Daniel's murderbox - with a sLight twist

[rocket733]

Boy these murder mod logs have me wishing I hadn't sold my tj07 .

[charles_h]

Thanks for the comments Guys.


Project Update:

Well, the worst is over – the side panel has finally been cut!

Billy, the Master water jet ace has come through for me once again. Billy, if you’re reading this – BIG thank you my friend!

The process took 4 hours (mostly spent measuring, and re-measuring) and I'm very pleased to report that the result is perfection. We made two test pieces; the first to verify the window sizes and relation to each other and the second to verify the location of the three windows in relation to the PLEDs position. Obviously, it’s critical that the windows are centered around the PLEDs so we really wanted to take our time. As stated previously, there could be no do overs. Since you’ve probably already jumped to the pics I’ll conclude by saying what a relief it is to finally have these little buggers cut!

On to the pics – and there are a lot of them!





I love this warning label – Classic! We’ll revisit it later.


The first photo series illustrates the fabrication of one of the two test cut pieces. We’ll use this one to verify the measurement of the three windows.


























And finally, the part is cut from the larger piece.







I snuck this little guy on while Billy wasn’t looking. He wasn’t needed for the test piece but I wanted to be sure he had a home for the real deal later…







After completing the two test pieces, we’re ready to move on to the side panel!





Here, Billy makes adjustments to the cutting program.


Part of the process involves zeroing the nozzle by placing it in the top right corner. Based on the data entered about the panel size, the program will then make the cuts in the correct locations… hopefully.






This is the most stressful moment – after hours of measurements, calculations and my bad jokes, it’s finally moment of truth time.




DOOO EEET!













The lucky zen frog doin' his thang...





Woot! Success! You can see the very fine media that’s mixed with the water to act as an abrasive.



Next, we’ll move on to main window. For this process, I got a lot more shots because I was actually able to breath.

While you’re looking at these, remember the warning label…





































The first time Billy smiles all day...


Why?

Because he’s done!




Here you go Daniel!

Ok… I’ll clean it up a bit first…



There’s still the mounting of the Plexiglas and the powder coating of the facade but I wanted to at least give you an idea of how it turned out. I’ll post more better pics when it’s all done.












That’s all for today – still a few more twists and turns to go…

Thanks for looking in.

[Dangals]

Awesome update my friend....

Now we can see just how much goes into the preparation of these side panels and the water jet cutting.....always wondering how that worked

You are the master