Madness-Murder Jr

[theseeker]

My plans were going well, painting miscellaneous parts, drilling, re-riveting, re-painting and the like. I was on schedule to eat a late lunch and begin sleeving, then the doorbell rang, my dogs went ballistic and so did my wife. We have a standing rule around here, don't call or stop by on Sunday especially during football season. There went my sleeving and my Zen moment! I did manage to get a couple of things done.

I mounted the Hammond boxes (thanks Charles) for the Feser.



You have to countersink (thanks BA) these holes from the bottom to get a nice flush fit.



They screw in from the bottom and then apply HD double sided tape.



This process took longer than expected, now I know what you mean BA. You get the mounting idea from this...



I drilled the rivets in the midplate and repainted it again! What a PITA!!
I am happy that I did and I also placed the grommets..Thanks again Charles.





Finally put the pieces in place.







The next time I do this and it will be soon. I will send this stuff out for powdercoating. I enjoy painting but this was a challenge.

[charles_h]

Looks awesome Rocky!

My one suggestion would be to remove the lids from the Hammond boxes - they're not needed. Removing them will give you a bit more clearance between the top of the rad and the underside of the midplate for cable management.

You're in the home stretch now!

[theseeker]

Looks awesome Rocky!

My one suggestion would be to remove the lids from the Hammond boxes - they're not needed. Removing them will give you a bit more clearance between the top of the rad and the underside of the midplate for cable management.

You're in the home stretch now!

Now you tell me!

[BlueAqua]

Now you tell me!

He told me the same thing, don't feel bad. Ha ha

This is looking real good, I await more updates and visual eye candy.

[theseeker]

He told me the same thing, don't feel bad. Ha ha

This is looking real good, I await more updates and visual eye candy.

Now we know why Charles lives in Canada and Nils lives in Germany!

[theseeker]

Let the sleeving begin! I had a couple of hours this afternoon so I decided it was time to begin my first sleeving attempt. Many thanks to Dangals for the outstanding tutorial on sleeving, a definite must read thread. Obviously, big kudos for Charles and Nils for the exceptional quality of the Psychopack
And thanks to the Academy...oops, sorry wrong speech.
Well I started and I must say this is totally addicting. Sleeving is the easy part pulling out the pesky plugs is the hard part. I will always sleeve from now on. The pictures do not do justice to the sleeving. I could have used a third and fourth hand for stretching it though but I am getting the hang of it.

I started with something easy.



The tip of an exacto knife works great for this.





Much better...



I did all wires individually but I decided to cover all of them with a larger piece of heat shrink for the industrial look.







It will look much better than this...



I only had time for one more so I did this for a challenge...



I used a cutting mat for ease of measurement, exacto knife, heat gun and an Olfa Rotary Cutter for the sleeving and the heat shrink. This is a great tool but it is extremely sharp. It will give you the finest cuts you can possibly get. It was designed to cut leather!





I found the heat gun at Hobby Lobby for $15.00 and it works great, my finger tips are burned!
Happy sleeving!

[headala]

I found the heat gun at Hobby Lobby for $15.00 and it works great, my finger tips are burned!
Happy sleeving!

I never figured you for a 'periwinkle' kind of guy; I guess some guys can pull it off and some can't.