Whats the best way of cutting plastic, dremel?

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Just great CR.

I really like the amount of work you're putting in. It will pay off in the end.

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thanks man, yeah, I wish I could progress faster but at every turn its like some little part, or gremlin, or thing, needs its own little special time consuming mod :/ I am trying to ramp the work-time as much as possible, but with a full time job and a family, its a bit hard. All I can say is: stay tuned

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I would suggest you sand both sides that will accept the boddy filer but instead of Bondo use a fiberglass reinforced filler like Evercoat Everglass (Short Strand reinforced fiberglass body filler - with Kevlar) That will flex but not crack. I wouldnt use jbweld in tha seem unless its in a non-flex area. If the Bondo you used was cracking then that sounds like the gap is narrow in one axis and wide in the other, and cant handle the flex/pressure of sanding

if you mean on that case, you could use a dremel, but at low rpm, with a for-plastic disk

thanks mate
I hope so, cheers

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Very nice work finishing off the optical drive mount! Looks great!

I was starting to wonder if you had given up, lol.... 4 days with no updates.

Can't wait to see more!

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Looks good CR. Close shave on the JB Weld though.... phew I am glad you found out in time and all is well.

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Thanks. I don't think the Evercoat stuff is available here. It should be a nonflex area, but with the sanding there is some slight flexing, I might have to hand sand. I cleaned out the bondo and reapplied, will try again tomorrow. If not I will try to find some fiberglass stuff if not try JB Weld, but how well does JB Weld sand?

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thanks pj - no giving up, evar!

thanks Wasted. Yeah, lol, that one was super close! I was holding the bracket on when I went I pulled at the drive and it was nearly set to the rail I quickly tore it apart and removed all the gunk, and started over

If "pro" means being an OCD Insaniac, and spending way too much time and money, and not making any back, then yes I am a pro Seriously tho, thanks for the compliment McStuff

Yeah, I would hand sand it lightly, using a block if you can. A power sander might be too brutal for it, even with a hi grit.
I havent sanded any jbweld yet but I will probably be doing so today, so I will keep you posted in tonight's log
The EE body filler was purchased online, but I wouldnt subject you to the worst site ever evar. I had to threaten to sue them just to get my can of stuff 3 weeks late - Luckily when I ordered it I didnt need it for anything specific (during gumdrop build) I just wanted to have the stuff on-hand (no pun) just in case

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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

Thanks for watching


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