 | These are the 4 plates that make up the left shoulder hub. The holes are drilled to 1/8" but I will enlarge them to 6mm using the step drill.
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 | I glued the L2 onto the L1 using two M6 screws to line up the holes.
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 | These are the uprights for the shoulder, 12 on each one.
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 | Uprights glued to the L2 plate. This plate has alignment marks showing where to position them.
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 | L3 and L4 attached on top of the uprights. Again I used M6 screws to line everything up
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 | After this dried I drilled the other 7 holes all at once on the drill press. This ensures they're all in alignment.
Then I countersunk the outer holes on plate 4 and the inner holes on plate 1.
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 | This is how the M6 screws mount inside the hub. I put a little blue Loctite on the threads before tightening the nuts.
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 | Hubs ready for skinning.
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 | I attached the 1mm skins with rubber bands and let the ends overlap. I glued these up and let them dry overnight.
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 | Then I cut thru both layers where the ends overlap (using a straightedge); this left a nice tight joint.
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 | Test fitting the right hub in the frame...
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 | And test fitting a leg to the hub.
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 | Finally I added the faux metal shelf liner to the outer skin. This completes the hubs.
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