Anybody else posted this, the response would be "Yeah, right, wiseass."Nate Dort wrote: Tue Sep 12, 2023 12:46 pm You could always cut about an inch off the top and bottom panels to get your existing side panels to fit.
Yeah.. that post would come off waaay differently were it written by FFM bishopdante.dontfeartheringo wrote:Anybody else posted this, the response would be "Yeah, right, wiseass."Nate Dort wrote: Tue Sep 12, 2023 12:46 pm You could always cut about an inch off the top and bottom panels to get your existing side panels to fit.
Me too, even just lurking for years and years taught me so much. And the handful of IRL interactions I've had with posters have only reinforced/affirmed the love.dontfeartheringo wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 9:22 am Anybody else posted this, the response would be "Yeah, right, wiseass."
Nate Dort posts it, it's real talk. I love this place.
I actually have a huge sheet of stainless, I'm going to save the original top and bottom (yes, I am a hoarder, how did you know?) and try to make a shorter pair with something like this:Nate Dort wrote: I mean, it's kinda dependent on you having a bandsaw or some other set up for cutting 18 gauge steel. Or slip a $20 to somebody at a local machine shop and they'll have you sorted in 5 minutes.
I've replaced enough GK screws that I have this memorized. The original screws are 6-32 thread. US screws have a standard countersink angle of 82 degrees, so any standard countersink will work, as long as you don't go all the way through, obvs.W.L.Weller wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 12:40 pm I should find out what size drill bit & chamfer I need to make the 20 screw holes. M3? M4?
Laser cutting would be perfect for stuff like this, if there’s a place that does this where you live. If you have access to a CAD you could even bring a DXF/DWG file of the panels, including the holes, then they could probably cut them from your sheet of steel.W.L.Weller wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 12:40 pmMe too, even just lurking for years and years taught me so much. And the handful of IRL interactions I've had with posters have only reinforced/affirmed the love.dontfeartheringo wrote: Wed Sep 13, 2023 9:22 am Anybody else posted this, the response would be "Yeah, right, wiseass."
Nate Dort posts it, it's real talk. I love this place.
I actually have a huge sheet of stainless, I'm going to save the original top and bottom (yes, I am a hoarder, how did you know?) and try to make a shorter pair with something like this:Nate Dort wrote: I mean, it's kinda dependent on you having a bandsaw or some other set up for cutting 18 gauge steel. Or slip a $20 to somebody at a local machine shop and they'll have you sorted in 5 minutes.
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I should find out what size drill bit & chamfer I need to make the 20 screw holes. M3? M4? Based on one experience, stainless is a lot tougher to cut/drill than mild steel.
Alternatively, I could just use a grinder to lop off a too-big piece and take Nate's other suggestion to find a place that already has the tooling to cut and drill stainless.
I'll post an update after I shoot my eye out.