Hiatus

No work on the case or components tonight; had Common Ground this evening.

I did however come to a couple decisions; I'm not going to get the Ikea casters, as there are enough things quirky about them that I don't care for. The mounting plate is square (as opposed to rectangular on the other casters I'm looking at getting), and the axle of the wheels is almost positioned completely outside of the footprint of the mounting plate. That doesn't seem right to me. I do however like the locking brake on the Ikea casters better than the brakes on the casters from Reliable Hardware.

The other thing I decided on was how much adhesive to get for attaching the ABS laminate to the plywood. Looking at the surface area of my panels, I began wondering if one can would be enough, but the website states that a single can should be able to provide enough glue for a full 8x4 sheet of plywood, and an 8x4 roll of laminate. I'm using about two thirds of the wood and laminate on this case, so I am less worried now about running out in the middle of laminating.

One could argue that it's always better to be safe than sorry, but at twelve bucks a can, I need to be thoughtful with how I spend for now. I can always order more glue after the fact, and I may even be able to find it locally as opposed to having to ship it.

Tomorrow night I should have an hour or two to pick up where I left off with marking and cutting the aluminum rails. I'm debating on whether I should drill out the rivet holes now before I get the rest of the hardware, or wait until I have the corner braces and ball corners. Having those will help me to gauge where I will need to stop drilling out spots for rivets on the rails.

Even though DIY Road Cases recommends a spacing of eight to twelve inches for rivets on 3/8" plywood, I'm going to go with rivets every two inches. While this will dramatically increase the amount of work for me, I feel that since my panels have such extreme warp issues, the more rivets I use, the more rigid and flush the panels will become.

I'm probably going to finalize and place my order with Reliable Hardware on Wednesday for pickup next Monday. Pretty soon I'll have all the components that I require, and will be just a few steps closer to completion!