More wonkiness. Continued work on the S(hell). I promised more pictures, and I could use some feedback since I'm at a pretty pivotal stage in the build. I mounted the bumper last week, and there are only a few things left to do before I finally start painting the shell. Maybe.
I started by finding the center of my cyclotron
using this neat method. I'm using a small shaft collar as a spacer. The bolt is temporarily mounted backwards in these pictures, just to give the bumper something to pivot around.
...And here's the bumper lined up, before I drilled into the sides:
Now for the wonkiness!
Here's a shot of where I started, and where I am now with the shell:
Taken with two different cameras, so there's bound to be some lens weirdness. It's looking a lot better, but I'm still not completely happy with the cyclotron. The rings all have the same size holes now, but to me it looks like the top rings are too low. It's something I could fix, but that's going to involve sanding them down (again) filling the existing holes, placing new rings, and drilling new holes, all to move them up about 1/4" or so. Do you think the cyclotron could handle more epoxy putty, more new holes? Would love to get some thoughts on this before I start. I mean, it looks like a proton pack... but does it look like a
Proton Pack?
Closeup:
I'm pausing on the shell for awhile while I let that decision stew. In the meantime I've started working out lights and sound. What's left:
-Fix or leave the cyclotron rings
-Build a PPD
-Paint the shell
-Attach everything
-Mount speakers, electronics, lights
-Tubes!
-Hoses!
-Thrower! Thanks for the comments so far, everyone!