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| S. Heslop:
--- Quote from: nrml on July 26, 2018, 02:05:08 AM ---Instead of etching and painting the glass, why don't you get a vinyl sticker in the colour of your choice cut out on a plotter-cutter and stuck down. It would be cheaper, easier and probably tidier. It wouldn't need more than a good clean and degrease before sticking down. It wouldn't take you long to get a template drawn and emailed off to a sign-writer or similar on ebay. Vinyl stickers are used on plastics very widely. The probability of chemical damage occurring is far less than with paint. Here is the 3M VHB tape design guide. They have a lot of very useful data sheets and videos if you do a quick search. http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/media/441448O/vhb-tapes-design-guide.pdf Sorry for going on about it. I can't help feeling that it would be just the ticket for your project. Page 14 might be interesting to you. --- End quote --- Sign vinyl is a good idea. I was thinking about some sort of thin plastic sheet last night and I don't know why I didn't think of self adhesive vinyl. I can get that from a regular hobby store and it'll probably cut fine with a ruler and scalpel. I'm interested to hear about this tape though. And adhesives in general. I like the general idea of adhesives but outside of wood glues and loctite i've had nothing but disappointment. But i've got high hopes for this tape doing what I wished hot glues could. |
| S. Heslop:
Not a whole lot of progress. Still waiting on that glass. The guy that cuts mirrors, which are in the same order, is off work for personal reasons. I'm not in a huge hurry though since i've got a few other things i'm trying to get done. The back plate is just solid right now, but once I figure out where things aught to go i'll start cutting bits out of it to lighten it. The first attempt at these stand-offs were a complicated part with a thread cut in one end and a screw hole in the other. I made one before realising it'd be alot easier to just part the bar off, tap a hole through it, and use a bit of threaded rod on the bottom. Need to get some countersunk screws too. |
| S. Heslop:
Sides cut and welded on. You can see how the stepped sides work. A sleek and modern device for 2018. The top still seems to be somewhat flat as far as I can tell. It's as flat as that plywood bench at least. I found a cheap Clarke mig welder earlier this year with a broken trigger and i've not had an excuse to roll it out much till now. I'm getting a sooty weld which as far as I know means the gas flow is too high. |
| awemawson:
Simon, Have you an idea what this is going to weigh? You may need muscles like Super Man :clap: |
| S. Heslop:
--- Quote from: awemawson on July 30, 2018, 01:59:34 PM ---Simon, Have you an idea what this is going to weigh? You may need muscles like Super Man :clap: --- End quote --- It's already pretty hefty and it's just the shell! |
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