All,
Janus is ready for the final alignment. I decided to put the skins on to reduce the risk of an accident and to stiffen up the frame. I moved it out into the middle of the room and got all the screws in. One tip you can use to get the screws in the vertical posts is to use a bent piece of a small zip tie to support the bottom of the assembly nut as you put the screw in. It slides in the small gap between the frame and pannel and you can pull it out easily once the screw gets started. I got the screws tight all along the top and then moved the whole thing into the place where I wanted it to be for final position. I re-leveled the the frame with my laser level (I love that thing) to be sure everything was flat again and then tigthened down all the screws on the pannels to lock it in place. The whole frame is noticably stiffer now. The only skin I have left to put on is the top rear skin and I want to make the holes for the hinges into slots so I can take it off easily.
Oh yea, when I put the laser tube in place of the red laser, I loostened only 1 screw on each holder and put the tube in place, made the connections, and tigthened it up with the same screw I loostened before. Hopefully this will have retained the alignment with the red laser, but we will see.
I put the door in place so I could make sure I didn't have clearance issues with the beam and also to hold the switch down so I can manually fire the laser from the front pannel.
Now I have to cut out some targets so I can finish the alignment. I wanted to use hot glue to tack them in place, but I think I can manage with tape as I forgot to get a hot glue gun this week after work.
Here's a pic of the laser in all it's glory:
- Laser ready for final alignment
I will probably do the alignment tomorrow as I want to have a nice dinner with my wife and maybe watch a movie together. She has to work at the hospital tomorrow so I won't see her on my day off and I'll have plenty of time to work tomorrow.
I only have a few things left to do:
1) put the dore pannel in
2) size the table up and put it in place
3) make the window pannel thing for the vent
4) install the fan and ducting
5) cut stuff!