Baby's got her dancing shoes on!

Jeepster47

A shout out to the folks who first put shoes on their Mini-Maxes and took the time to document what they did:

@RickyBobby ... http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1177498/pretty-sweet-minimax-upgrade
@NPHuskerFL ... http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1177869/mm-mods-1#latest
@Mickey ... http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1182981/feet-added-to-mini-max#latest

It was great to not have to start the thinking process all over again.  I pursued their write-ups several times.  Then talked to Blake about how the extra lift solves some of the radiated heat problems.  Then added some thoughts of my own to come up with evolution #4:

I thought the horizontal tips on the nest legs were a little too small to fully support a small pad, thus wanted to add some additional support.  Plus, I wanted to contribute towards protecting anything that the egg sat on from it's radiated heat.  The addition of a "heat shield" effectively solved both problems ... I think!

My local, small-town roads & streets department gave me two "No Parking" signs that they were scrapping.  The sign material is a hardened aluminum that is 0.080" thick ... perfect.  Well, almost perfect ... the sign was 12" wide and 12-1/8" would have been perfect, but for the price it worked great.  Cut the left-to-right dimension at 12-1/8 inches and that worked out well.  Softened the reflective surface with my weed burner and scraped it off.  Used Goof-Off and steel wool to remove the adhesive.

 
After contemplating 3/4" grade 8 bolts, I finally followed RickyBobby's lead and settled for 1/4-20 stainless steel button head bolts.  Hunted up some vibration dampers (Amazon.com) with molded in backing plates.  They're one inch in diameter and only 3/4" in height, but with the "No Parking" shield that should be enough height. 



The nest is much more flexible than you'd think, so the layout was a little more difficult.  But, that flexibility also covered up small mistakes.  Here's what the final assembly looks like:

pgprescott

Looks great Tom.
 I do feel bad for the neighbor who will have people parking where they aren't supposed to park. Oh well. 

Ozzie_Isaac

What does it look like from afar?

Jeepster47

Steak is at 95* ... will post after dinner!

NPHuskerFL

I want candid animated shots of you procuring the sign.  

NPHuskerFL

I'll Standby for the panned out pics. Unique...I like it. 

NPHuskerFL

Also Tom the link you posted was what I originally had for feet (1" condensing unit isolator pads). Then upgraded to different kicks. Not sure where that thread resides. Here's a shot w/ both my & @HuddleHouseCook  MM w/ the new style kicks (they're also refrigeration related as the pic I sent you a week or so ago). Again, I  really like the ingenuity of yours too. 

Ozzie_Isaac

Here @NPHuskerFL let me frame that for @Jeepster47

NPHuskerFL

Funny Jamie.  

Jeepster47

Here's the best I can do for an "after dark" photo.  If you want more, I'll have to take it when the sun comes up.

NPHuskerFL

^^^^ Awesome Tom!

Jeepster47

I do have problems with the no parking concept.  When I was stationed at Dover, we had two vehicles and only one parking place out front of our duplex.  About 300 feet of curb side, but no marked parking places.  So, after living there for about nine months, the MP's gave me a parking ticket ... yep, had to explain the ticket to the full bird ... and promise that it wouldn't happen again.

I solved that problem by painting stripes for a second parking place ... probably still there some 40 years later.

NPHuskerFL

Now that's some funny $hit right there!  Kinda a hellion Tom.  

Jeepster47

@NPHuskerFL ... that's one of the reasons I didn't become a lifer.  Loved the job, loved the people I worked with, but really hated that dumb rules didn't get changed. 

NPHuskerFL

@Jeepster47 Never will. That's the political side of it. And it only gets more political as you climb in rank.