*Batteries Not Included

Battery boxes that don't actually hold batteries. These will end up hiding the NPC motors on each foot.

Spent part of the weekend getting very frustrated at my Rockler bearing. Trying to countersink the holes to mount it to the frame just was not working. Its such a large countersink that it takes forever to drill it out, and none of them were coming out level. I even leveled out the surface I was setting the bearing on, made sure the bubble in the end of my drill stayed level, and they kept coming out crooked. So I got some new round head screws and am going to see if its really necessary to countersink the holes. If its not, I'll end up getting a new bearing. Luckily they are an off the shelf part and not too terribly expensive (thank you retailmenot.com for 20% off).

*Edit:

Tested fittings of the rockler with the round head screws and it looks like it will work fine. There was still plenty of clearance with the bottom dome ring sitting on the frame, and it will actually ride a little above the frame in the end. New rockler being ordered!

Still sanding the inner dome, slowly but surely. I have about 75% of it done with 220 grit sandpaper.

Also working on assembling the Center Vents. I sanded one of the flat panels with 1000 grit sandpaper to smooth out the surface and get some of the slag off. I wasn't happy with it afterwards, so I got some steel wool on the way home tonight. Hopefully that will improve the look to the shine I want.