NakedMoleRat
Legendary Member
I never even thought about one of these, until now. Sheeesh, thanx guys. :lol
How did you do the little dome over the box?
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<div class='quotetop'>(lilpropdude @ Jul 27 2006, 03:14 PM) [snapback]1289080[/snapback]
Roboprop beat me to it, we are using the pull rings on ours, we also thought about the spinning dial and are testing using earth magnets with the polar sides opisite each other so that they repel and spin the dial away from North.
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Here's some progress shots of mine.
The white band (inlay) on the bottom is too wide. Also, though mathematically, the top and bottom sections of the compass are of correct porportion to each other compared to the real deal, it still looks too tall (probably due to overall skewed porportions).
So I'm going to correct both issues by shortening the bottom piece by another millimeter...
Note the white Apoxie inside. Remember -- that bottom piece is rock solid.
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Killer job. How sturdy is the back of the compass where the hinge should fit down? Can you dremel cut vertically against the insde of the back wall? Slot it for your hinge? more 5 minute epoxy to set it...:thumbsup
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I'm a little stumped on replacing the hinge so I haven't removed the toy hinge just yet.
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