HAL9000
Sr Member
Where'd you get the domes?
Dome Depot! :lol
Where'd you get the domes?
Dome Depot! :lol
Small problem and I need your all's advice...
I finished the "cog wheel", inserted it, and affixed it with four screws.
The problem is that the compression deformed the dome so it is no longer round and the upper dome doesn't align.
I removed the screws and the cog wheel, and the domes align fine.
So I have the wheel with four screw holes, and the dome with four carefully cut holes as well.
My theory is that if I redrill pilot holes in the wood at about 1/8" lower than the existing ones, then reuse the holes in the dome, then that would raise the cog wheel by 1/8" and hopefully lessen the compression, and hence the distortion of the circumference of the dome.
Make sense?
That's really helpfull - so the white circle then is the original dish?
The hole in mine is 9 1/8"
I experimented with both 8 1/2" and 8" paper cut-out templates, taped to the dome. I didn't get around to posting the images, but the 8" was closest. I think 7 3/4 may even be better.
I'll do a template at 7 3/4, snap a pic, and post all the images. I will be cutting a new hole for sure, though. Mine is just too big. But it will make a great access hole in the back!
Good GOd.
Switch to METRIC already. Far more accurate.
Or you could also use custom spacers between the wheel and the dome, just adjust the quantity according to the required thickness per mounting point until you get the perfect alignment with the top dome. Awesome build! :thumbsup
this might sound like a silly question - once its all assembled and what not, have you checked you can get it through the doors etc.. to where ever its going to be displayed?
thats the sort of thing i overlook :confused
I can already tell fitting the top dome so that the equator matches up will be a painintheass.
Also use pipe and drill a hole in the center of your bottom ring so you can run a couple of lamp cords up there for lighting purposes later
Were you flying x-wings around your Death Star and cheering the rebels on with your pom-poms??