Monitor Stand: Slots!
Apr. 4th, 2023 05:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
carlfoxmartenSo, today I took my benchtop drill press outside, and used a hole saw set I'd bought years ago to cut the slots in the support pieces for my monitor stand.
Turns out, I forgot to drill the holes for screwing the top part to the sides, so I'll need to pull it out again at some point.
First cut was like a hot knife through butter. Second one, the drive belt popped off twice, as apparently the screw holding the spindle pulley in place had loosened enough to allow said pulley to slide upwards, and eventually off the shaft entirely. Hence why the pulley cover popped open.
Once it was fastened back down again, I was able to continue with the other cuts. Not quite as smooth as the first one, but I think that was the speed it was being run at.
Anyway, I have some sanding to do to smooth out the edges of my cuts, then I can drill the screw holes in everything, and then I can coat the whole thing in varnish to see how it all looks in the end. Though I'll probably sand the whole thing lightly before the varnish, and probably do two coats of vanish to see how that turns out.
Turns out, I forgot to drill the holes for screwing the top part to the sides, so I'll need to pull it out again at some point.
First cut was like a hot knife through butter. Second one, the drive belt popped off twice, as apparently the screw holding the spindle pulley in place had loosened enough to allow said pulley to slide upwards, and eventually off the shaft entirely. Hence why the pulley cover popped open.
Once it was fastened back down again, I was able to continue with the other cuts. Not quite as smooth as the first one, but I think that was the speed it was being run at.
Anyway, I have some sanding to do to smooth out the edges of my cuts, then I can drill the screw holes in everything, and then I can coat the whole thing in varnish to see how it all looks in the end. Though I'll probably sand the whole thing lightly before the varnish, and probably do two coats of vanish to see how that turns out.
