[tribaloverkill]

Ok,... I worked on the reservoir for several hours yesterday all the way up to 1am. I will be working on it all night tonight. Here are pics from yesterday.

Dec-11-2005

Stretching the coil out.


Theres a 1/2" gap.


I have to make little arm thingies. Eight of them. Remember how I use to tape large pieces of acrylic together to make two identical pieces for say windows. Well,... this time I am going to use super glue. These pieces are two small for tape. So super glue will be fine. Actually,... super glue is better because the pieces actually touch where there is a tiny gap with tape. This way is more accurate.


Glued.


Trimmed down for messuring.


Done. It was hard with eight,... so next time I thinkI will only do say 4 at a time. It kept wanting to tip. It has to be flat on the table while sanding.


How cool is thiS!!! Polished!!!


Kind of hard getting them apart but they are untouched by the glue. i basically glue the tape coverings together while the tape held the pieces together.


THIS WAS A PAIN!!! I hated every moment of it. I thought I could come up with some sort of mathematical method of doing it but because the coil is not perfect,... I couldnt. So I had to glue these things on one bye one checking them and then checking them again before gluing. PAIN! But cool looking. Looks like a missle or something. I messed up some places with teh glue. I use a syringe for gluing. i dont use the plunger I just tilt it and it come pooring out. If I could more easily regulate how much comes out it would be that much better.


So I sanded it clean and then,...


Flame polished it. I had to be mad careful,... because this thing will lose its shap very easy!!! The last thing I want is for the shaft to get bent by even a little! This took ahile to do just because of that.


All done


That looks so much better then the first All my remakes come out looking better Well,... I am about to close this thing up BUT before I do that I am goign to test this thing out first. I just want to make sure it spins ok with the new bottom block. I dont want to glue this thing together just to find out its crap. So,.. yea. I haveto go out to the store. I burnt my damn pizza working on this thing. I wonder how much food will be lost because of my work? Hmmm,... I dont know. Goign to get some pizza. Oh,... I have MSN and AIM running now,... I use tribaloverkill for both. If I do not answer,... well, that measn I cant But I will try and get a hold of you PEACE!