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Old 02-29-2008, 01:18 AM   #111
gareth.ky
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Default Re: n00bs Gonna Build a Carden


More 0's. The level is pretty finicky. Sometimes you move it and the change in the reading doesn't seem to correlate well with the size of the movement. Then you tap it and it corrects itself. I just tap it to make it take a new reading. I move the parts and keep tapping until it seems to come back to 0 more often than any other measurement. Without moving the part you could get it to read +0.2 to -0.2 if you hit it right. If your spread is more like -0.1 to +0.3 then your not level.

I don't want to say the 0.0's you see in all the build threads are fake but you can certainly coerce a 0 into happening without the part being "level". I stop messing with it when the "average" is 0. Only takes a few minutes.


Drilling holes on the drill press. I learned my lesson about the hand drill: don't do it. Find a way to use the press.


Elevator blind nut mounting pads. The one in the back is inset in the slot I cut in the tube socket support plate earlier in the build.


Its Big! I hope it its in the car!
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