Ruck[TX] Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 The next thing I need to do is mold a plastic piece for my back plate so it protects the wireless receiver wiring and voice changer. Link to comment
Ruck[TX] Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 I bought some acrylic and measured a piece cut it then put it into the oven on a pizza pan that has many many little holes in it. I set the oven at 260* and let it heat up for like 10 min. With the low temp I was able to leave it in the oven as long as needed. If the temp is higher it will cook the plastic. Here is a pic of my first attempt lol. Link to comment
Ruck[TX] Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 It's hard to see but there is tiny bubbles all over this piece plus it's warped pretty bad. Link to comment
Ruck[TX] Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 The lower temp makes a big difference!!!! Link to comment
Ruck[TX] Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 Once I cut another piece and got it to the temp I took it out of the oven and while it's hot molded it to the back. Link to comment
Ruck[TX] Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 LMBO!!!! ha ha had to put that in there lol!!! Link to comment
Ruck[TX] Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 I took a tile hole cutting bit and drilled out the hole for the switch. Link to comment
Ruck[TX] Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 I put velcro around just 2 of the edges and it holds everything in place and protects everything. Link to comment
Ruck[TX] Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 Oh forgot to mention that it form fits the back so I don't even know it's there. Link to comment
Ruck[TX] Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 Well that's all I have on my armor. I hope that this helps any aspiring troopers, I had a ton of fun putting this together. Yes there was some frustration but mostly it was a blast. I found out what I'm capable of, I'm really proud of the results. I can give the credit to all of you troopers who posted your builds and who followed my posts and gave kinds words. Thank you guys, my buckets off to you all!! Ruck Link to comment
Ruck[TX] Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 *************BONUS*********************************************************************************** Link to comment
Ruck[TX] Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 My Stanley tub upgrade. This build was a combined effort between myself and a fantastic buddy of mine. We had a blast messing around with this. Thanks Duffy!!! Link to comment
Ruck[TX] Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 So we started with a tub that looked like this. Link to comment
Ruck[TX] Posted March 22, 2014 Author Share Posted March 22, 2014 We took a piece of aluminum stock ( Red arrow below ) and PVC stock, milled the PVC to fit inside the aluminum then drilled a hole in the PVC for the axel arm tab to go into ( Blue arrow above ). Link to comment
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