Another Small Step Forward.

I received 8 aluminum bulk plates from a rocketry friend back in Idaho. These were cut on a water jet, which left the edges rather rough. A coworker offered to make me a arbor to mount the plates on so I could easily sand/file the plates to size and keep them round. Works like gang busters! Thanks to both Dave and Michael for helping me move my rocket forward.

Two of the bulk plates. The one on the left is the unfinished edge produced by the water jet. The one on the right has been sanded using the arbor.

The mounting surface of the arbor.

Another shot of the mounting surface of the arbor.

Side view of the arbor mounted in my drill chuck.

Getting Back On the Horse

For the first time in over two years I put some work into one of my rockets. Things are going to be slow as my budget is limited, but I'm looking to get going again. I received a Slimline Qwik-Lok motor retainer for my 54mm project I started several years ago. Since the tubes are LOC Precision tubes with a layer of glass on them I had to sand down some of the glass in order to get the retainer to go on. Next I have to work out exactly how I want to proceed in epoxying on the fin can and retainer.