DL-44 ESB Blaster Discussion - Greeblies POST 208
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I think that is paint. I didn't notice anything as weird as that when I was there.
Thanks! I see that now.
Here's a fun question, did you get the impression the knurls were drawn right on the aluminum? I've seen people draw on tape and stick it on, lathed aluminum can get slippery
Straight on, if it were a sticker I need glasses :lol
It looked like marker pen, if that doesn't stick to alu then maybe they did it over the weathering overspray (or over a clear coat). Not sure how it woulda been done, only certain of what it appeared to be.
New pics - nuts and real pistons
http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=262943
Not sure what I'm planning on doing, adjusting the Boba Debt FH? Waiting for a run by someone of the new profile? I think it's doable, its just lathing two different slopes?
http://www.therpf.com/showthread.php?t=262943
Not sure what I'm planning on doing, adjusting the Boba Debt FH? Waiting for a run by someone of the new profile? I think it's doable, its just lathing two different slopes?
JLinNY
Sr Member
I just came across your photos and I wanted to say incredible job Dann!!! Your flash hider is perfect. How did you do the weathering around the disc??
newmagrathea
Sr Member
mortifactor did you ever go back to the exhibit again?
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I'm actually thinking about it today. I'm in the area later, but the exhibition drives me nuts (been twice and left annoyed) cus of the security and crowds. Might pop in to look at the original McQuarries and to confirm/deny if its a thoren's disc or not.
I can confirm it is not a thoren disc. It has no indentation and sits flat on the mount. Its approx 3mm thick. All measurements are eyeballed, so if a better measurement can be derived from the available pics, go ahead!
In the centre of this round greeble (guess I'll stop calling it a thoren's!) there is an approx 1 cm grey infill looking area, showing the greeble had an indentation or perhaps a screw hole or was a doughnut that was filled in with a grey putty. The yellow staining looks like dried on ketchup, but sits flat. Rust maybe? The ex-thorens has a more nickle like hue than the exposed alu chips on the mount next to it. Might be a plated part.
I looked at the spacer assembly under the mount again, looks like a 9mm tall bit with a 2mm bit stacked on top. I thought it was 8mm + 2mm before, but its an estimate and I see in metric. It is prob a US/Imperial measurement in reality.
Also, I can 100% confirm that the bolt things holding on the plastic greeble on the other side do not run through the round metal disc (ex-thorens) on the other side. Just doesnt line up. I was on all fours to see this.
In the centre of this round greeble (guess I'll stop calling it a thoren's!) there is an approx 1 cm grey infill looking area, showing the greeble had an indentation or perhaps a screw hole or was a doughnut that was filled in with a grey putty. The yellow staining looks like dried on ketchup, but sits flat. Rust maybe? The ex-thorens has a more nickle like hue than the exposed alu chips on the mount next to it. Might be a plated part.
I looked at the spacer assembly under the mount again, looks like a 9mm tall bit with a 2mm bit stacked on top. I thought it was 8mm + 2mm before, but its an estimate and I see in metric. It is prob a US/Imperial measurement in reality.
Also, I can 100% confirm that the bolt things holding on the plastic greeble on the other side do not run through the round metal disc (ex-thorens) on the other side. Just doesnt line up. I was on all fours to see this.
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Original paintings :lol
Boba Debt
Master Member
How are we "confirming" that it's not a Thorens disk?
Because if it's not It would be extremely coincidental that there are 2 items that have almost identical dimensions.
The lip width, bolt spacing indentation in the center, it all seems to line up with Thorens disk.
It looked nothing like a thorens apart from overall diameter and the 3 equally spaced screws. The putty in the middle may or may not be covering a hole or indent. It was a pretty narrow area anyway.
it was in no way a thorens, went in there to confirm/deny it specifically. Looked at Lichtbringer's thorens pics just before
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