Rusty85
After a long wait for the post office to deliver the rest of the parts..........
.......it seems like the plating process likes to make 3d printing swell. Stocks butt wouldn't sit flat on it. Had to do some grinding on the butt and then find a way to put the pattern on it so i laid some burlap on it and epoxied it on. It definitely gives it the right look compared to the prop. Should look pretty good once painted black. Ill probably give it another coat of epoxy at some point.
Resin part replaced with the correct found part mounted on an aluminum base.
....replaced these printed parts with the real TORO bubbler parts. The half round part was replaced with some aluminum sheet behind the "vents" on the shell. Also sanded the knob down to fit in the shells.
I sanded the knob down to close to its final height. I have to make an aluminum base for the knob to sit on like the original prop. There is no way to make it fit without compromising the shell chrome and clearancing the knob would be visible. Cutting the bottom off and making a base is the best route. Dont think i have any solid aluminum this big so i hope i have some tube....if not i will have to order a piece to chuck in the lathe.
Rusty, here are the eggs and the paint bubbles from the water that somehow ended up it the part bags. In the end no biggie because the push button things that go in them need to be remade in aluminum and shafts are much thinner on the prop so the holes will need to be mostly filled in anyways. I think i had a TV in the 70's that had knobs like these...lol...either way they should be shaped closer to the little bullet pushy things on the Pulsar.
These parts i need to remake in aluminum. 2 pieces (bottom and right) go on either side of the toothed gear piece. The little detail (top) goes above the little sliding switches and the "trigger" ridged knob i need to make but i may need to get some tools for my mill to do it and one just like it that goes on the shell.
....and found a much brighter LED for the top tube. WAY better than the first try.
