THANKS ALL!!
Altashot wrote:Well done! Practicing manipulation?
You betcha!
And the many hours I poured into this was well worth it. Especially in the beginning stages it has proved
to be an invaluable tool. And not neccessarily manipulation of the cut-away itself... but using it while manipulating a
another one. Sometimes the rotational sequences can get a bit involved. For me, it was easy to get lost sometimes.
But it's sorta like playing a guitar. It's all greek to the fingers at first... but eventually your hands just do it
without the brain telling it to. Through practice, I'm getting a
little quicker. For example: if I wanted to dial
L20 L90 L40 (
each wheel approaching its' # from a left rotation)... there was a GREAT deal of thought I had
to put into it. Or say I need to run wheel 1 around left, park wheel 2 at X, , and each time place wheel 3 on Y.
At first, shit like this had me spending more time thinking than turning the dial!! lol. The cut-away is priceless.
GWiens2001 wrote:Excellent work! Just about finished with a wood and Lexan stand for a S&G safe lock, but I want to make it a cutaway, too. Now that I see yours, it is easy to see where I need to cut mine.
I think it will be cool for it to be a display cutaway, visible from both sides.
Now there will be a delay for the cutaway portion of the job. Will post pictures when it is done.
I would absolutely LOVE to see that when you're finished Gordon! Lookin' forward to pictures
I was thinking too - in addition to what I've cut, there's a fair amount of material on the case that
couldbe removed.... exposing even more of the insides, while not affecting its' overall function. Certainly not
needed, but it would look all the more kick ass.
selim wrote:that's Whicked man, how did you get such strait cut's with a dremal ?
My pictures are not real big I know... but you can see the initial cuts left by the dremel are quite nasty.
It's the rest of the process (
bench grinder, hand files) that brings it to a straight, smooth cut.