Aidan's Safe  20                                                12-2018

 

I'm cutting a pocket on the 15 degree angle for the handle here. I'll also be drilling and tapping some 1/4-20 threads as well. In order to do this I had to tip the head of my milling machine to the same angle as my work piece. 
 

 

 

Here is the handle, which I'm not happy with. At least not yet. As I was machining the center part  for the handle, I wasn't liking the area the setscrew was in so I decided to change it.
 

 

 

What I'm getting ready to do is remove that smaller diameter altogether. Then I'll go back to the mill and put another hole for the setscrew. So...now you see it...
 

 

 

And now you don't. This will be a cleaner look and will sit against the safe door a little better.
 

 

 

Now you can see why I went with one spoke for the handle. I just didn't have the room to have three or more spokes as they would be in the way of the key pad. And yes I thought about using three spokes and having the two facing upward in this way - 'Y' -  (with one leg facing downward) but it was going to be to crowded in my opinion. Anyways, this will be the look and I hope he likes it.
 

 

 

 

Paint & Body Work

 

I haven't done any paint and body work in a long time so this will bring back some memories of working on my 1971 Camaro from yesteryear. What I have below is (left to right) body filler or Bondo, primer and for the pin holes, glaze. The body filler and glaze are a two part mix and once I opened the can of Bondo, the smell brought me back to those good old days.
 

 

 

I mixed both products right on my work bench because it's covered with a thick piece of sheet metal. This works great for this kind of thing because it makes easy clean up with some lacquer thinner. I used my putty knife to mix with but used a plastic paddle to apply it.
 

 

 

I didn't need very much because there wasn't and large dents, just a few low spots here and there.
 

 

 

What I really wanted to do is make all the weld joints even so I made sure to bring all of them to a sharp edge. Once they were all at this stage, I went back and rounded them all the same size.
 

 

 

Once I had most of the rough work done, I needed to fill some smaller areas. This is where the glaze comes in, it works great for this kind of thing. I put tape next to the areas that needed attention so I didn't forget (more on other sides).
 

 

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