Sunday, November 27, 2016

Pouring the epoxy and next steps

Mixing and pouring epoxy is simple. But there is one but. Epoxy may seem viscous, but it will go through the smallest of cracks.

So after I poured it, I had a fun session where I ran around with a hot glue gun (thanks whomever necessary for that invention) and plugged the links. Finally, it slowed enough that I could let it dry hoping that something will remain inside. Here it is:



The next life saver was the Fein Multimaster.

1. The spools of epoxy, which I tried to sponge out with wads of paper became a mess of semi-hard papier mache. Didn't succeed to tear them off, so I just cut them out.
2. The edges of the surface weren't flat because of the surface tension. The multitool made an easy task of sawing them off at 45 degrees.

And here is the end product:



Added legs (see the remains of silicon, glued to the frame with epoxy) :( .



The next step is assembling the linear guides. The material is already here.




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