Hello again everyone! It's been awhile, but for good reason. Last weekend was a 4-day video game expo here in Seattle called PAX (Penny Arcade Expo). Every year, I catch some bug, and this year was no exception. This time, in addition to the stomach illness that I obtained, I also fainted (I suffered a vasovagal syncope if you want to google it) and struck my head on the bathroom floor. This resulted in a trip to the emergency room where I got six stitches to sew my eyebrow back together. They're out now, and I'm pretty much recovered. What a wonderful weekend!
Anyhoo! I spent some time today bathing the skirt, shoulders, and neck rings with a PVA/water solution. I mixed approximately one part Titebond III to four parts water in a pickle jar and applied it generously to the exterior and interior sides of the HDF panels and the MDF rings.
While allowing all of that to dry, I made a jig to keep the rings in alignment. I've been very concerned about the positioning of everything, so I wanted to go a little bit overkill with it. Each notch is measured to be as close to the inner diameter of each ring as possible.Later, with the rings now dry, I placed them over the jig, test-aligned each of the notches with a strut, and clamped the temporary assembly together with the spacers.
While all of this was clamped together, I drilled a countersunk hole into the strut and into the ring behind it, following that up with a 1" wood screw. I did this for the topmost ring first. Then I did the same thing to the middle ring (this time only putting the crew in halfway; all the way and the bottom part of the strut separated too far away from its notch), then flipped the whole thing over and finished up with the bottom screws.Time for a stack shot, methinks! "Ex ... Exxxxxt ... Exxxxxtttteerrr ..."
Also! I got some prezzies in the mail! My black voile, aluminum grills, and gazing globes (not pictured) arrived!
In addition, I wanted to ask anyone who might know: Are there .eps (vector-based) files of the gun box detail layers and the dome light cages available? There's a place I've located in Seattle (Metrix Create Space) that can laser-cut various thicknesses of plastic sheets, but they need 2D .eps vector files. I've searched and can only find the CAD file download and other downloads that pertain to 3D printers, and I'm quite potty when trying to create my own.Materials:
1 - Black voile window curtain drape panel 55" x 84": $13.95
8 - Farberware BBQ disposable grill toppers: $11.96
2 - 4" stainless steel gazing globes: $21.98
Sub-total: $47.89
Total-to-date: $597.05
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