Hey everyone, its been a while since my last post so I thought I should update you guys. Life got in the way but now that I have more time, I can start working on the pack again and hopefully complete it some day.
Shortly after my last post, fellow user pchrisbosh1 pmed me about my build and graciously gave me his 3D files of his legendary scratch build for me to reference measurements from. I’m so grateful for his kindness as its helped with my build tremendously! Seriously thanks man!
After checking my current parts to Chris’s version, I was off in a few places so I deliberately chose to restart from scratch. Its not so bad because I have more time and can complete parts way faster than I used to.
Without further ado, heres the new power cell!
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Here is the new power cell next to its older sisters. I would not blame anyone if they thought I went crazy since it looks the exact same hah. (from left to right oldest to most recent)
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You may be wondering as to why the ribs are not present on the power cell. With a new opportunity to redo most of my parts I took a look at my old power cell ribs and it always bugged me. The thickness of the ribs on my old power cell were close enough for the time, but I always knew that they were not the correct thickness. In Chris Bosh’s scratch build, he discovered the ribs were closer to around .150 inches compared to the .125 inches that most people used. My ribs were not even .125 inches. They were a little less than that. I’m trying to see if I can get some material that is closer to the correct thickness so thats why my power cell looks a bit bare.
I’m also thinking about the new gun mount and crank gen. On my old versions, they were just built as boxes with the corners lightly rounded. On the real shell the rounding on those parts were significant. I had a very ambitious plan of using bondo and a lot of sanding to achieve that. Instead of doing my normal technique of joining foam together, I would do something like what I did in the image below and then use the channel created to put bondo in and sand. Very similar to lordgilpin’s build. It could work, but sanding is not fun and theres not many places in my house where I can do it. What do you guys think?
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The current foam core I’m working with is not the highest quality so thats why you may spot paper warpage, but I’ve sort of grown to accept it more now haha. I might be pushing the limits of what I can do with foam core too much but its definitely a fun journey! Thats it for the updates, thanks for reading everyone.
Shortly after my last post, fellow user pchrisbosh1 pmed me about my build and graciously gave me his 3D files of his legendary scratch build for me to reference measurements from. I’m so grateful for his kindness as its helped with my build tremendously! Seriously thanks man!
After checking my current parts to Chris’s version, I was off in a few places so I deliberately chose to restart from scratch. Its not so bad because I have more time and can complete parts way faster than I used to.
Without further ado, heres the new power cell!
Here is the new power cell next to its older sisters. I would not blame anyone if they thought I went crazy since it looks the exact same hah. (from left to right oldest to most recent)
You may be wondering as to why the ribs are not present on the power cell. With a new opportunity to redo most of my parts I took a look at my old power cell ribs and it always bugged me. The thickness of the ribs on my old power cell were close enough for the time, but I always knew that they were not the correct thickness. In Chris Bosh’s scratch build, he discovered the ribs were closer to around .150 inches compared to the .125 inches that most people used. My ribs were not even .125 inches. They were a little less than that. I’m trying to see if I can get some material that is closer to the correct thickness so thats why my power cell looks a bit bare.
I’m also thinking about the new gun mount and crank gen. On my old versions, they were just built as boxes with the corners lightly rounded. On the real shell the rounding on those parts were significant. I had a very ambitious plan of using bondo and a lot of sanding to achieve that. Instead of doing my normal technique of joining foam together, I would do something like what I did in the image below and then use the channel created to put bondo in and sand. Very similar to lordgilpin’s build. It could work, but sanding is not fun and theres not many places in my house where I can do it. What do you guys think?
The current foam core I’m working with is not the highest quality so thats why you may spot paper warpage, but I’ve sort of grown to accept it more now haha. I might be pushing the limits of what I can do with foam core too much but its definitely a fun journey! Thats it for the updates, thanks for reading everyone.
Statistics: Posted by OnEdge — July 3rd, 2024, 3:39 pm