Putting the arms together was fairly simple and straightforward. After I decided how long I wanted to make each arm I used the Loc-Line Pliers to put them together. The base end is a 1/8"-27 NPT Connector that will screw into a grid of tapped holes in the base board. The 'hand' end is a straight nozzle that has been tapped to allow the attachment of a threaded banana jack. Here's a video of me tapping the end of the Loc-Line nozzle. I originally used pliers to hold the other end of the nozzle while I tapped it, but I realized that the pliers were biting into the plastic too much and messing up the socket joint on the nozzle. So I switched to using tape to keep the nozzle from rotating. (Still have two messed up nozzles that dont stay on as well as they should though. =/ ) |
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