What is the reasoning behind that approach, JJ?
Dimensional stability.
What is the reasoning behind that approach, JJ?
***Shameless Plug***
If any readers of this thread are looking for a deal on a Savvy 241 T-case cable or JKS Quicker Disconnects for 2.5-6" lifts, I posted mine, which are very lightly used, in the Parts for Sale forum:
I put these on my LJ on 7/31/21 at 50,266 on the odometer. I just took them off at 55,271 on the odometer, so about 5k miles on them. I'm installing a SwayLOC instead. The LJ was used to commute back and forth to work only while I rebuilt my Ford Expedition and my Subaru Impreza. It wasn't run off-road, and these were never disconnected. I took the JKS decals off before I installed them because I'm not a decal guy. Here's a picture:
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I'd like $85 shipped for these. If you're in Central TX and want to get them in person - $70.
- sab
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I put this on my LJ on 4/30/23 at 55,271 on the odometer. I just took them off at 55,271 on the odometer, so exactly zero miles on it. The LJ has been in the middle of a build all this time (see my build thread for the fun!) I'm installing an Atlas T-case, so this won't work anymore. Here are a couple pictures:
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I'd like $85 shipped for this. If you're in Central TX and want to get it in person - $70.
- sab
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Do you have a US address I can ship to? I didn't specify, but my shipped price is for the continental US. I don't know what it'll cost to ship to Canada.Hello! I'm interested in the cable shifter. unable to comment on the post/send a message because I'm new member. Let me know if I can grab it unless I'm going against community rules.
Do you have a US address I can ship to? I didn't specify, but my shipped price is for the continental US. I don't know what it'll cost to ship to Canada.
I sent you a DM to complete this deal. I think you can reply to it if I start it. If not, post here again.I can do shipping in US. Postal code for my box is 98230. Let me know how to proceed
If you're old enough to remember The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle (for me it was re-runs, since I was born shortly after it ended), then you'll understand when I say that I can sum up today's adventures as, "Curses, foiled again!"
Since I have a lot of grinding (which generates some nasty dust everywhere in the shop) to do next for the mid-arm installation, I decided to get the last bit of painting out of the way for awhile, that being the Savvy engine/transmission skid and the Mr. Blaine-inspired transfer case skid. The plan was to paint them OD green, my accent color. I started the morning by bead blasting them first, and then hitting them with the random orbital sander. Then, I degreased them and dried them with dried, compressed air before heading to the house for lunch.
After lunch, I hit one side of each with some self-etching primer, let it dry for 90 minutes, flipped them, and primed the other sides. Then I grabbed my last half-can of OD green and used it up on the edges of both skids. After running out of that can, I opened up the case of six cans I re-ordered from LVP Paints (now call Crosslink Paints) a couple weeks ago. After the obligatory shaking for a minute or two, I started spraying, and to my horror, I discovered that even spray paint companies' service sucks these days. I understand that different batches of paint can have slight color mis-matches, but this is ridiculous:
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Stay tuned to see if sab can defeat the evil paint-mixing villains in the next episode...
It was a custom order, not off-the-shelf. If you're color-blind, you really shouldn't be mixing custom paint colors!How can paint on the right can be called green anything! Must be a mislabel, it's gotta be!
Look up the original name for the color they painted school buses in the US. Sometimes the name of a color has nothing to do with the actual color. I suspect you are correct that it is a mislabel. I have many cans from them and if they messed up the color, it was a mistake I didn't catch.How can paint on the right can be called green anything! Must be a mislabel, it's gotta be!
Look up the original name for the color they painted school buses in the US. Sometimes the name of a color has nothing to do with the actual color. I suspect you are correct that it is a mislabel. I have many cans from them and if they messed up the color, it was a mistake I didn't catch.
This morning, I spent a couple hours messing with my Dana 44 diff cover model in Fusion. What a frustrating experience! Going from a scanned mesh to a model is proving to be confounding. So, after getting thoroughly frustrated, I hit the shop for about four hours of work before coming back to the house to shave and shower for the Christmas Eve activities.
I need to create some reference planes based on surfaces on the mesh, but I can't figure out how to select points or faces on the mesh. No matter what I do, I can't select anything on the mesh. It's like it doesn't exist. Frustrating! I have the workflow figured out after that, but can't get through to it...I’m not aware of what your frustrations are...
I need to create some reference planes based on surfaces on the mesh, but I can't figure out how to select points or faces on the mesh. No matter what I do, I can't select anything on the mesh. It's like it doesn't exist. Frustrating! I have the workflow figured out after that, but can't get through to it...
Well, I think I've figured that out. I was able to import the STL and create a mesh. And since I bought the full version of Fusion, I was able to manipulate the mesh some, but I just can't get through the next step of aligning planes to it...Converting from an STL to something fusion can use is a big trick…that’s been a struggle for my shop too!
Yikes!Enough that I’m looking into a 30,000 dollar software package to do so.
The "Moose" by 3DMakerPro. I had to build a lazy susan and spin it by hand with the scanner on a tripod in order to get a scan.What scanner are you using?
Well, I think I've figured that out. I was able to import the STL and create a mesh. And since I bought the full version of Fusion, I was able to manipulate the mesh some, but I just can't get through the next step of aligning planes to it...
Yikes!
The "Moose" by 3DMakerPro. I had to build a lazy susan and spin it by hand with the scanner on a tripod in order to get a scan.