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by zymurgeist
Thu Oct 22, 2015 6:38 am
Forum: Construction
Topic: Fixing mis-drilled holes
Replies: 8
Views: 16712

Try making your pilot holes with a hot needle. It doesn't try to skitter around like a drill. Most drills turn way too fast for plastic and melt their way through instead of cutting. The melted plastic makes the bit slide around too. Micro Mark sells a chuck for cordless screwdrivers that works pret...
by zymurgeist
Sun Oct 12, 2014 1:32 pm
Forum: Construction
Topic: Black acrylic or plexiglass for obolisk
Replies: 14
Views: 28555

1, 4, and 9 are the first three perfect squares. Pedantic I know but that's why they were used. It's an alternative form of establishing a mathematical basis for communication. Primes being the most obvious basis. To us anyway. Lord knows what a species with three fingers uses. :?
by zymurgeist
Thu Oct 09, 2014 1:34 am
Forum: Construction
Topic: Black acrylic or plexiglass for obolisk
Replies: 14
Views: 28555

It would be far easier to cast one out of epoxy resin.