Geeās. Buggered that up. Your right. I suppose you get that trying to scoff breaky down and out the door to work. I never did trust calculators. itās another conspiracy I bet. Sorry about that.
Excellent build! What a beast, and a perfectly balanced one at that.
I would probably ano the new parts for heat dissipation purposes, but it would look really amazing if it was all polished aluminum.
Iāve got camera lenses that weigh more than that, and then thereās the camera body, flash unit, flash bracketsā¦.Try holding that for 14hours on wedding day!
Steve, that work looks factory man! Excellent detail work and great pics! Love how your daughters fancy fingernail polish letās her hold up ā10 lbsā with one finger!
I may have to weigh it again. It maybe closer to 20 pounds not. . As far as the factory look goes there are a couple of members here who have taught the rest off us to do trick photography. It makes nearly anything look good to the right eyes.
thatās some stunning machining work, really really beautiful. Iād be hard pressed to tell that from a professionalās work! Now all you need to do is get yourself set up for annodising If you need any tips, thereās an Aussie called brad72 on mtbr.com who does a lot of machining and annodising, Iām sure heād be happy to help.
One word of caution about using sodium hydroxide to remove annodising - do it outside or somewhere very well ventilated. I donāt know what it gives off, but the fumes are pretty unpleasant. Rinse with lots of water before handling too. Itās no coincidence that swallowing drain cleaner is disturbingly popular as a method of committing suicide (shudder).
Danged Nice Machining MRsDNF!! You are a master..... knurler...(is that a word?) Well, whatever...this is beautiful work!! You make me want to build a big light now!! Post us another image when you get the black stripped off... that will be awesome!
Thanks guys. For the ano stripper White King has the right main ingredient. Has anyone tried this as there is some in the laundry when I went sneaking around?
I must be coming down with something, anyone here know the feeling, when you look at someone elseās home made beaut of a copper pill and stare, drooling? Something about that shiny red metal and threads, makes me break out in a sweat. I WANT a copper pill like that for my HD2010, badly!
Thanks Johnnymac. Iāve just been fooling around with it outside again and it still blows me away. Iāve got a polished bezel thanks to White King. Iām just a bit to scared to use to much force on the reflector to remove it from its housing in case I trash it.
The contrast now with the bezel and lower housing having the black head between them is very nice. That slight taper goes a long way! Like it, a lot! Excellent job, now that youāve got all that practice in you can make me a copper pill for my HD2010ā¦.