Project TNX
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- Nov 18, 2006
So I'm watching the kids yesterday and decide to do what I can with my Turbo Shield in the meantime. I grab the dremel and two needle files and go to town.
The Dremel will cut through anything, but it takes 1 minute to load a new disk and 30 seconds of cutting to wear it down to nothing. But I don't want to use my die grinder because it's small work and I don't want the die grinder to get away from me. I used the thin blades on the first cut and then come in with the larger ones to open it up. So I go through every cutting wheel I had to cut the left hand side of the shield in. I move on, stain my entire fence and go and buy new cutting wheels when I am done.
So I get back and start cutting in the right side, get all the lines in and go to switch to the larger wheels. Enlrging the holes on the left hand side was the easier of the two tasks, but on the right side it keeps binding on me. Then BAM, my frigging flex shaft snaps in half, bastard. No finishing the shield for me yesterday. But being the dweeb I am I paint it silver just to see what it's going to look like anyways (It's getting powdercoated to match my engine this week). Today I have no choice, I'm pulling the die grinder out. :xfings:
Up today:
Finish the shield, finish the louvers, try and finish up the wiring. I got a bunch of little things done, installed the Firewall heatshield, cut in and prepped the GNX louvers, prepped the GNX flares, a bunch of little stuff. Hopefully next week I'll start the final priming and block sanding. :xfings:
The Dremel will cut through anything, but it takes 1 minute to load a new disk and 30 seconds of cutting to wear it down to nothing. But I don't want to use my die grinder because it's small work and I don't want the die grinder to get away from me. I used the thin blades on the first cut and then come in with the larger ones to open it up. So I go through every cutting wheel I had to cut the left hand side of the shield in. I move on, stain my entire fence and go and buy new cutting wheels when I am done.
So I get back and start cutting in the right side, get all the lines in and go to switch to the larger wheels. Enlrging the holes on the left hand side was the easier of the two tasks, but on the right side it keeps binding on me. Then BAM, my frigging flex shaft snaps in half, bastard. No finishing the shield for me yesterday. But being the dweeb I am I paint it silver just to see what it's going to look like anyways (It's getting powdercoated to match my engine this week). Today I have no choice, I'm pulling the die grinder out. :xfings:
Up today:
Finish the shield, finish the louvers, try and finish up the wiring. I got a bunch of little things done, installed the Firewall heatshield, cut in and prepped the GNX louvers, prepped the GNX flares, a bunch of little stuff. Hopefully next week I'll start the final priming and block sanding. :xfings:
