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Looks like you have the same get up as me. Did you have any problem with the belt position in the back? Looking at ANH ref the belt should ride over the kidney plate. Mine is riding over the butt with the seam at the top of the belt. It's because I cut my Cod and extended my ab. Now my belt is riding way too low.

Just measured mine the other day. It's approximately 12.5 inches wide. Give or take .0625" It's a good low cost option. -John

Looks awesome. Nice job.

Ab buttons and I need to work on my kidney plate. Also shim my sides. Another weekend ought to do it.

Hey, Thanks Lucas. Thats exacty what I'm planning on doing. Great minds think alike. True. Good thing I took sculpture in art school. Anyway, it should be fun. -John

A lot of my parts came in this week. Oven parts from Mor Electric. Holding frame clamps from Rockler woodworking. A Gast vacuum pump from Ebay and some air tanks from Pep Boys. I went over my dimensions a 4th time and sure enough I made a mistake on the oven side. Matt you were right it is low. About 3 inches. Looks like I'll be fixing that next. Measure 6 times redo it twice is my motto.

Very cool. I bet they loved you guys.

Thanks Thayne, maybe by the time your next visit comes up I'll actually have an ID. I'm so close. I saw the pictures. Very cool. -John

Congrats on making your deadline. I love those. Your armor looks great. -John

It will look very authentic when the clean up crew is picking up your pieces after the battle. Seriously, that's a very original idea. Cool.

Those are pretty good. LOL! I'd have to have a pair just to freak out my wife.

Hey Thayne, I can imagine that it would be pretty tough. Do you guys go to visit the kids often? I'm up in Reno. I'd love to drive down and troop for the kids with you guys sometime. -John

Nice job. Congrats on your Elite status.

Hey Chris, are you using a dual vac pump/ shop vac setup?

Thanks Alex, that's a great forum.

I'd hate to see the paypal fees on $1,000,000,000.45. Sheeesh! Not far from the truth though. I was at Sony Pictures a few years ago on some wheel of fortune business. Outside the studio we were using there was a huge life size Godzilla head from the recent movie. I was thinking it would look great in my front yard. A couple of hours later we came out and there were a couple f guys cutting it up with a chain saw and stuffing it in a dumpster. If it wasn't for fans rummaging through dumpsters there probably wouldn't be any film history left to enjoy.

Hey Alex, I'm planning on ABS eventually. Does your table use a single hole platen? I'm a little on the fence about which way to go. It's a little it of an investment but I'm going to use the heck out of it. My list of vac formed projects are piling up fast. I picked up my surge tanks today. I'll have about 22 gallons of surge vacuum and a shop Vac supplement.

Hey Andy, did you end up trooping at the opening?

Nice score. Looks like it's seen quite a few battles.

I drug my art team out to see it today at lunch. I thought it was great. When I came out of the theater there was a guy in Captain Rex armor in the lobby. It was pretty good. The helmet was a painted up hasbro. I didn't even think to take a picture. Duh! I'm taking the kids to see it again on Sunday.

Looks awesome Eugene.

Ahhhhh.....Hawaii Take lots of pictures. Drink a Mai Tai for me.

You are right. I've got to start somewhere. What better education than building one from scratch and learning what works and what doesn't. I suppose I could have gone out and spent $7000 dollars on a commercial unit but that wouldn't be any fun. Besides, it's just a hobby. That's all I'm planning on using it for anyway. RC car bodies, airplane cowls some trooper parts. You know, hobby stuff.

I'm going to start a too fat for my armor thread. Too bad I can't share a little of what I have. What's my secret? Besides getting old, I have a job that requires me to sit in a dark office for up to 12 hours a day. I maintained a caffeinated soda addiction and ate fast food everyday for ten years. 6 months ago it finally caught up with me. After a near death experience on a ski slope I realized that if I didn't make a change I was going to be dead. Whatever you do make sure you eat healthy and get lots of exercise. Drink lots of water and get out in the sun once in awhile. The rest will take care of itself.

I was going to do something like what is shown on this website: Material frame latch As far as the oven side being low, by the time it's all together it should be just right. Otherwise I'll be making changes. Either way I'll be posting my progress. If you come up with a better way of making the latches let me know. -John