Re: RE: Update - New Australian Jagdpanther [TANKS]

["Marc en Wendy" <marcmethorst-at-zonnet.nl>]

On the T028 I wanted to be on the safe side, so glued the pads in place with 
a glue similar to Goop and clamped it overnight. After that I drilled 6 
holes in the pads without a track guider and 4 in the pads that were meant 
for the track guiders. All holes were dimpled and stainless steel screws 
were inserted.
It's a hell of a job, but better spend some more time now and enjoy 
reliability then to spend several hours afterwards fixing damaged tracks.

Marc 'better safe than sorry' Methorst
Engineering S-tank during Christmas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <adt22-at-drexel.edu>
To: <tanks-at-rctankcombat.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: RE: Update - New Australian Jagdpanther [TANKS]


>
>> Number one rule in building wooden machines - know where your grain is
>> running!  Wood is a uni-directional fiber product.  Incredibly
>> strong in one
>> direction and weak in the other.
>
> Yes, I didn't spend enough time procrasti -err- contemplating my approach.
>
>> Amir, no blooper reel here buddy!  All I can say is air nailer.
>
> I like that approach but don't have the tools to pull it off.  What are 
> the chances of success with no fasteners - just clamping during GOOP dry 
> time?
> I don't think I'm supposed to trust goop that much! but I like the idea of 
> speeding up production since I will most likely be doing this again.
>
> Amir "Hacking it with a $99 table saw and drill"
>
>

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