Doing the impossible... almost

Post date: Feb 8, 2017 2:09:33 AM

It turns out I made one last mistake on my design: You can't assemble it. I don't feel like explaining it, but basically you just can't get at all of the screws you need to at the times you'd need to to assemble everything. With a little cheating (ie, grinding down some material so I could slide the leadscrew in after securing one of the support blocks), I managed to get it mostly assembled. "Mostly" meaning that everything is there, but the rails are missing 2 screws each. I could (and probably should) fix that by drilling some holes through the moving part so I can feed the screws in while it's attached, but... eh. Maybe once I get a drill press and/or discover that it's a problem.

Anyway, pictures:

For reference, here's what it used to look like:

And what it originally looked like:

It sure looks better now! Unfortunately I don't have enough time tonight to finish milling the lid for the laptop, but so it goes. Much better that I get enough sleep tonight- all of this shop time is tiring!