New Items Silver Bullet PRO Batch 3!
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I was fighting the urge. But, I got my name on one of them. What pushed me over the edge was the fact that, after I would finally get a perfect drill, I would route the weight pockets and find I was misaligned.
It's frustrating to go through the effort of routing the weight pockets only to then miss by a hair on my drill. It moved the worst with basswood. This gives me the peace of mind of knowing my drill will be on after going through the effort.
Maybe being off by a hair doesn't kill you. With no access to a track, I don't know. But those "what ifs" can really mess with your head when you lose by a thousandth or two.
It's frustrating to go through the effort of routing the weight pockets only to then miss by a hair on my drill. It moved the worst with basswood. This gives me the peace of mind of knowing my drill will be on after going through the effort.
Maybe being off by a hair doesn't kill you. With no access to a track, I don't know. But those "what ifs" can really mess with your head when you lose by a thousandth or two.
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Yeah, that's my new standard procedure, and a major factor in why it would be nice to have a drill jig like this. My odds of being off by a sliver when I hold it up to the light are still about 80%.
So now I have the weight pockets routed, and there is an 80% chance I am going to miss? I don't feel good about it.
Pencil marks and laser crosshairs just aren't accurate enough to get those two rears straight across from one another. The block is great for making sure they are parallel and at the same height at least, but not straight across.
So now I have the weight pockets routed, and there is an 80% chance I am going to miss? I don't feel good about it.
Pencil marks and laser crosshairs just aren't accurate enough to get those two rears straight across from one another. The block is great for making sure they are parallel and at the same height at least, but not straight across.
This, along with my bearings and razor wheels, is something which I feel brings me to a new level in this hobby. Man, I'm so excited, and will be like a kid on Christmas when that stuff shows up! Hurry up Jooooohn. I know. You can't make the guys at the machine shop crank them out any faster. But at least I think he is going to try to get the stuff to me before I need to send in for the next NPWDRL race.
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