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Day 5

Date: 5/26/15
Time spent: ~2.5 hours

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So I went out to Home Depot today and went ahead and splurged $120 on equipment and materials. Also blew $60 at an art store for other materials. Anyway, carrying back near $200 of equipment and materials was not something I would have thought was possible. I feel like I might have dropped a few things along the way.

That said, today I went ahead and continued my work from yesterday by constructing the frame of Furutaka's shoulder cannons. Again, like I said with yesterday's post, this initially posed a large problem for me because I wasn't sure how I could make a joint frame that would be stiff at the joints, be durable, strong and able to hold the weight of the cannon itself. Thankfully, because of what I thought of last night, I figured it'd be worth a shot at trying to execute it. I basically just spent the entirety of today drilling, roasting, rolling and screwing PVC pipes together to get the images below. I won't add much text since what I did is pretty much the same as yesterday, just in more detail and depth. That said, enjoy the pictures. All of my criteria were met with the final frame I constructed so this is an amazing start.

Shot of me working on the PVC.
Shot of me working on the PVC.
Shot of me working on the PVC.
Please don't ever do this. This was incredibly dangerous and stupid but I lacked the proper tools to hold the pipe at this angle reliably
Roasting PVC
Drilling PVC
Drilling PVC Pt 2
Frame of the side cannons complete (Note, cannon's on the wrong side atm. I just need to flip it lol)
Frame of the side cannons complete (Note, cannon's on the wrong side atm. I just need to flip it lol)
Frame of the side cannons complete (Note, cannon's on the wrong side atm. I just need to flip it lol)
Frame of the side cannons complete (Note, cannon's on the wrong side atm. I just need to flip it lol)
Closeup of joints
Closeup of joints
Closeup of joints