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I felt like working on a challenge today. There are some unique features of the Speed Bump scales that I had to figure out. The torsion bar side requires a milled cutout for the bar to sit in. The clip side requires placement of the pivot and the clip. I haven't started working on the clip side yet.
I'm using lignum vitae because it is hard and stable, but was relatively cheap. I modified a forstner bit to work like a mill, and cut the recess for the torsion bar with a borrowed (crappy) drill press. The rest was simple drilling and sanding. Took about 6 hours.
I screwed up a few times on this piece, but it still looks pretty cool. The speed safe fires correctly and the stud lock still works (it contacts the steel not the wood). In a few hours the wood will start turning a freaky green that should look awesome.
Next up, the clip side.
When I complete these prototypes, I might make myself some nice ones out of cocobolo or blackwood or something. I'll wait until I'm back home so I can use my nice drill press, though.
Phillip
I'm using lignum vitae because it is hard and stable, but was relatively cheap. I modified a forstner bit to work like a mill, and cut the recess for the torsion bar with a borrowed (crappy) drill press. The rest was simple drilling and sanding. Took about 6 hours.


I screwed up a few times on this piece, but it still looks pretty cool. The speed safe fires correctly and the stud lock still works (it contacts the steel not the wood). In a few hours the wood will start turning a freaky green that should look awesome.
Next up, the clip side.
When I complete these prototypes, I might make myself some nice ones out of cocobolo or blackwood or something. I'll wait until I'm back home so I can use my nice drill press, though.
Phillip