Little threadsurrection here. Ordered up our first two fiberglass kits, to stretch our experience with. Mach 1 BT-20 Micro-Mamba for my son, and the BT-50 Callista for me. Should be interesting, working with glass.
Update: There's hardly anything on my bench, which is progress. Now stuff is shoved with little rhyme or reason into a half dozen boxes, but it's progress.What's on my bench? A few small things to repair and/or paint, and so much junk I can hardly find them.
You call that chaos? That's cute.
And the four most expensive: "While I'm at it..."The three most expensive words in the English language: “Might as well.”
I have a Slo-Mo that has had fins reattached several times - almost one every flight.Have a apogee slo-mo to build...
Great information thank You for sharing I will definitely look into doing thisI have a Slo-Mo that has had fins reattached several times - almost one every flight.
I strongly recommend that you sand a little concave curve into the fins' root edges by wrapping sand paper around a piece of BT-20 coupler and running the fin across it at the correct cant angle. That way when you glue it to the motor mount it will sit securely and have plenty of contact area for a good, solid joint. I didn't think of that in time for mine, and now the fin can area looks like heck for all the repairs.
That’s a starter workbench.
I assume you are double-gluing the joint? If not you might want to add that technique.I have a Slo-Mo that has had fins reattached several times - almost one every flight.
I also have a 4x36 inch belt/disc sander that I have mounted on a HF wheeled equipment dolly. I mounted a plywood shelf on the bottom for a small Shop Vac running through a Dust Deputy to collect the sawdust. Even so I roll the tool out of the garage shop and do my sanding on the driveway.I have a Wen 4 x 36 inch belt sander I just put on my garage workbench for my larger plywood fin sanding (among other things), and still have two of three in progress Mach1 Trivectas on my basement bench, which is more just a work table...
John, are you completely moved now? I hope it went well. I hate moving. Now it is time to play "What box did I put that in?".Bigtreetech SKR v1.4 turbo for my 3D printer, Cherokee-H, getting unpacked.
Built from plans.
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