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griffindodd:
--- Quote from: TheShaner on July 23, 2012, 02:20:02 pm ---Griff,
If you have an option, go for the laminate. It is so worth the money. I had never done it before, but it is a lot easier than you would think and nothing beats the finish and durability in my opinion. You can get it from the same dude I did on ebay and save $100 bucks. http://www.ebay.com/itm/FORMICA-PLASTIC-LAMINATE-BLACK-4-X-8-SHEETS-5-TOTAL-/320675131745?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aa9ba3161#ht_500wt_1156
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Nice, thanks a lot, this could make all the difference, that is a really great price for all that laminate, not quite so painful to swallow...hrmmmmmmmm
TheShaner:
I bet if you contacted the guy you could get him to sell you 4 instead of 5 at about the same rate per sheet. The extra piece is nice to have incase of a goof up though. But if you just use wooden rods it is pretty hard to mess up. It is actually a lot easier than painting.
griffindodd:
--- Quote from: TheShaner on July 23, 2012, 02:40:45 pm ---I bet if you contacted the guy you could get him to sell you 4 instead of 5 at about the same rate per sheet. The extra piece is nice to have incase of a goof up though. But if you just use wooden rods it is pretty hard to mess up. It is actually a lot easier than painting.
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What adhesive did you use, did you go the contact route or wood glue?
TheShaner:
It has to be contact cement. EPYX wrote up a great tutorial on how to do it.
griffindodd:
Just put in my order for the motor drive and controller for the rotating screen, I figured what the hell, let's see if I can make this thing computer controlled, after all there's no point in making this cab if I'm not going to try and push myself.
After reading through DNA Dan's rotating monitor cab post I got my buns over to Pololu and ordered the following...
* Pololu Simple Motor Controller 18v7
172:1 Metal Gearmotor 25Dx56L mm with 48 CPR Encoder
Pololu 25D mm Metal Gearmotor Bracket
Pololu Wheel 32x7mm
I think my config is slightly different to his as I wanted the CPR encoder and they don't do it on the highest geared ratio. Hopefully with the CPR encoder and the software that comes with the controller I can build a precision soft stop script for each direction, it measures 8246 points per revolution of the motor shaft so I'm hoping I can acheive what I want with this.
I also order a 300lb lazy susan baring from Amazon for $8, this should be strong enough to handle the monitor especially as it will be angled only 15 degrees from horizontal.
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