Back again for more pain and inaccuracy!
Somewhat small update today, and possibly the last for a while (at least until I can afford some Bondo and other supplies). Here we go:
I was fairly unhappy with how the previous respirator cartridges turned out, so I decided to remake them. I had two plastic casters that came off of an old office chair one night while my friend was trying to use it as a dog sled in our neighborhood. Decided they'd work. Chucked them in the vice, and cut the edges off.
Here you can see them both cut, one unsanded. Final sanding will happen later, so I'm not worried about it now.
And here you can see just how awful my cuts were. This plastic sucks to work with, and took forever to cut even this poorly.
Cut and glued some more Swedish to make the base discs. Used my handy compass cutter to mark out where I beveled to.
I used plumber's epoxy putty to smooth out my horribly rough cuts on the casters, sanded it down. I used a drill to cut a hole in each disc and then a Dremel to bevel the edges to match and allow to the casters to recess into the discs. All guesswork. The great thing about this is that the casters already have a threaded hole in them. Which I will inevitably end up filling before casting. Good for now, though.
Both respirators recessed, beveled, and put together. Boring.
I affixed some more Swedish on the back of the discs, and figured out where to mount them. Used some drywall anchors stuck into the casters to temporarily attach the respirators to the mask. Easy enough. This is far from finished, and definitely far from screen accurate, but I'm fairly pleased considering it's all made out of trash and superglue. The discs are a little bit big, and I think I may modify them further, but for now, I'm gonna let this one sit. Good enough for today.
One more for now. Detail of the left side. Fun!
I got me a jobby, so I'll buy some supplies as soon as I can, but it may be a while til the next update. Thanks for the support, the suggestions, and for taking a look at a heap of cardboard!
Al