csullivan1980 wrote:Hey Grimmy, as always I love reading and re-reading your well documented posts about your gorgeous pack build.
You and Phil are my two go-to builder for input/advice.
I'm getting ready to upgrade a couple parts of my pack to aluminum and like you work on a shelf system for my cyclotron lenses. While my group is in a bit of an "off-season" (I use this term from my roller derby days) I'm planning on making some final improvements to my pack.
I feel very confident that I can pull the upgrade well but wanted some advice about cutting into the shell.
I'm planning on cutting into my pchrisbosh1 shell to make a hole for an aluminum n-filter but I'm not sure what the best tool(s) to use will be. I'm thinking dremel but I could be wrong. Also what's the best method of mounting it to the shell. I saw your apoxy sculpt methods; I might not have access to that material and was thinking of steel stick (topside) and loctite epoxy (underside).
That venting feature is something I so want haha!
Hey Chris!
I really appreciate the kind words
Definitely use a Dremel. I used carbon cut off wheels and sanding discs. To knock off the excess material without going overboard, I used a set of mini files. They were VERY useful.
The reason that I used apoxy sculpt is because it has a 2 hour set time with a 24 hour curing time. Gives plenty of time to manipulate it. Epoxy on the underside is perfect btw! That's what I did
One thing that I have to throw into this, is be sure not to take away too much material on the spacer between the sync generator and cyclotron. It should "hug" the n-filter, if that makes sense.