Upgrading with metal parts Jake's ZF-1 kit
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The knob goes on the Voyager pod next to the lights and little display.
I wasnt sure if the indicators were available anymore. The were already a pain to find 10 years ago. I see they seem to have changed the red lenses on the red button also.
The indicators look close tot he one all the way to the left in your lineup
I wasnt sure if the indicators were available anymore. The were already a pain to find 10 years ago. I see they seem to have changed the red lenses on the red button also.
The indicators look close tot he one all the way to the left in your lineup
yes, that's the one I removed the back from. the blue piece is an extra switch held by 2 screws, it's easy to remove and it makes the button much more accurate.
the red lens is from the NOS buttons from the other brand on the right. they fit exactly and snap onto the inside support pieces. I just wanted to try them on.
It doesn't seem to be possible to find the lenses anymore from RS either, except if I'm mistaken.
the red lens is from the NOS buttons from the other brand on the right. they fit exactly and snap onto the inside support pieces. I just wanted to try them on.
It doesn't seem to be possible to find the lenses anymore from RS either, except if I'm mistaken.
Hello there 
Success!!
the new metal mill is in the workshop and it works!
this was a long long day and I am very happy this is over
we spent most of the morning, until 3PM to think, carefully move the mill on a new wood pallet as the one it got delivered on got destroyed. With the new pallet on, we could use the tractor to take the pallet and move it a bit and most importantly put it at human height:
after some more thinking, I finally thought of making some kind of stretcher with two wood beams and screwing the mill to them through the attachement holes on it. this wasn't too hard to put together and it worked beautifully, in the end, just two colleagues of my father in law managed to carry it that way (easily they said) and I just stayed on the side making sure the mill was staying vertical. it was done in 10 seconds after that half a day of preparation and thinking and stressing...
here it is on the workbench with the beams still attached:
after that, it was just a matter of removing the beam one by one, banking carefully the mill on one side, removing the second beam. put cardboard under it so it was easy to turn and position properly, putting back the upper part of the cross table and it was ready to secure to the workbench!
and here is everything attached, cleaned and running at the end of the day!
I am so happy this is finally done and that no one got hurt! this was a long stressful day, actually, since yesterday that I received it and that we tried to get it inside the workshop by night and finally gave up with a pretty bad pain in the back already. I didn't sleep much that night, knowing the mill outside and thinking about 100 ways to manage to get it inside.
but this is now done! and this will be a revolution for my work, this will open so many possibilities and I'm super excited!
back on producing parts for the run in the next days now
cheers guys!
Success!!
the new metal mill is in the workshop and it works!
this was a long long day and I am very happy this is over
we spent most of the morning, until 3PM to think, carefully move the mill on a new wood pallet as the one it got delivered on got destroyed. With the new pallet on, we could use the tractor to take the pallet and move it a bit and most importantly put it at human height:
after some more thinking, I finally thought of making some kind of stretcher with two wood beams and screwing the mill to them through the attachement holes on it. this wasn't too hard to put together and it worked beautifully, in the end, just two colleagues of my father in law managed to carry it that way (easily they said) and I just stayed on the side making sure the mill was staying vertical. it was done in 10 seconds after that half a day of preparation and thinking and stressing...
here it is on the workbench with the beams still attached:
after that, it was just a matter of removing the beam one by one, banking carefully the mill on one side, removing the second beam. put cardboard under it so it was easy to turn and position properly, putting back the upper part of the cross table and it was ready to secure to the workbench!
and here is everything attached, cleaned and running at the end of the day!
I am so happy this is finally done and that no one got hurt! this was a long stressful day, actually, since yesterday that I received it and that we tried to get it inside the workshop by night and finally gave up with a pretty bad pain in the back already. I didn't sleep much that night, knowing the mill outside and thinking about 100 ways to manage to get it inside.
but this is now done! and this will be a revolution for my work, this will open so many possibilities and I'm super excited!
back on producing parts for the run in the next days now
cheers guys!
Hello guys,
here is another new upgraded part for the ZF-1!
a pretty big one this time
ok, it looks small here but it's confusing now that I finally have a big machine and finally making parts that are not too big for the machine I have.
this is actually a 13mm drill bit here
I'm waiting for an accessory for the mill to do the front curvature on the slope here, but I have a solution to do it, so this part should be completely doable and accurate when receive the accessories this week
temporarily installed on the ZF-1
I hope you like it
cheers
here is another new upgraded part for the ZF-1!
a pretty big one this time
ok, it looks small here but it's confusing now that I finally have a big machine and finally making parts that are not too big for the machine I have.
this is actually a 13mm drill bit here
I'm waiting for an accessory for the mill to do the front curvature on the slope here, but I have a solution to do it, so this part should be completely doable and accurate when receive the accessories this week
temporarily installed on the ZF-1
I hope you like it
cheers
thanks Joberg and Jamesfett, you are always so much support and fun
I hope this next update doesn't make you cry Joberg
here we go, another (short) day, another successful prototype part for the run
On my ZF-1:
and for fun because it has been a long time, a more global view with a few parts starting to be installed! starting to look so much fun, I love it!
cheers guys
I hope this next update doesn't make you cry Joberg
here we go, another (short) day, another successful prototype part for the run
On my ZF-1:
and for fun because it has been a long time, a more global view with a few parts starting to be installed! starting to look so much fun, I love it!
cheers guys
merci encore Joberg!
ok, so I received the new accessories for the mill so I can move forward on the last things that were blocked so far. I started by doing the holes in the lateral rocket vent rings:
Pretty happy that this is working nicelly, was a bit scared of the alignment considering the number of holes to do
I'm working on doing that on the whole run now, that is 304 holes to do one by one...
cheers
ok, so I received the new accessories for the mill so I can move forward on the last things that were blocked so far. I started by doing the holes in the lateral rocket vent rings:
Pretty happy that this is working nicelly, was a bit scared of the alignment considering the number of holes to do
I'm working on doing that on the whole run now, that is 304 holes to do one by one...
cheers
Hey guys, long time without updating that thread,
I'm attaching and detaching stuff from my ZF-1 all the time, so it's pretty much always in a different shape, but I attached the flame thrower for the first time today as I did the holes on the clippard parts for the run, so let's show that
starting to look pretty cool! although there are still printed parts to replace around, but that's part of the fun
cheers
I'm attaching and detaching stuff from my ZF-1 all the time, so it's pretty much always in a different shape, but I attached the flame thrower for the first time today as I did the holes on the clippard parts for the run, so let's show that
starting to look pretty cool! although there are still printed parts to replace around, but that's part of the fun
cheers
Generalurko
Sr Member
With all your metal-working fun-time going on, I'm sure you haven't had any more time to look into this, but have you found out anything new about those dyes (or whatever they were) to make the aluminum parts the appropriate blues and yellows?
Your is looking awesome, as are the parts that will eventually be coming up for sale (we all hope!).
Keep up the excellient work, Metal-Maestro!
Your is looking awesome, as are the parts that will eventually be coming up for sale (we all hope!).
Keep up the excellient work, Metal-Maestro!
I'm going to be testing the blue again very soon. I have two last hopes, I mix of the Dykem with Edding permanent marker refill ink. that should give a medium result to both my tests before. and, at the same time, since I had to order last minute tools to finish the run, I found a spray blue bottle from my tool supplier, so I added it to the order to test, you never know, if it miraculously works, this will probably be a simpler solutionWith all your metal-working fun-time going on, I'm sure you haven't had any more time to look into this, but have you found out anything new about those dyes (or whatever they were) to make the aluminum parts the appropriate blues and yellows?
Your is looking awesome, as are the parts that will eventually be coming up for sale (we all hope!).
Keep up the excellient work, Metal-Maestro!
we will get the answer as soon as I receive that, monday I guess, and have time to test both technics.oh, once again though, I will not provide the yellow parts, yellow, in the run. there are more yellow parts in the gun and I think people should find what they prefer and apply it to all the parts. I have personally found a yellow edding permanent market as well and the color is nice. it is just not super strong against scratches so people have to decide what they thing about that.
the kits are very close to being done. the last steps are always super long to finish and all the small problem that are left to fix in the end are always annoying, that color thing for instance. but we are really seing the light at the end of the tunel here
cheers
Generalurko
Sr Member
I didn't think you were doing ANY color on the kits, yellow or blue. I'd actually prefer to do the coloring myself. I was just trying to figure out different ways to do it. And being that you've put the most work into it, I know you're the man to ask.
I'll see what you're findings reveal. I might try the transparent paints in an airbrush, as I mentioned previously.
As for the yellow, it looks like there's a couple different hues on the real ZF1. Obviously the flamer is more orange. But besides that there seems to be a slight difference between the "rocket vent rings" (which is in your kit) and the bar end caps (near the rocket vent rings) and upper/rear pistons (none of which is in your kit). Or that could all just be a trick of lighting/metals/angles making it look different.
Lookin' AWESOME! Keep up the great work!
I'll see what you're findings reveal. I might try the transparent paints in an airbrush, as I mentioned previously.
As for the yellow, it looks like there's a couple different hues on the real ZF1. Obviously the flamer is more orange. But besides that there seems to be a slight difference between the "rocket vent rings" (which is in your kit) and the bar end caps (near the rocket vent rings) and upper/rear pistons (none of which is in your kit). Or that could all just be a trick of lighting/metals/angles making it look different.
Lookin' AWESOME! Keep up the great work!
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