Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Estes Little Joe II (Small) Build, Part 5, DIY Centering Rings




If you have good, sharp scissors you can cut the outside of the rings with them.
Here I cut right down the pencil line. I want a bit of a border so the rings can be sanded to fit the BT-58 tube.

As usual, I made two extras and will pick the best of the four.

All the rings were slipped over a BT-5. The outside edges were gang sanded. The central tube gives support and alignment while sanding.



The rings were punched for the engine hook.
On the other side is a small hole for a replaceable Kevlar line.

I used a rotary punch to make the notches. Here I'm cutting off the bottom of the round punch for a squared corner.

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