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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Corellianexports" data-source="post: 5234649" data-attributes="member: 497">To help give me a better idea where the sight should be located, I'm going to install the "Pontoon" (one of the original Veron Tom-Tit radial engine parts) with electronic connectors first.I use the reference photos to position the "Pontoon" part on the pistol.  I'll use a spacer and a small, wood screw for the install:[ATTACH]1496192[/ATTACH]I use a punch and a ruler to mark a hole for the wood screw:[ATTACH]1496198[/ATTACH]I've marked the hole in the center of the part.  Something I forgot at this point is that the electronic connectors actually need to be installed off-center if they are going to be bolted in place, but more on that later.The hole is drilled through the part and then used to mark the hole on the pistol.  This is the "Ejection port" or "oval" area on the pistol:[ATTACH]1496200[/ATTACH]The part and the spacer is sanded, lightly.  I use a little super glue to attach the spacer.The hole in the pistol is threaded with the wood screw and then I use some pliers to hold the screw against a belt sander to shorten it a bit:[ATTACH]1496201[/ATTACH]I use a center, counter sink tool to partially hollow out one side of the Coax Reducers.  This will allow some space so that they will fit over the head of the wood screw.  With my previous prototype, I did this with only one of the reducers and then milled out part of the other reducer so that the screw head would simply sit inside of the reducer so that the other reducer could simply be threaded in place using some threaded rod.  However, because I've already centered the screw, I'm going to mill out some space on both reducers and simply glue them in place when it's time for final assembly:[ATTACH]1496203[/ATTACH]To help line up the two parts, I'm using a standard, 1/4" threaded rod, about 1.5" long:[ATTACH]1496208[/ATTACH]To make the final install easier, I use a little contact cement to connect the threaded rod inside one of the reducers:[ATTACH]1496209[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

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