Updated:
10/04/2010:
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Here
I used a lathe to cut out the circles for the collar and put the
weights on top when I glued them together.
![](images_B90478/20101004/Picture%20203.jpg)
Center
supports added
![](images_B90478/20101004/Picture%20204.jpg)
First
set of ribs.
![](images_B90478/20101004/Picture%20205.jpg)
All
ribs in place.
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Just
put the radar on top to see how it would look.
Updated:
05/06/2010:
![](images_B90478/201000506/Picture%20129.jpg)
I
am using the lathe at work. Again sorry for the picture.
![](images_B90478/201000506/Picture%20130.jpg)
Brain
Cup. This is the bottom part of a air bag from the suspension
system of a car from work. Sorry for the pictures but couldn't
down load them from the phone.
![](images_B90478/201000506/Picture%20131.jpg)
Other
View
![](images_B90478/201000506/Picture%20122.jpg)
Cup
machined & i am cutting MFD board for the rest.
![](images_B90478/201000506/Picture%20123.jpg)
![](images_B90478/201000506/Picture%20125.jpg)
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Elongated
holes drilled
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Not
finished yet. Just put the light rods in to see what it would
look like. I have to screw & glue the parts together.
Updated:
11/17/2009:
![](images_B90478/DSC00001.JPG)
Cut
the discs on a brake drum lathe at work.
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Disks
are made of Plexiglas
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Not
to bad of a cut on the discs.
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Here
i use the PVC pipe for the boot ring instead of the lid in the
next picture.
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As
you can see the Goop lid is just about the same diameter as the
PVC pipe.
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I
cut the center out but didn't like the way it looked.
![](images_B90478/DSC00020.JPG)
Bottom
half of radar section made from oak plywood.
![](images_B90478/DSC00021.JPG)
![](images_B90478/DSC00022.JPG)
I
used wood filler to fill in the sides and then sanded them, it
makes a lot of dust but has a nice finish.
![](images_B90478/DSC00023.JPG)
For
the black trim i used flexible corner molding.
![](images_B90478/DSC00024.JPG)
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Flexible molding.
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The
8 pieces of wood i used some floor boards i pulled up from the
dining room. I am putting a new floor down.
![](images_B90478/DSC00033.JPG)
Materials
used for the radar.
![](images_B90478/DSC00034.JPG)
Gathering
materials for tread section.
![](images_B90478/DSC00035.JPG)
The
gray wood you see is from an old sign from work that has been
sitting there for the last 10 years. They were going to throw
it out but i got it.
![](images_B90478/DSC00037.JPG)
![](images_B90478/DSC00039.JPG)
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These
motors i got off of Ebay for $160.00 The will need the 24 volt
system to work.
![](images_B90478/DSC00046.JPG)
I
used the belt sander to smooth these out.
![](images_B90478/DSC00047.JPG)
I
used the band saw to cut these out.
![](images_B90478/DSC00051.JPG)
Getting
there.
![](images_B90478/DSC00052.JPG)
Now
i need to rout these out.
![](images_B90478/DSC00028.JPG)
Me
& my wife with some parts of the B9
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The collar is a fan shroud.
![](images_B90478/DSC00038.JPG)
These
are from the air leveling system on a Lincoln.
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All
ribs are made.
![](images_B90478/DSC00048.JPG)
Second
tread section soon to follow.