Skaldiddog's "Progress"

[winnerone23]

Let's see if we can't get something in the mail to protect them flashy HH motors, while ur testing them...

Some Custom Fiber motor guards. Coming at ya Joel..

 

[SkaldidDog]

Let's see if we can't get something in the mail to protect them flashy HH motors, while ur testing them...

Some Custom Fiber motor guards. Coming at ya Joel..

Thanks Troy. Those are nice. Looking forward to strapping them on my fancy cans. They are in for a serious test.

Cheers,


J

 

[SkaldidDog]

Crawler Battery Bank

Some years ago a neighbor of mine burned his house all but to the ground because of a faulty receiver pack charging on the bench unprotected. I keep mine in lipo sacks and in Turbo's favorite cast iron skillet (the only material tougher than his glutes). But, I'm sick of digging through the pile/bag looking for the good or bad packs depending on my needs. So I'm making an easy access, linear storage rack that will hopefully keep them from toasting each other or my house in the event I've had too much Clown Oil and do something dumb. Enter a scrap left over from making my mill table.

Step 1. Open up holes in tube.



J

 

[RcBro]

Re: Crawler Battery Bank

O snap! I've been looping my dead bats mini deans through itself so I know there dead. I to don't like the solution. My next thought was a magnetic decal or somekind that was reversable for showing charged or no charge. Non the less, bring 20 batts at a time is a PITA.

If I had all your cool toys, I don't think I'd ever be able to sleep

 

[ittybitty]

Re: Crawler Battery Bank

 

[TURBOFEST]

:lmao:

 

[SkaldidDog]

;-)

 

[ittybitty]

 

[SkaldidDog]

Slow, loud and smelly.

Spent a few minutes on my battery bank last night. Got my system worked out. Now I just need to put in an hour or so and get it done. Sure wish I had coolant capacity. Bye bye HSS endmill.



I've figured that I'll cut the aluminum dividers to a press-fit size and gently hammer tap them into place. It's save me some work and look better too.

J

 

[Erik D_lux]

Re: Slow, loud and smelly.

I looked at that picture before I read what you wrote and was going to ask how you liked going from the softer materials to work with to the steel.

Being covered in delrin, aluminum and CF is all fine with me. I am just glad I dont do so much steel work any more!

 

[SkaldidDog]

Re: Slow, loud and smelly.

I looked at that picture before I read what you wrote and was going to ask how you liked going from the softer materials to work with to the steel.

Being covered in delrin, aluminum and CF is all fine with me. I am just glad I dont do so much steel work any more!

Steel sucks. If I had coolant I'd like it better. I love the soft stuff. 7075 and Al bronze are my favorites to play with. CF is OK.

J

 

[House]

I can't see your pics from work, but are you using Kool Mist?
You don't need a full on coolant system, just a tankless one...
Mist Coolant Systems | MSCDirect.com

 

[Erik D_lux]

Coolant is nice but it sucks in its own right unless you have a nicer system than I, which isnt too hard. Cutting is better but then you have the trade off of getting splashed and coolant ends up all over you.

Back in the day, when I was using a drill press exclusively and drilling a ton of steel, I used a simple air nozzle attached to a magnetic base. Cooling with air works pretty decently and keeps the chips away from your work.

I used this steady air flow tool:
Pocket Blow Gun with Industrial Coupler

And attached it to something like this magnetic movable base:

Multipositional Magnetic Base with Fine Adjustment

This is the cooling system I got for my mill. It works great and was super cheap.

Enco - Guaranteed Lowest Prices on Machinery, Tools and Shop Supplies

 

[SkaldidDog]

Thanks for the ideas Erik. I'll look into this one and the one sold by Smithy for 220V and the one JRH is suggesting from Fogbuster.com. Installing one of these may force me to upgrade my air compressor too, which I've needed to do for some time. The run capacitor is gonna die again soon the the cost and time to get the part ain't worth it.

Hey Winnerone23 thanks for the CF guards. They arrived. I chuckled at the return address to "Customer Fiber":ror:. My new arms and 16g wired ESCs will arrive from HH by Wed next week according to The Man. I'll have a nice 4 day weekend to test and tune with a side of Clown Oil.

This weekend I'll knock out my battery bank. Filed and sanded it last night. Tonight I'll make the dividing walls.



J

 

[rob_b]

Been eyeing compressors from California Air Tools. Watch the video about how quite they are.

The 9010D is on my wish list.

 

[SkaldidDog]

What up "b"!

Wow. I'm glad Xmas is on the way. Score. Thanks. My wife hates the sound mine makes and will be stoked.

J

 

[rob_b]

That's my angle with the wife too! In fact just the other day she asked "how much was that compressor again?":ror: I also want to trigger flow with an air solenoid tied into my CNC control so it doesn't blow (DIY fogbuster is in process) unless the mill is actively cutting.

 

[SkaldidDog]

That's my angle with the wife too! In fact just the other day she asked "how much was that compressor again?":ror: I also want to trigger flow with an air solenoid tied into my CNC control so it doesn't blow (DIY fogbuster is in process) unless the mill is actively cutting.

If I show her that video link she'll buy it for herself:shock:! I need to see how big of one I can fit in my spot. Looks like mine will be actuated by a digit solenoid associated with my JNC unit.

J

 

[rob_b]

:mrgreen:

 

[Crawllife]

I just learned of the California air tools comps through Chicago airbrush company's site. They get all sorts of accolades on their site. And just like everything else I comment on, they are purdy too