Leaderboard

I clipped the capacitors stems a little shorter, spray painted, and made a base. After that I decided I didn’t want to glue the base to the seed tray so I added a hidden bolt so I could remove it if I wanted. Another step done! So many steps!

Great!!

Yes, looks good. Maybe shorten the little pin a little bit.

I made some galaxy far far away capacitors from some things I had lying around. 1/2” pvc, hot glue, tin foil and a thin styrene modeling pipe. I cut the pvc into five 2” pieces. Stuffed the middle with tin foil so I wouldn’t waste a bunch of hot glue and save on any unnecessary weight. Filled them to the top on one side and filled them just below the edge on the other side. Drilled a hole in the full side and super glued in my piece of styrene pipe. I sanded the edges down to smooth them.

I know the thread from Pandatrooper. But I never dared to do it that way. I always thought it wasn't stable enough. But it looks very stable here. I am curious how it will last for a long time. Most of all, it's a "light" solution. The lighter the pack, the better ...

I threw caution to the wind and wanted to try what I was attempting. I do appreciate all the feedback and definitely took it all into consideration. My rigid foam frame gets sandwiched between both seed trays just allowing the trays to touch at the edges. I used 4 D-ring hangers on the inside of the top tray. 1 on each of the brexton box bolts (2 total), 1 on the bottom bolt of the exhaust port and 1 that I had to glue in because there was not a bolt where I wanted it. I drilled holes through the back of the bottom seed tray on either side of my rack cross bars. Then I strung a 14” zip tie ( I added another because I needed a little more length) through one hole in the back passing through the D-ring hanger and then back out the other hole where I connected it around the crossbar. I did this on all 4 corners and then slowly tightened them all down making sure the seed trays stayed lined up. It worked perfectly. I swear you could probably stand on it! It’s solid and lightweight. Plus you can take the whole thing apart by just snipping the zip ties. I got the long zip tie idea from an old@pandatrooper post. Unfortunately the photos aren’t available but his write up explains it. Inside top tray - D-ring bracket placement Inside bottom tray - Long zip tie holes

I dyed my pack straps and added the red fabric back supports that I put together. I’ll probably have to spray paint the straps black to get them a little darker. It feels like the closer I get to finishing more steps keep developing!