Loud & Low 8th Gen Civic - Time to say good bye to her.

[slc123]

Whew! Started and finished this build log and I must say man keep it up!!, Lot's of time and effort in this thing and I admire that! Ton's of pics which are always nice! Always wanted to make my own dist blocks and I may have to for my rear battery bank. Might invest in a cheap harbor frieght press since I would probably just be using it for that. Think I might go take a nap all that reading and excitment has got me tired...

[Kyblack76]

SHIT..

I didnt get notification of this!!!

NICE MAN !!... glad it came back up through the front page.. shit..

[scooter99]

Whew! Started and finished this build log and I must say man keep it up!!, Lot's of time and effort in this thing and I admire that! Ton's of pics which are always nice! Always wanted to make my own dist blocks and I may have to for my rear battery bank. Might invest in a cheap harbor frieght press since I would probably just be using it for that. Think I might go take a nap all that reading and excitment has got me tired...

Thanks for checking in. Yeah I got this drill press at HF on sale. Think it as $99.00 or something like that. For the money and what I'm using it for, ABSOLUTELY A GREAT DEAL! Now the only issue I'm having is holding things down. Got another clamp today, but it's not working so well. I'm going to have to figure something out cause it's not very safe like it is.

Stay tuned man, plenty more things coming.

I've done it again!! What have I done again? Started a project I shouldn't have and now I'm nuts deep into it! More pics later!

SHIT..

I didnt get notification of this!!!

NICE MAN !!... glad it came back up through the front page.. shit..

Yeah I don't know what happened. I know some of the stuff I subscribe to doesn't always come up either. NOt sure why. I've got more coming later. I just sent Jamie a message on his thread about a special project I'm going to do, pertaining to the battery stuff I started this weekend........

Be back later!

[scooter99]

Got a little more done today. Let's get started.

First things first, I went ahead and moved the grinder over to the end of the table like I was thinking. I like it much better. Gives me more room to work on the table. Not sure why I didn't think about that sooner.

Got some more stuff from Depot. Clamp, grinder bit, 3/4" drill bit, wire wheel for the grinder, a pair of 4' angle iron, and some braising rods. Those are for later on!

Angle iron.

The grinding bit I got for the bottom part of the terminals. I wanted them to sit down on the terminal of the battery instead of just on top of them. More stability I think. Not sure it was going to work, but for a couple bucks why not. However, if it doesn't work, I'm not sure what will happen as the end result.

It sits about 3/16 - 1/4" above the top. I don't like that. As much as this is going to have hanging off of it, I want it to be as stable as I can get it.

Lining it up on the drill press. Not really feeling this, but we're gonna give it a go. Using the new clamp too.

Ok here we go

Sooooo, this is the last pic of it. It did not work out so well. Really a couple of reasons why too. One, the clamp wasn't strong enough to hold it down. The block kept moving around and also, the grinding wheel wasn't perfectly circular so it wasn't spinning very well. Hard to explain. Anyway, didn't work out.

So I drilled out the top piece for the allen screw and washers.

Doesn't drill down a perfectly flat interior like a mill would, and it's quite possible I just don't have the right bit, or even the right knowledge of h ow to do it.

But it works! Positive side

Negative side

[scooter99]

Both are now bolted on. After having them both on there I was confirmed in my theory that it's not very stable. It is tight and on fine, but you can definitely tell on the edges that hang off where the cables are going to be, that it will put some sure stress on the screw. I don't want any issues later on down the line because of it. I'm gonna have to figure something out.

This was my solution. I'm sure it's not the best way to do it, but it's a possible solution.

This is what it looked like after the grinding wheel. Like I said, it didn't work out so well. The square is what needs to be removed. Here goes! Safety glasses again, VERY IMPORTANT IF YOU"RE DOING THIS!! Now this was the first time I've ever done anything like this, so there was some definite apprehension when getting ready to do it.

It also really makes a mess. And this crap is NOT EASY to clean up!

On the table too.

It's a little ragged but it worked out ok. Have to be sooo very careful when doing this if you do it with a router. Remember very very small bits at a time. I was doing about 1/16" per pass in depth and one initial full bit width, and then after that each pass was about a half bit width. Very very small. I tried originally with a larger bit, but it didn't last long. I found a smaller one worked out much better. I used one that was about 1/4 or 3/8, I can't remember.

And this was the look and height I was going for. See the difference between the left and right? Much better. Nice solid base.

Close up of the left

close up of the right.

Now it's time to do the other one. This one I decided to do a bit differently cause I felt like I took a bit much out of the first one.

Here you can see that. I even changed the direction after this.

Here you can see how much needs to be taken out.

[slc123]

Glad you got it to work looks good! I need to get me some of that aluminium.

[scooter99]

See I changed the direction. In the vise and ready for the routing!

All done and much happier with this

Both are flush down on the top. So much more solid than before.

Got the negative block tapped out and they're both functionally done. Just have some sanding and brushing and cosmetic touching up to do to them

Then I had a thought. Hmmmmm. I may expand on this much later. For now, each screw will hold a cable with a ring terminal.

Then I decided to start another project really quick, still pertaining to the battery.

Did a little outline of the battery case.

Then I'll just leave this here to let you guys ponder over this for a while. Maybe I can get some work done on it this week.

That completes my weekend.

Thanks for checking in! More soon!

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[scooter99]

Glad you got it to work looks good! I need to get me some of that aluminium.

Thanks. I got all mine, except the 1/2" piece, from ebay. The 1/2" stick I got from Kyle. Great guy! KyLar96 on here (above on this page).

[Twostrokeking]

Awesome dude. U do some crazy shit with a router. Looks great

[SnowDrifter]

Batt terminals look good! Quick suggestion and question though

I tried using those screws on my starting battery before and they corroded from moisture. IMO Stainless is the way to go.

And question: When you countersunk the terminal blocks against the battery, does the terminal still contact the lead pad on the battery post?