Scout_Troop3R Posted December 31, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2023 2 hours ago, gmrhodes13 said: Some specs on E6000: What temperature range does E6000 withstand? E6000 can be applied in temperatures ranging from 50 °F to 90 °F (10 °C to 32 °C). When cured, E6000 can withstand temperatures between -40 °F and 180 °F (-40 °C and 82 °C). https://eclecticproducts.com/product/e6000-industrial-adhesive/#:~:text=How long does E6000 take,between 24 and 72 hours. Thread on ABS paste https://www.whitearmor.net/forum/topic/42866-how-to-make-abs-paste/ Thanks a bunch! I think for now I'll work on making some ABS paste. Happy new year by the way! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scout_Troop3R Posted April 20 Author Report Share Posted April 20 Guess who's back? This procrastinating guy! Now that winter is over I'm gonna start working and pick up where I left off, yesterday I replaced all the burnt out lights in my garage and it feels like brand new, (It's so bright now!!) and I've started on making the ABS Paste for the left bicep and future mistakes (If they're made that is, I'll be sure to be careful.). I'm also gonna go to home depot later to pick up a few things, main one though being a nice fluorescent light right over the workbench so it's truly and properly lit. One question about the paste though, is it okay if it has any small amount sawdust in it? I've never made it before and just want to make sure I don't mess it up. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggydoc[Staff] Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 5 minutes ago, Scout_Troop3R said: One question about the paste though, is it okay if it has any small amount sawdust in it? I've never made it before and just want to make sure I don't mess it up. Welcome back Tyler. with respect to the ABS paste. When you say sawdust, if you are referring to the abs sawdust, that should not make any difference as it will dissolve into the acetone. If it is wood sawdust however, that would be a different story. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scout_Troop3R Posted April 20 Author Report Share Posted April 20 11 minutes ago, Doggydoc said: Welcome back Tyler. with respect to the ABS paste. When you say sawdust, if you are referring to the abs sawdust, that should not make any difference as it will dissolve into the acetone. If it is wood sawdust however, that would be a different story. Thanks for the welcome. As for the sawdust, I'm afraid it's wood sawdust (a small amount) because it's not just my workbench and over the break my father needed to cut some wood for some repairs. I'm just wondering if it's okay to leave it because while I can get most of it out but there will always be some left because it's sawdust and naturally gets everywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggydoc[Staff] Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 1 minute ago, Scout_Troop3R said: As for the sawdust, I'm afraid it's wood sawdust (a small amount) because it's not just my workbench and over the break my father needed to cut some wood for some repairs. I'm just wondering if it's okay to leave it because while I can get most of it out but there will always be some left because it's sawdust and naturally gets everywhere. I would worry that the wood will alter the colour of the paste and consistency as well. If the ABS pieces are decent sized, could you simply wash them off to get them clean again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scout_Troop3R Posted April 20 Author Report Share Posted April 20 19 minutes ago, Doggydoc said: I would worry that the wood will alter the colour of the paste and consistency as well. If the ABS pieces are decent sized, could you simply wash them off to get them clean again? I have a way to just remove most of the dust so I'll do that, after that I might put them through a sieve or something, they're not large bits but they should be big enough to not fall through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted April 20 Report Share Posted April 20 Any foreign material mixed can change the color of the ABS paste. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scout_Troop3R Posted April 22 Author Report Share Posted April 22 (edited) After a long, annoying, and frankly wasteful day of work I figured I'd try and make some good of today by cutting and gluing the cover strips on the right forearm, I got 2/3 (I already had one done prior) glued so there's only one left after this, did some trimming as well and got more scrap bits for the paste/slurry (which I am keeping free from contamination) also set up a radio for some tunes while I'm working, so woo Not too much for today but hey, progress is progress. Edited April 22 by Scout_Troop3R 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scout_Troop3R Posted April 22 Author Report Share Posted April 22 I can't do too much today because my garage is freakin' cold despite it being sunny but for now I managed to get the right bicep correctly fit and cut so I'm very happy about that. Much better than the left one, which still needs fixing but I need a good way of collecting scrap for my paste. I'd glue it but I need to buy MOAR MAGNETS!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scout_Troop3R Posted Monday at 08:42 PM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 08:42 PM (edited) Quick question by the way: While all the arm stuff is gluing/waiting to be glued I figured I'd start on the legs. My first question for them is do the tops of the thighs and greaves/shins need the return edges for centurion? Personally I'd rather remove them for comfort's sake and not get armour bite but I wanted to ask before I did anything. Also does anyone have any good methods of catching scrap ABS aside from just picking them up bit by bit? Edited Monday at 08:42 PM by Scout_Troop3R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sly11[Admin] Posted Monday at 09:12 PM Report Share Posted Monday at 09:12 PM The top of the thighs, if you check movie references, had all the return edge removed, but many do leave some to give the armour the appearance of thickness. If you can get away with leaving some, generally 4 or 5 mm is enough, but you can remove it all, At the top of the Greaves you do want to leave the return edge, this area should be thicker, so I'd leave at least 10 mm. The bottom of the Greaves don't require any, and you will find it more comfortable to remove it all and less damaging to your boots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scout_Troop3R Posted Monday at 09:24 PM Author Report Share Posted Monday at 09:24 PM 9 minutes ago, Sly11 said: The top of the thighs, if you check movie references, had all the return edge removed, but many do leave some to give the armour the appearance of thickness. If you can get away with leaving some, generally 4 or 5 mm is enough, but you can remove it all, At the top of the Greaves you do want to leave the return edge, this area should be thicker, so I'd leave at least 10 mm. The bottom of the Greaves don't require any, and you will find it more comfortable to remove it all and less damaging to your boots. Cool beans, thanks a bunch! I'll try out the 4-5mm edge with the thighs, it'll probably be fine. I figured for the shins/greaves I'd have to leave some so I'll again go with your recommendation of 10mm, the one spot I was sure about was the bottoms of the thighs and greaves, those are definitely getting sanded down lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scout_Troop3R Posted Tuesday at 08:54 PM Author Report Share Posted Tuesday at 08:54 PM (edited) I got to spend the majority of the day working uninterrupted Anyway I took the clamps and magnets off the forearm and it looked good so I stuck the final cover strip on and hung it up, along with one of the interior cover strips on the right bicep. After I hung those up I discovered a simple but excellent way to catch ABS waste, that being a tupperware. I also got to work on the legs, and trimmed pretty much the entire left leg, only thing I didn't get done was the top of one of the shin halves. I trimmed the top of the thighs and bottoms of the shins completely, I left the bottom of the thighs at at 5mm and the tops of the shins at 10mm, tomorrow I'll work on the right leg, and fitting. Today was quite productive. (Pictures have been added!) Edited Wednesday at 04:27 AM by Scout_Troop3R Adding pictures. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scout_Troop3R Posted Wednesday at 04:03 AM Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 04:03 AM It seems today was productive enough to earn a double update!! After I got home from my wing night I set back to work, finished the trimming for the left shin, and started on the right leg. In order to get the measurements I probably did a weird and just used calipers and a pencil to mark out where I wanted to trim with an Exacto knife. Perhaps a strange way to do it but it made sense in my head. I also used tin-snips to cut in the return edge a little bit to divide it into sections and make it easier, rather than just cutting one big thing. End result after going back and cleaning back up with the Exacto knife is pretty darn good, very happy with how the ends turned out. (I'd have taken more pictures but my phone was about to die :/) Anyway, have a good night, I'm off to sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted Wednesday at 04:50 AM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 04:50 AM There isn't much weird we haven't seen before It's much the same way as using a pencil wood scribe, I'm pretty simple so a ruler and pencil does fine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scout_Troop3R Posted Wednesday at 05:00 AM Author Report Share Posted Wednesday at 05:00 AM 9 minutes ago, gmrhodes13 said: There isn't much weird we haven't seen before It's much the same way as using a pencil wood scribe, I'm pretty simple so a ruler and pencil does fine. Oh that thing looks sick, very nice lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scout_Troop3R Posted Thursday at 06:33 PM Author Report Share Posted Thursday at 06:33 PM Today I'm not gonna have too much time to work on but I'm happy with what I did get done. Yesterday I took the clamps & magnets off the bicep and forearm, both turned out well and I started gluing another cover strip on the bicep, and cleaned up the forearm with a rag. The right forearm is all glued now so woo. As for today I managed to trim all of the right leg, so very woo. Although I do now have a bunch of leftover ABS chunks that I'm not entirely sure what to do with, I may just use my dremel to grind them all down into bits for paste/slurry. Anyway that's all for today, I'm gonna have some lunch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted Thursday at 09:26 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 09:26 PM I use these for snap plate holders, especially when using nylon snap plates, clamp one piece on either side Just watch trimming the ends of the cover strips I noticed this one looked a little round, screen where just trimmed angled 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scout_Troop3R Posted Friday at 01:53 AM Author Report Share Posted Friday at 01:53 AM 4 hours ago, gmrhodes13 said: I use these for snap plate holders, especially when using nylon snap plates, clamp one piece on either side Just watch trimming the ends of the cover strips I noticed this one looked a little round, screen where just trimmed angled Handy thing that with the nylon plates, and yeah that one was a little rounder than I would've liked, so I'll be sure to mark them out for later ones. Speaking of cover strips are the strips for the legs thicker or are they the same width as the arm strips? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmrhodes13[Staff] Posted Friday at 02:29 AM Report Share Posted Friday at 02:29 AM 34 minutes ago, Scout_Troop3R said: Handy thing that with the nylon plates, and yeah that one was a little rounder than I would've liked, so I'll be sure to mark them out for later ones. Speaking of cover strips are the strips for the legs thicker or are they the same width as the arm strips? Legs: Thigh front and back 20mm Shin front 20mm, rear 25mm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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