Re: NeoRutty Prop Projects - Canon Y - Drilling Madness
Went to Seattle to take a dent out of some of my projects... get some drilling done.
Top of the list was mine and
Edraven99 's V2 Mystery Chunk, Obi Sink Knobs, and Edraven99's MPP D-ring...
When I got there I was happy to find my Canon Y had arrived. There are some cool builds with these in the "Custom lightsaber" thread, so I was stoked to get one pretty cheap.
Now the drilling... I had two days to get through as many projects as possible.
Day 1, while catching up and checking out my buddies new baby, the day got away... so we really only got set up and did ONE of the V2 pommels. It went really well though, so at least I knew on day 2 it would only take a few minutes to continue and quickly do mine.
and that's when it all fell apart... or broke.
Yup... the tap and die setup BROKE. INSIDE.
So for the next couple of hours we tried every which way to get the piece out. while it was weak enough to snap, it wasn't weak enough for any type of drill bit to get in it.
so it's stuck there now... still looking for a solution. :angry
I can appreciate when something is my own fault, but come on... not impressed.
AAAAnyway....
Did the Obi pommels, which turned out nice, and the MPP shroud, which was surprisingly easy to do.
I only got about a third done of what I wanted to... so the pile of unfinished prop projects barely gets a dent put in it.