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[kgtiger]

You just can't help stretching your self can you.

Personaly I feel if you think you can build thing rig and not have any regrets later, once finished, then your head is already stuck in an endless circling galactic vortexs.

I am sorry to say that, you my friend are a little like me, always think bigger, better, trying to out think your self, it's the addiction, of, what if, what if I try this, what if I change that, and so on.
At some point you will have to draw a line and then just collect all the new ideas for the next build, or you will never finish.

As for the epoxy, don't bother, you are wasting your time (in my opinion)

Just use this http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/product.php?pid=130&

It's a different brand/name as to what I have used in the past but it will be the same, it's just one I found that is sold in the US.

Looking forward to your next update.

[DarthBeavis]

You just can't help stretching your self can you.

Personaly I feel if you think you can build thing rig and not have any regrets later, once finished, then your head is already stuck in an endless circling galactic vortexs.

I am sorry to say that, you my friend are a little like me, always think bigger, better, trying to out think your self, it's the addiction, of, what if, what if I try this, what if I change that, and so on.
At some point you will have to draw a line and then just collect all the new ideas for the next build, or you will never finish.

As for the epoxy, don't bother, you are wasting your time (in my opinion)

Just use this http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/product.php?pid=130&

It's a different brand/name as to what I have used in the past but it will be the same, it's just one I found that is sold in the US.

Looking forward to your next update.

[Xion X2]

Thanks, Darth. How visible is the bonding? A major concern of mine is that it goes on clear since I'm working w/ clear plexi.

[Xion X2]

You just can't help stretching your self can you.

Personaly I feel if you think you can build thing rig and not have any regrets later, once finished, then your head is already stuck in an endless circling galactic vortexs.

I am sorry to say that, you my friend are a little like me, always think bigger, better, trying to out think your self, it's the addiction, of, what if, what if I try this, what if I change that, and so on.
At some point you will have to draw a line and then just collect all the new ideas for the next build, or you will never finish.

As for the epoxy, don't bother, you are wasting your time (in my opinion)

Just use this http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/product.php?pid=130&

It's a different brand/name as to what I have used in the past but it will be the same, it's just one I found that is sold in the US.

Looking forward to your next update.

Yeah, I'm definitely a perfectionist and a visionary. Always seeing ways to improve on things until I nearly drive myself crazy sometimes. Since my fab work is still a lot of learning on the job, it's even worse in this case.

I'll get there, and it won't take forever.

Tonight I bent some mounting brackets for the plexi shelves. I went to Home Depot to look for that acrylic cement, and of course they had no idea what I was talking about or how to help. I don't know why I bother w/ these hardware chains, sometimes. They never have what the hardcore modders need for their builds.

[Vinas]

I don't know why I bother w/ these hardware chains, sometimes. They never have what the hardcore modders need for their builds.

True. I don't know if we can fault them for that?

[Xion X2]

Alright, bear with me here as I have to show off my new toy with you guys.

Personally, this is the first time that I've either owned or operated a drill press, and I have to say that this thing kicks serious ass. It's so precise, smooth and quick compared to having to tap and drill by hand.

It came boxed in pieces, so I spent some time today in assembly mode. This was the base and table assembly laid out.



And the head assembly.



While reading through the manual, I saw that there were varying speeds that you could set depending on what material and thickness it was that you were working with. By removing the hood of the head assembly, I saw the pulley and belt system.



The belt was attached to the middle pulley, and the label recommended the first pulley for drilling through thin aluminum at an operating speed of 3050 RPM.



The belt is loosened by a tension bolt located toward the back of the head assembly (boy do my fingers look long in this pic..)



The tension bolt provides slack in the belt so that it can be moved from pulley to pulley.



And now, I've finished moving the belt to the top pulleys. This will cause the spindle to spin at an increase from 1390 > 3050 RPM.



There, all set. She's tuned and ready to go.

A close up of the damage seeker.



And now for the coolest part. The laser-sighting for ultra-precision.





(Don't worry about the lack of clamps as I was only sighting the laser.)

It has dual lasers that can each be adjusted individually to form an intersection at the drill point.

I'll have some action shots of the work I'm doing on the Zero-G chamber and shelves later on tonight or by tomorrow morning. So far, the press has been extremely helpful. I don't know if it was my hand drill or the type of aluminum I'm working with or what, but I was getting a lot of drifting in the bit even after punching my holes and buying new bits. So I figured instead of buying a new hand drill I'd get this, and it's made things a lot easier.