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Rotating monitor construction *Project finished*
DaOld Man:
Here is a picture of how my drive will hook up to everything. I could only find one pushbutton and one roller limit switch, so i did a little copy and paste. I may not use those switches anyway, but it should give you an idea how simple this will be to hook up.
DaOld Man:
And here a couple of close up pics of the drive. (first is not good quality).
Jimbo:
Looking good! :)
My own rotating circuit is kind of stuck at the moment. I have a half-finished circuit that I need to add the speed controller for the drill motor then actually get round to mounting the thing and testing it out! Its also a bummer for me that the Hantarex Polo monitor I'm using only degausses on cold starts. I've emailed them to get more info on whether its possible to interface to the neckboard to degauss using a signal... here's hoping!
How are you actually mounting your monitor btw?
:cheers:
DaOld Man:
Thank you.
Do you plan to control the speed of the drill motor, or just the direction. Direction should be pretty easy, using relays.
If you need some help, I would be glad to help, if I can.
You can also use a relay to turn off the monitor while its rotating, when the rotate finishes, the relay will turn the monitor back on, then if it auto degausses that should work..
About the hardware to actual position the monitor:
I havent started on that yet. My garage is not heated, so most work like that will be put on hold until I can catch some warm days when I dont have to work.
But I plan to copy most of the other methods people use, and that is, cut a circle out of mdf or ply, then mount the monitor to that.
I plan to remove the monitor from its case and mount it to the wood with 4 bolts.
(Check out the attached picture of the way I mounted my last one, which does not rotate.)
Im not going into specifics yet, because I want to give links to threads of the ideas I will use, to give the persons the the rightful credit. I will give those links when I implement the ideas.
Can you post the make/model of your drill, and a drawing of how you are wiring it? Or pm me and I will give you my email, if youd rather mail it to me. (Thats if I can help.)
Anyway, good luck, and keep us all posted...
DaOld Man:
I hooked everything up to the 21" Dell trinitron I was planning to use. (On the back it has "Ultrascan P991").
With the screen turned vertical, mspacman is huge!
Anyway, the screen degausses each time the monitor is turned on, so the degaussing shouldnt be an issue, since I plan to turn off the monitor while rotating it.
I do see a problem with the monitor. It has very thin lines, white in color, first line running diagonally from upper right corner to the left, dropping about 1/2 inch. The next line is about 1 inch below the first, following the same pattern. More lines follow each spaced about an inch apart, filling the height of the screen.
These lines are not real noticeable, but I dont like it.
On Zaxxon, the ship kinda shifts shape when it passes through one of the lines.
Anyone know what could be causing these lines?
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