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Monty Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 23 Aug 2007 Posts: 239
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Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2012 10:03 pm Post subject: Homemade Heavy Base |
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It seems to keep my heaviest 2500 planted to the map and it's low profile.
Can anyone guess what it is?
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Mike Fleet Captain
Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 1675 Location: South Carolina
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 1:03 am Post subject: |
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Is that a metal knob from an old radio? _________________ Mike
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Sandpaper gets the job done, but makes for a lot of friction. |
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bluebirds38 Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 29 Oct 2009 Posts: 238
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 4:34 pm Post subject: |
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it does look like an metal knob. |
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Mike Fleet Captain
Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 1675 Location: South Carolina
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 8:26 pm Post subject: |
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The vertical part of it looks like the shape of a Winston Cone, an off-axis parabolic shape that is used nowadays in high energy particle physics experiments as a light guide to direct photons to a photomultiplier tube. Two partners and I designed those things for Project MIPP, a sub project for Project MINOS at FermiLab. Winston cones only have about a 3% loss of photons in transmission.
Anyway, that's another thing it reminds me of. _________________ Mike
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Bolo_MK_XL Captain
Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 836 Location: North Carolina
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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Looks like a plug for an Assemble at Home piece of equipment ---- |
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trynda1701 Lieutenant SG
Joined: 17 Mar 2008 Posts: 147 Location: BR "Swanmay"
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Posted: Sun Jun 17, 2012 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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Is it a game piece from a boardgame?
If it wasn't for the size of the SL2500 DN, I would have said it also reminds me of the stands that came with the old Elite line of minis! _________________ C'mon the Orions!
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Monty Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 23 Aug 2007 Posts: 239
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Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 4:21 am Post subject: |
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Version 2 of the "Winston-Cone-Base" has a slightly bigger disk and elevated higher than the v1 base. It still doesn't extend beyond 32mm perimeter of the hex and it's fairly stable.
My goal is to come up with a base that is stable, not distracting, not ridiculously huge like the 2500 bases and not $2 a pop. I'm not digging the clear bases. The 2400's are probably the better playing pieces for hex maps I already have.
About the same height as a B-10 stand.
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