The couple of problems I ran into:
1) Had to drill the holes out a tad bit on the base plate for recommended screws to pass through easily. Veered from JAG's tutorial a little by putting one screw through the rockler and base plate at a time. Trying to line all 6 up at once is next to impossible. This made it much easier. I still need to drill 2 holes in the base plate out a touch wider because they just barely don't quite lineup.
2) Mounting the Pittman motor onto a COM8B frame - Once I received the correct bracket it was much easier! I had to grind just a smidgen off the frame where the pivot point of the bracket touched it, otherwise it would freeze in place. Also for anyone with this frame - the spring attaches to the closest bolt for the Rockler. That one needs to be a little longer too, I used a 1.25 inch bolt.
3) I didn't have any hardware for the Large Data Port, so I had to go get some at the local Ace Hardware. I used M4-12 allen bolts @ 70 pitch. They still needed a small washer due to the length of the hole being slightly more shallow than the bolt is long. I actually took the Large Data Port and the piece of frame it connects to into the store so I could be sure to get the correct hardware in one trip. The kid helping me finally asked, "What is this for?". When you say a R2-D2 you get, "oh cool" as a response, followed by "They sure don't make it easy." You're telling me kid.
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