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| bobbyb13:
Thank you sir! :cheers: The hardest part is planning enough out to just get started. Every once in a while - scratch that- on every freakin build- I wind up at a point where I'm not exactly sure where to head- so I just stop until I figure it out. And then every once in a while I find that I wish I did something differently after it is kind of too late. Whatever "that" is I save for the next one I suppose. Moving backwards on things when I'm still learning what the hell I'm doing just seems like a waste of time. I'm definitely on the learn something, accept imperfection, and press on kind of path- with many things in life now really. If I ever get to build a SECOND one of any of these things I'm doing for somebody else then maybe THAT one can be perfect! :lol Yeah... not likely- --- Quote from: javeryh on April 24, 2023, 05:31:25 pm ---Bobby - this is looking great. I wish I had your determination. I have a ton of things I want to build in my head but always find an excuse to just do it later instead of right now. I need to work on that. --- Quote from: firedance on April 22, 2023, 04:22:20 am ---I also use pencil n paper for designs, would take me years to learn design software :D I've also designed a side profile on a sheet of MDF before then cut it out, saved on paper. Great work as always 8) --- End quote --- Add me to this as well. I scribble on paper until it looks right and like porn I know it when I see it. --- Quote from: Mike A on April 22, 2023, 07:08:07 am ---Javyerh didn't use my concept for his bartop. It was his loss. --- End quote --- One of my many regrets but it's never too late as there is always the next one... --- End quote --- |
| bobbyb13:
I'll just keep posting until someone tells me to stop it already. In the interest of not having to look at carriage bolt heads in my sexy carbon layup I needed to sort out a means of anchoring this roller so that "spirited play" doesn't shove it into the cabinet. A good thing I continue to hoard random bits of crap from various projects everywhere and love to make this ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- up as I go along. So with a little bit of aluminum I had from previous in this figment of my imagination, and some 1/4" 20 stock and odd little caps which I honestly can't remember where the hell they came from a plan arose. Get spacers that will brace my very groovy Master Havoc roller mounting plate from behind and screw a cover plate over it. Cut some strips of aluminum, drill holes and tap for the threaded stuff... And after I have spewed shavings all over the place, while yet avoiding injuring myself, assemble and screw the stuff together. Seems to work. It was at this point that it occurred to me that I had STILL forgotten to bevel the front edge of this panel. I started doing it a few cabinets ago so that the CP itself is what pins the monitor bezel and any plexi associated into place. It works quite nicely and means that I have one less thing to worry about anchoring. Of course the way the table saw cuts I had to cut off the backside of the blade effectively, otherwise I was going to have to run the panel through the saw glassed side down. Um, no- I am happy that the tune on the fence is still good because I actually got the angle cut the way I wanted in one pass without destroying this thing. So now finally I was in a spot where I could get to putting everything together for (maybe?!) the last time. I was reminded at this point that I had designed the wart to be absolutely as small as possible and still be able to assemble the thing/dissasemble the thing for repair. Designing to your tool set here was a huge bonus because I was going to not even have enough room for my fingers to get in that hole but it didn't matter because I have THESE! If you can manage the space/funds/whatever buy yourself a set of swivel head sockets and you will find that they change your life if you are working in things with bolt fasteners. I got these for working on ridiculous automobiles long ago and it is impossible to verbalize how much time and aggravation these things have saved me, not to mention the instances where they made something possible which simply wouldn't have happened otherwise. Like putting this thing together. With the wart and yoke mounted I decided it was smart to get the adapter board in place here and it was then that I remembered I hadn't routed out the spots for leaf switches either. At least I have a little lightweight router so I didn't have to pull everything apart AGAIN to do that. Backside done- I think. I have still not figured out: 1. Will the Pi recognize the "mouse button" leads from the roller controller. 2. Can I reverse the axis on the roller or do I need to pull this apart and spin it 180 degrees- thereby requiring a little more router activity. We'll see when I get a chance to give it a proper test, now that functionally it should be complete and I had figured out how to get the Pi to work with it. Maybe after dinner! I'm also liking it in matte finish more all the time. This is only sanded out to 400 grit. There will still be some image elements in an opposing finish here before I'm done, but at this point I think those parts will be the glossy bits and the panel as a whole will stay like this. Onward. |
| Zebidee:
As usual Bobby, I am in awe of your work. I love those long extensions for ratcheting socket wrenches - used to work on a lot of Leyland minis when I was young, and they never left much room to work. If you don't have enough room to turn the wrench handle, you can still stick a large flat-head screwdriver in the socket instead and use that. |
| PL1:
--- Quote from: bobbyb13 on April 25, 2023, 11:10:12 pm ---2. Can I reverse the axis on the roller or do I need to pull this apart and spin it 180 degrees- thereby requiring a little more router activity. --- End quote --- The roller is like a spinner. To reverse the axis, swap the two data lines A and B. - This changes the phases while turning the roller clockwise from 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . to 4, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 1 . . . . IIRC your roller uses a Happ Red Board. Scott |
| bobbyb13:
Not sure that awe is appropriate, but I appreciate the sentiment, so thank you! For resin work this panel is fairly pedestrian for a vet, but when you start stacking up all the elements here it does get pretty fun to try to get your head around. Apart from playing the games, the most fun of this hobby is that it blends so many disciplines so artfully if you approach it right. Having so much to learn still is what keeps it interesting. What the hell will I do when I run out of space for cabinets?! --- Quote from: Zebidee on April 26, 2023, 12:11:17 am ---As usual Bobby, I am in awe of your work. I love those long extensions for ratcheting socket wrenches - used to work on a lot of Leyland minis when I was young, and they never left much room to work. If you don't have enough room to turn the wrench handle, you can still stick a large flat-head screwdriver in the socket instead and use that. --- End quote --- Thanks Scott. I was anticipating that it was that simple to accomplish but was hesitant to just cut into the harness. I'm not sure what board is utilized here but I think the gent who made it (nice guy over at atariage, pboland ) used plain old mouse guts and 3d printed the rest. I will look closer and post what I find. For a really inexpensive piece it has a nice feel to it and I think will work great for my purposes. He named it wisely given the current environment with Atari's (latest) IP owners- who I'm guessing are like everybody else since 1979 at this point. I'll see if it is something that can be altered in software first I suppose and then resort to a wire swap if necessary. Appreciate you chiming in here! :cheers: --- Quote from: PL1 on April 26, 2023, 03:52:47 am --- --- Quote from: bobbyb13 on April 25, 2023, 11:10:12 pm ---2. Can I reverse the axis on the roller or do I need to pull this apart and spin it 180 degrees- thereby requiring a little more router activity. --- End quote --- The roller is like a spinner. To reverse the axis, swap the two data lines A and B. - This changes the phases while turning the roller clockwise from 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4 . . . to 4, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 1 . . . . IIRC your roller uses a Happ Red Board. Scott --- End quote --- |
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