Ah yes…… time for the group buy!
You have to love a good looking piece of wood. How big is the vice?
That one has 4” jaws and a maximum 4” opening, I have two small tabletop vices that I use, not fixed down to anything so that can be fun sometimes
It’s even harder working metal when all you have are wood working tools.
I like that wood. Looking nice.
That vice (with the orange button) looks like a twin to one of mine.
I can totally understand that
I thought about the wood for a while going between american walnut, ebony, rosewood and a couple of others but being honest I chose this piece because it was the closest cut to the dimensions I required
Yeah an ex got that vice for me at lidl about 7 years ago, best thing she ever bought me
Crx it is already looking awesome !!!
Thanks CRX. The reason I asked how big the vice was is to get an idea on how big your parts were.
Thanks mate
Right , well looking at the lights parts from the front is about the same size as a credit card, 85mm x 54mm and maybe 20mm thick total.
More work on the rosewood, drilled 3mm holes for the red bottom LED's, charging indicator & top momentary switches and cut out a channel for the USB charging port with a junior hacksaw.
Had an idea to cover the back end of the auxiliary LED's with a mix of glow powder and resin.
The USB port I have taken from an old converter that I had.
Sanded down two momentary switches.
Marked out and drilled holes for wiring in the mid copper layer.
Bits n' pieces.
Reference drawing
Today's Tune:
www.youtube.com/embed/MnXMECZup2M
Cool! Looking good.
Sure is.
Someone has to ask , what kind of black magic is this ?
lol , good idea right there
The project is coming along quite nicely.
I love watching this rapid prototyping take place.
Some great out of the “box” thinking.
Sorry I had to say that.
Anybody else still confused about what this is supposed to turn out like? I looked at the renders in the OP, and all these progress pics, and it still eludes me. I see it has a quad? And then the 5mm AUX LEDS go on the “bottom” along with a charging port?
All will be revealed
Yeah, quad main light, some UV emitters around that and red LED’s on the bottom.
Two momentary switches, one for the quad driver, one for UV resistor driven and a mercury tilt switch for red LED’s on the bottom. Rechargeable via micro USB port, built in TP4056 or TP5000 charger board.
Are you saying my drawings are crap?
Of course not. :innocent:
Good, coz they took ages
Your speaking Chinese CRX. Can you put that in English so dummys like me understand?
You’re not as daft as you make out moose :laughing:
Got the copper layers & wood marked up and drilled for the brass fixing screws today, very hard to get these lined up straight without using a drill press but I did ok.
Copper layers.
Copper & wood layers lined up.
I used a scrap piece of copper to test and show how I will be installing the slotted M2 screws into the front and back plates.
I think I will practice some more before working on the finals :D
Reference drawing
Something else I have thought about is etching the copper with my username as shown in the mock up drawings, I did a small test on the scrap copper with some ferric chloride.
I cut out a disc of tape and applied then used correction fluid to mask, left to dry then removed the tape. I dabbed on some ferric chloride and left for an hour then brushed up the copper, just to see the effect. It leaves a shallow etch in the copper.
Reference drawing
Today's Tune:
www.youtube.com/embed/uJEGeKRg2D8