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Time for an update on the 2 beetles.
Ankle biter is taking shape nicely, it's a simpler build with far less to make on the CNC mill. Progress was slightly held back when I came across a 1930's lathe on Gumtree, it took some a little coaxing to bring back to life, but it's a nice addition to the garage and came in handy finishing off the ali. The Ti and Hardox were cut at K-cut and I've just a few more parts to fabricate before it's combat ready.
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Banshee is going a fair bit slower, the sides need a bigger mill to fabricate so I'm currently trying to repair the Triac and source a suitable machine vice for it. After much fettling the Ti armour sits together nicely, and the Hardox teeth sit snugly on the drum. Unfortunately the vein holders came back from K-cut without the slits for the veins in them, so having to rethink how to catch the air from the EDF, also the waterjet must have started on the part as each tooth has a notch in, hopefully it wont make it too unbalanced.
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Enjoying the process so far, but it's certainly a much slower way to build than some of the other machines PJ and I have made in the past!
Ankle biter is taking shape nicely, it's a simpler build with far less to make on the CNC mill. Progress was slightly held back when I came across a 1930's lathe on Gumtree, it took some a little coaxing to bring back to life, but it's a nice addition to the garage and came in handy finishing off the ali. The Ti and Hardox were cut at K-cut and I've just a few more parts to fabricate before it's combat ready.
IMG_2020.jpgIMG_6006.jpg
IMG_5892.jpg IMG_5891.jpg
IMG_5767.jpgIMG_5797.jpg
IMG_5914.jpgIMG_6013.jpg
Banshee is going a fair bit slower, the sides need a bigger mill to fabricate so I'm currently trying to repair the Triac and source a suitable machine vice for it. After much fettling the Ti armour sits together nicely, and the Hardox teeth sit snugly on the drum. Unfortunately the vein holders came back from K-cut without the slits for the veins in them, so having to rethink how to catch the air from the EDF, also the waterjet must have started on the part as each tooth has a notch in, hopefully it wont make it too unbalanced.
IMG_5717.jpgIMG_5881.jpg
IMG_5911.JPGIMG_6016.jpg
Enjoying the process so far, but it's certainly a much slower way to build than some of the other machines PJ and I have made in the past!
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