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lookin' good!

Hey Fossil.... Lovin' the uniform man!!! Gizmo's and all are really coming together amazingly!!! I'm in the process of colecting all my materials for uniforms and pack right now... Can't wait to start on the same journey you're on!!!

Btw.... the Green Uniform.... I love Green.... and It really makes the GB patches stand out!!! I think it's an AWESOME choice.... and to do a local chapter with it.... awesome!!! Good luck and keep up the great work!!

As for the kidney pad adjustment, it's very true. I use the backpack with frame and it is a back saver, so really use it to your advantage. Looks really good though Fossil, can't wait to see more!

can't wait to see more!

Dude,.... start building that pack..

you have a BEAST rotary tool that i would have killed for to use while building my pack...

i had 2 different bits with mine and that was IT...


get to work! and show us some more updates! I dont want to see another picture of you with just an alice frame on your back!!!

i dont know about you guys but that table saw.. i mean ecto-saw is pretty bad ass!!!! lol

Post it in your picture gallery, under "other equipment"!

So it's the 5th, and I have a pizza on the oventop cooling down, and behind me sits an awesome piece of scrapwood in great shape. Why is this piece of wood awesome? Because it's going to become not one, but 4 bumpers, come next Sunday.





It's the right thickness for the central area of the bumper, which means I won't need to make all the layers on the plans! I'll only have to make the upper and lower "lip" layers out of MDF, and then the boxy middle area that goes behind the shock mount! This will be enough for my own pack, and the others'!

As far as the thrower gunbox, I'm pondering the potential of the metal side-panels from all these old putty-colored PC husks sitting around my apartment. I know I could possibly do it from wood... but for sheer strength with thin walls, I think I'm going to try this route. I wonder how this'd go...

More to come!

I reccomend you move that last bumper down a bit, cause if you cut through that knot it's just gonna pop out and leave you with 2/3 of a bumper.

Ugh, good call. I shall do that at once.

Nice, great find! Everything is coming together nicely and more importantly it's been cheap

Yeah man! We are all about to get bumper upgrades!

Sweet!

JULY 11 UPDATE

Ok, back again-- yesterday was a pretty relaxed day, pretty easygoing. Dimitri and I worked on the bumper, bsaed on the Palm Coast Buster's plans. We used a plank of wood that was good thickness, rather than doing all the layers in the original plans. It wasn't really difficult, just time consuming. Next time we'll have to use slightly longer blades for the jigsaw as well, 'cause this was cutting it close. Anyhow, here's the bumper, in 5 unconnected parts.



It'll get wood-puttied and cleaned up, then I'm going to coat this thing in primer.


The ion arm was pretty simple, a couple pieces of wood with MDF on one side and on top:



I will be puttying and sanding this in time as well.


I was playing with the idea of a slightly different HGA, so I drilled some recessed holes in a PVC plumbing end-cap, and it came out just as I hoped!











These bolts have to be glued/epoxied in place, as there's nowhere for the threads on them to dig into.


The Ion arm and HGA placement:



...and here's pack progress with all new parts just sitting in place so far.









There's not gonna be an update next weekend, as there's an event going on then, so stay tuned in two weeks! Thanks for looking!

Great thread! Very detailed, it shows you're having a lot of fun, and quite an alternate way of building the pack from what I've thought for mine. You've given me some ideias. I'm now following your construction with great interest

Don't forget we also cut the spacer for the HGA and attached it. The bumper was fun to do, but it was definitly a test on those blades, we'll pick up new ones to cut the rest out.

I'm diggin' that PVC HGA.

dont you guys think you should start a proton pack WIP thread?

I know he put a link in the proton pack forum.

He wants to chronology of his journey from start to finish

July 17th UPDATE

So this is turning out to be a busy weekend! Today we (Dimitri, Chris, Steve, Abby, Dana, my girlfriend and I) took a caravan to Queens to Fernando's place, where we had a barbeque and worked on my pack, as well as a trunk proton pack rackmounting system for Chris's Ecto V.


Fernando has a great backyard garage which we utilized.



So now, some usual work pics:










So MJ's "Human Nature" came on the radio, and Fernando and I shared a moment. He busted this move.



The front wall of the EDA, with sanded-down edge. It felt pretty good to get this part as seamless as I did.




The main housing for the powercell. This will be permanently mounted to the mobo in time, when the lights are installed.


Got the gunmount sanded down nice and round-edged, too! All this will need now is some putty and then the ribbing.


The fruits of today's labor. The bumper is just held together temporarily by tape. Soon we'll be doing the puttying and sanding and filling. Keep in mind that nothing's bolted down yet; it's all just sitting in place.






Tomorrow, I'm going back to the city with the guys to meet with the N.H. crew. We're gonna be hitting up the Hook & Ladder 8, and the library, not sure where else... but I'm looking forward to it! Stay tuned for more, and thank you for reading!

Wow, really diggin it! I'm starting my first pack this week also. You inspired me to do my own.

hey ronnie thanks for coming by, sorry i couldnt help as much as i could of i got a little tied up. but i will bring sand paper a heck of a lot of wood filler and do what i do best for you next time!

Hey, everything is coming together, but I was wondering, can you wash your uniform with the "hose" connector on??

You can indeed, but keep this in mind- Paint the cone-shaped central part with some kind of clearcoat after several coats of black, to ensure the paint won't wear away too fast. Minor touchups might be necessary, but it's nothing too severe. I washed mine and it was fine.

im going to the HQ this weekend lol, you coming??!?! we gotta get you covered with the filler!

Yeah, man! I haven't seen my pack in weeks, and I've been dying to work on it! See you then!

I'll be around in the morning, but I have an investigation at night

That's cool, it might end up being a short day for me too, 'cause I have to go to the tattoo shop later in the afternoon. Maybe we should aim for earlier in the morning, to use more of the day? It's up to you guys.

Call me later so we can figure it out.