On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 2:51 AM, Ben Holko <b...@holnet.net> wrote: > > Its been a busy day, chopped up all the rubber strips, I had it supplied 12mm > thick and 20mm wide, in 1 meter lengths. Sliced and diced into 26mm long > blocks, using an extendable stanley knife. > > Then each block gets marked using a link as a guide, with a cordless drill. > > Then each block gets drilled in a bench drill
Very nice, but save yourself some work and frustration, make a jig for the pads rather than doing the drilling freehand. Screw two pieces of wood together at right angles. Using one of the links, position it on the drill press table so the vertical is the right distance from the drill bit, and clamp it in place. Put a rubber block in place, and with the link, align the block for a hole, and draw a line on the vertical. Align for the second hole, and draw a second line on the vertical, on the same side of the block. Clamp block so it's aligned on a line, drill, move it to the other line, drill again, done. If you're absolutely certain that the pads are the right length, you draw a single line and screw a piece of wood aligned with it. Drill one hole, rotate the pad 180 degrees (keep the same pad face against the vertical), drill the second. These tracks look like they'll be awesome, I can't wait to see them completed. -- -Bill Hamilton --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You are currently subscribed to the "R/C Tank Combat" group. To post a message, send email to rctankcombat@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe, send email to rctankcombat-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Visit the group at http://groups.google.com/group/rctankcombat -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
