STOP THE MADNESS: How to use the drill guide
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- darco
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STOP THE MADNESS: How to use the drill guide
Alright, I've seen too many ybox2 tins made *backward*, and it's driving me *crazy*.
You know the drill guide? Yeah, this one. It's designed to be cut out, and then taped to the *bottom* of the tin. You then drill right thru it. Just like in these pics:
And then, when you are done, it looks like this:
Doesn't that look better? You can see all of the pictures here.
I hope this helps save a few mangled tins.
You know the drill guide? Yeah, this one. It's designed to be cut out, and then taped to the *bottom* of the tin. You then drill right thru it. Just like in these pics:
And then, when you are done, it looks like this:
Doesn't that look better? You can see all of the pictures here.
I hope this helps save a few mangled tins.
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Re: STOP THE MADNESS: How to use the drill guide
take deeeep breaths...
i'll add this to the assembly guide!
i'll add this to the assembly guide!
- darco
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- psyicman
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Re: STOP THE MADNESS: How to use the drill guide
The pictures alone were good enough to get an idea how to drill out the tin. The only thing you need to do is go slow when drilling them and to make sure the guid is on properly and tight. I went through 2 tins. I got a little over eagear and tore one up and I did not like the way the other came out.
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Re: STOP THE MADNESS: How to use the drill guide
huh....too bad i didnt read this before i cut the tin =/, haha was wondering why it looked messed up
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Re: STOP THE MADNESS: How to use the drill guide
something is amiss. Either the tins have gotten smaller, the ethernet ports have gotten bigger or I am missing something. The plug I have is too big not to cut the lid. I don't have a problem with that, but it doesn't look like the one in the picture it was necessary. Am I missing something? I have lots of tins to play with, so I am not worried about messing a few up, but I would like to understand the disconnect.
thanks.
thanks.
- darco
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Re: STOP THE MADNESS: How to use the drill guide
If the bottom of the tin doesn't match up exactly with the outline on the guide, then it is likely being scaled inappropriately when you are printing it.
Make sure that "fit to page" is turned off when you try to print the drill guide.
Make sure that "fit to page" is turned off when you try to print the drill guide.
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Re: STOP THE MADNESS: How to use the drill guide
not so much the drill guide, but the actual size of the ethernet port.
- darco
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Re: STOP THE MADNESS: How to use the drill guide
Oh! Sorry, I misunderstood.
I have always had the same issue you described. It is easily solved by bending the lip of the lid out slightly with your thumb. It will then fit quite nicely. That's what I did in the photos.
You can see me doing this in the following three photos:
http://www.deepdarc.com/module/album/view/1304
http://www.deepdarc.com/module/album/view/1305
http://www.deepdarc.com/module/album/view/1306
I have always had the same issue you described. It is easily solved by bending the lip of the lid out slightly with your thumb. It will then fit quite nicely. That's what I did in the photos.
You can see me doing this in the following three photos:
http://www.deepdarc.com/module/album/view/1304
http://www.deepdarc.com/module/album/view/1305
http://www.deepdarc.com/module/album/view/1306
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Re: STOP THE MADNESS: How to use the drill guide
But why do both ThinkGeek AND LadyAda have incorrect pics on their pages?
- darco
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Re: STOP THE MADNESS: How to use the drill guide
Because they didn't want to make a new tin just to take a few pictures.
I don't blame them.
I don't blame them.
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Re: STOP THE MADNESS: How to use the drill guide
Yeah, but how hard is it to take one of the correct pictures floating around and swap them? (Having an incorrect picture on the pages where most people order the kits MAY be why there are so many backwards YBoxen out there.)darco wrote:Because they didn't want to make a new tin just to take a few pictures.
I don't blame them.
Just a thought.
Randy
- tooliktman^
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Re: STOP THE MADNESS: How to use the drill guide
Hi, Can i know the name and the measure of the drill tip you have used. And for what kind of material?
- jrv
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Re: STOP THE MADNESS: How to use the drill guide
I was getting "server not found" errors on this. Contacted darco about it and he pointed me to the drill guide on github.darco wrote:You know the drill guide? Yeah, this one.
- jrv
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Re: STOP THE MADNESS: How to use the drill guide
LadaAda's instructions also refer to the broken link.jrv wrote:I was getting "server not found" errors on this. Contacted darco about it and he pointed me to the drill guide on github.darco wrote:You know the drill guide? Yeah, this one.
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