Ramsey77

Thanks Syr. It's my hard earned money at play. I have to thank my wife for letting me slide once in awhile.

Edit: Complete with Scarface poster, I might add

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CattleRustler

"say hello to my little fwend!"

grats on the drill press, and on getting one with the correct battery box lol.
Now I see the lower left spring was supposed to be compressed into a contact, I had to pull mine out a bit to put pressure on both batteries towards the right, so my paperclip deal makes good contact.

How come no laser pics?

I cant wait to get back into my garage workshop when the weather warms up
nice workshop mate

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Ramsey77

I had my jig already on the pedestal, when I was going to take pics. Too bad it messes up the lasers, or I would have shot a few.

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Ramsey77

Got some supplies from the big brown truck today....late I might add. 5:30 pm....which leaves me really no chance to work on construction today....It's supposed to be nice out this weekend, so it looks like a weekend project. I will need to take the stock out to work to cut to length, as they have a killer horizontal band saw. Awesome packaging by the way. No rattles is this box, that's for sure.

Loot:



I am using flush mount bolts, so there is a bit of machining left to do. We'll see how durable these drills are CR.



A LOT left to do:



Nice.



I wish I had the saw they use:



All the 1 x 1:



The 2 x 1:



Well, as bummed out about it as I am, that is all for today. More updates this weekend, if all goes as planned (when does it?).

Thanks for watching,

Ramsey77

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CattleRustler

nice mate
what are you using to make the countersinks, an oversized bit or a countersink bit? And I assume you are using a precise depth stop setting?

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Ramsey77

That is the piece I set my depth with actually, so the stop is set on my drill (We'll see if it stays put! *fingers are crossed*). The bolt heads will stick out about a 16th, but it will be ok. All the joining plates will be black and the bolt heads will be polished for contrast. I am using an old countersink bit. It is, however, a 3 flute, opposed to the new one i got at Lowes, which is a single flute (it's total crap, btw). I need a new Hss countersink. I will have to order one when I burn this one up....it's on it's way out now. I would love to get these powdered, but there is nowhere close to do this. The good news is, the aluminum and all the fasteners i got today came in at around 30 pounds. It's gonna weigh enough to be substantial, but not enough to need 3 people to lift. It is a good thing I didn't go with the 1.5 inch stuff though. I am REALLY anxious to get some progress behind me, so i can continue the design of the interior and hdd mounts.

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Ramsey77

Well, I have all of my stock cut to length, and deburred. I am bummed, however, as I realized while mocking it up, that I left out 5 crucial joining plates. They are ordered, but I am pretty much screwed on any more mock assembly. Ugh. Those are the ropes i guess.

New flavor...it's killer:



Joining plates for the bottom frame are ready. My countersink bit won't last much longer I am afraid:



Stock all laid out in order:



Old water bed headboard used as shelf. Just put it back up, along with a couple new shop lights:



What to do, what to do:



Follow the instructions dummy:



Bottom frame is coming together. You can start to visualize my idea now:





Square and true. A good base to start with:



Top of the bottom:



Lucy wanted to say hello. She is a long haired (extremely) Jack Russel terrier. Our black and tan male, Charlie, was in the house being a baby. He doesn't like the cold.... The flash on my camera works really well, as it's pitch black outside:



So did China, she is a shaved Australian Shepherd/Chow mix. She gets hot very easily, so we put the clippers to her. LOL she loves it.

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Aiyo

Whoa, cool materials ^+^

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Ramsey77

Thanks, I am glad you like it.

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richardshewfelt

Very interesting, never seen that material before used like this, very creative.

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