Hi everyone,

I'm starting to build my pj this weekend; it will be a very simple design based on the lumenlab pj, with a few alterations. I'll be using the LL light kit, lens kit, and the CMV CT-520D. I want to build it in record time, and since I have very few tools, less time and even less diy experience, I want the simplest solutions possible. I purchased the Lexan XL10 and Optix on ireplica.com and I want to drill through them and the fresnels and attach them together with screws. I read on the forums that lexan can crack (what about the fresnels?) and to prevent it one should run the drill in reverse. Can someone elaborate on this technique and how I should approach it? I already bought a tiny titanium drill that's good for plastic. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance,

-wawul

Drill in reverse means rather than running the drill clockwise you flip the reverse switch and run the drill in reverse (couter clockwise) I've never tried this so don't know how well it might work. I think the idea is rather than having the fast drill drive the sharp edge into brittle plastic you are using the unsharped side so it more slowly works its way through the plastic. If you have some scrap material (Lexan or fresnel you could try it out).