GoatRider
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I was making my second attempt at turning a circuit board pen tonight. I was going along merrily with the skew getting close to the bushings, and the skew started hitting rough patches. I stopped the lathe, and saw I was hitting components! So I grabbed the directions, and saw it wanted 50A bushings. I was using Sierra bushings, 20A.
Fortunately, I had a gold Sierra kit, and they use the same tube. I was able to finish it up with sandpaper, which cut the components more evenly than my skew, and you can't even tell some of them are flush with the resin. So now I have an extra "phat sierra" kit laying around.
PS- this is for my SysAdmin at work. He's got an apartment full of used electronic equipment. I'm almost afraid electronic life is going to form spontaneously from the primordial soup of electronics junk. He's going to love this pen.
Fortunately, I had a gold Sierra kit, and they use the same tube. I was able to finish it up with sandpaper, which cut the components more evenly than my skew, and you can't even tell some of them are flush with the resin. So now I have an extra "phat sierra" kit laying around.
PS- this is for my SysAdmin at work. He's got an apartment full of used electronic equipment. I'm almost afraid electronic life is going to form spontaneously from the primordial soup of electronics junk. He's going to love this pen.
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