Finished grinding the rails.
Waiting for furniture screws now.
Nice. Very clean work. Are you planning on any paint or going raw finish?
Thanks!
Gonna leave it raw at the start.
Maybe later after I tune it and get better at riding I’ll spray paint it bright-green or neon-yellow.
Furniture screws arrived and I was gonna do some drilling today. But after couple of test I’ve learned that free-hand drilling a perfectly round hole bigger than 5mm with a cheap drill is next to impossible.
I got great results with a bearing as a guide:
I have both 8mm and 6mm bearings. Now I have to design some new jigs that fit the bearings.
HSS update ![]()
Fitted the central spacers.
Seems like a simple part, but it took many tests and a lot sanding and hammering:
I had to reinforce it to withstand percussive installation process: