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| vtsteam:
I like it! :thumbup: :clap: Also, good to have on hand in case of a need for self defense. Remember Odd-Job and his hat? |
| vtsteam:
I'd probably have tried riveting over those standoffs. Just put a shoulder on one end, make it a little long, and tap artfully with a ball pein hammer. If you want to get fancy, lightly countersink the sheet metal, then rivet over the stud, and finally file flat. |
| S. Heslop:
--- Quote from: vtsteam on July 31, 2018, 10:55:31 AM ---I'd probably have tried riveting over those standoffs. Just put a shoulder on one end, make it a little long, and tap artfully with a ball pein hammer. If you want to get fancy, lightly countersink the sheet metal, then rivet over the stud, and finally file flat. --- End quote --- I considered that back when I was planning on making it from aluminium. My concern was hitting the top with a hammer possibly warping it, but that's probably less of a concern after switching to steel and welding it. That magic tape arrived today. I went for GPH-060GF since it was the cheapest I could find. It's one of the lower strength varieties I think. It's been like this all day. I can see its real strength is the foam core preventing it from 'peeling', but it's still pretty impressive. I've found that with adhesives the real test isn't how strong it is trying to rip it apart, but instead how well it holds over time. Maybe if I was smarter the datasheets might already tell me that. |
| S. Heslop:
Green paint from a spray can because it's what I have. It's not very good paint and runs easily. I did a little test and the tape seems to hold to it. But not sure how it'll work in the long run but I can't imagine it'll be too bad. I'll bake it in the oven for a bit tomorrow to hopefully drive off all the solvent. The handle area is crudely carved out with a forstner bit. I've got that router table and templates would've done a nicer job. But it's currently buried behind my main bench with stuff on it. I didn't really think too far ahead with the handle in terms of how I was going to actually attach it. Probably just going to glue the bottom piece on with a single screw in the middle, and then the top part can also screw on. I'll drill some holes through the bottom part to reach the screws for the top panel. I don't think I did a very good job with it. I don't think I did a great job with any of this really! But i'm more concerned about the function. |
| PekkaNF:
I do many projects same way. I call first iteration POC (Proof of concept). I think my daugter inherited it from me: For a anime sword, she did first some drafts, then drew it 1:1, then we made very crude model from pine board (just to see if the length is fine, parts look about right size etc.) then she whitled some parts to see how thy would be on 3D, because many stuff is very different on comics pages. AND THEN we started working on plugs to make moulds, to make parts.... I'm very happy to leave details to "next model"....until I am happy with basics. I guess my design process is recursive :scratch: |
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