Wow, super impressed! I really like the adjustable leg supports on the tripod. Loads of amazing details throughout.
Wow, super impressed! I really like the adjustable leg supports on the tripod. Loads of amazing details throughout.
Wow!
I missed this during my haitus.
Great work.
Yeah, I could never justify the expense or the space required to anodize at home.
Small profiles in Delrin cut well with router bits- I've used a Whiteside downcut spiral bit in my micro mill and it left a pretty decent finish at slower speeds around 1500 rpm. On a router the same bit will melt it as much as cut. A single-cut file also leaves a surprisingly good finish on the cut ends of bar stock. I've never tried to surface a large surface area of Delrin sheet stock before though. And you're getting a truly amazing finish on your metalwork, so our standards for finish quality might be a little different!
One warning about the adhesive-backed UHWM film I linked earlier, the cut edges leave an adhesive burr that can gum up the parts and defeat the point of using it, it needs to be burnished along those edges.
Last edited by Colin Graham; 25-Nov-2017 at 10:41.
It is definitely a Ries imitation, but in no way superior. I've never used a Ries myself, but can only imagine how smooth and secure the leg support is.
The tolerances in the moving sleeve that grips the shaft , had to be within 0.003" to get the right amount of friction, which I could only achieve with a few amateurish paper shims.
The lever principle rally kicks in when the legs are extended and it's hard to strike the right balance between ease of movement/adjustability and securely positioning the legs.
In other words, hats off to the original Ries !!
What did you use for dark slides? It looks plastic? Garolite? CF?
Wow, I would have thought that 1/32" would be too thin for such a large sheet. I'm contemplating a 14x17 build myself (though nothing like as sweet as yours!) and was wondering about Garolite and how thick to get it. Do you find that it really is thick enough, now that you've got it done, or would 1/16" maybe be better? I'm in no way criticizing; just curious. And I ask because I read in another thread somewhere that someone thought 1/16" would be too thin for an even smaller holder, which seemed wrong to me. You're the one who's had it in your hands, so no one would know better.
1/32" is definitely thin and can easily snap and break if mishandled. It is however 100% light proof and the weight savings compared to a 1/16" thickness, just made sense to me. Maybe even more of a deciding factor were the space restrictions in the film holder construction itself. There just isn't that much"meat" left after fitting the 1/8" septum into the middle of ~0.79" thick stock. For smaller holders, a 1/16" thick septum might work ok, therefore freeing up some space on either side for thicker material.
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