Friday 26-Feb-2016, 07:48 PM
Today's progress:
All non-rotating discs installed and mounted to make a tray which enables you to essentially take all the guts of the blaster out for charging/maintenance.
Drill was also test fitted and I will put the mounting bracket in tomorrow hopefully
The tray slides out the front of the coolant/power pack part of the blaster.
I also mounted the lowest part of the handle for the blaster. This was a bit tricky because it was a 3d printed part, and in order for the tray to slide it had to be removable (so that everything could pass through the center of the blaster to slide out.) So I came up with this: a clear piece of perspex with a hole for the wires to poke through and screwed to the face of the handle. The tab in the center clicks into another piece on the tray. See next picture
It fits quite well and will definitely not fall out under normal use, however it was a little wobbly so I packed it out with some of my trusty aluminium tape.
It fit really nice now, no wobble and you can lift the entire blaster from the handle (although I won't try this when the blaster is fully assembled!!)
Tomorrow I will hopefully get the drill motor in position and mounted. There is a fair amount of stuff to go into the rear of the blaster, so making it as accessible as possible was a must!
That's it for today
All non-rotating discs installed and mounted to make a tray which enables you to essentially take all the guts of the blaster out for charging/maintenance.
Drill was also test fitted and I will put the mounting bracket in tomorrow hopefully
The tray slides out the front of the coolant/power pack part of the blaster.
I also mounted the lowest part of the handle for the blaster. This was a bit tricky because it was a 3d printed part, and in order for the tray to slide it had to be removable (so that everything could pass through the center of the blaster to slide out.) So I came up with this: a clear piece of perspex with a hole for the wires to poke through and screwed to the face of the handle. The tab in the center clicks into another piece on the tray. See next picture
It fits quite well and will definitely not fall out under normal use, however it was a little wobbly so I packed it out with some of my trusty aluminium tape.
It fit really nice now, no wobble and you can lift the entire blaster from the handle (although I won't try this when the blaster is fully assembled!!)
Tomorrow I will hopefully get the drill motor in position and mounted. There is a fair amount of stuff to go into the rear of the blaster, so making it as accessible as possible was a must!
That's it for today