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Rotating monitor - Yet another take
javeryh:
My parts arrived and I am already overwhelmed without even opening anything! The "secret" motor driver came in pieces. I think there are resistors or something in the bag with some pretty wires... As far as I can tell, the rubber tread goes on the wheel. The wheel attaches to the motor with the little screw that came in the bag. I have to swap out the GM2 motor with the GM3 one that came separate. I've never soldered before either so I hope I don't screw this up...
:dizzy:
weisshaupt:
--- Quote from: javeryh on February 28, 2008, 10:41:29 am ---My parts arrived and I am already overwhelmed without even opening anything! The "secret" motor driver came in pieces. I think there are resistors or something in the bag with some pretty wires... As far as I can tell, the rubber tread goes on the wheel. The wheel attaches to the motor with the little screw that came in the bag. I have to swap out the GM2 motor with the GM3 one that came separate. I've never soldered before either so I hope I don't screw this up...
:dizzy:
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Don't work, it looks harder than it is..
PM me if you have questions. When soldering:
1) Go slow. Don't be in a rush
2) make sure you have some solder flux - Radioshack sells little syringe type tubes of it. I little dab of that will make things much easier
3) Helping hands (or some other way to secure the piece and wire being worked on) helps a lot
4) Have a solder wick handy (basically a roll of thin braided copper wire) If you make a mistake, heat up the solder wick and watch your solder get pulled off of the piece.
5) Don't use globs of solder. A small amount is sufficent to hold the wire in place. You want a solid connection, but you are NOT welding.
Work is progressing nicely on the MALA plugin
I hope to be ready for my first hardware tests today...
csa3d:
--- Quote from: javeryh on February 28, 2008, 10:41:29 am ---My parts arrived
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You beat me! Mine should be in soon. I have to visit radioshack myself, and pick up said soldering supplies.
I have picked up a 15 3/4" pizza plate, and a 12" lazy susan bearing. I'm pretty read to go once my parts arrive. How are you planning on incorporating a lazy susan bearing into your rig? Going with a wood top or metal? The good thing (i thought) about the 12" bearing was that it has like a 5" center hole, which is enough space to mount the vesa screws directly to the pizza plate w/o having to add a middle wood riser or other sort of mounting plate.
-csa
javeryh:
csa3d: I'm not sure on the lazy susan yet but I am thinking of using a wooden one. I might just buy the whole thing (not just the bearings) and attach the monitor to the plate with screws. The problem might be finding the exact center point of the lazy susan and lining everything up. I'll cross that bridge when I get to it. Right now all I need to buy is the lazy susan and I've got to borrow my friend's soldering iron.
weisshaupt: Thanks for the advice - I will take all I can get. I'll be taking pictures and stuff to document my progress when I get around to it. I'll definitely be asking tons of questions. Also, awesome news about the MaLa plug-in! That would be the easiest software solution for the uninformed masses such as myself.
javeryh:
Well, I just spent the better part of the morning making a circle cutting jig for my router so I can cut the large wheel... I haven't picked up the lazy susan yet but I wanted to try and move this project forward a little bit. My wife works weekends during tax season so I'm with the kids... it's kind of tough to work.
I'm hoping to go to Home Depot this afternoon to pick up the 4 mini-casters and the bolt to pivot everything on... if they have lazy susans or bearings I'm probably going to go with that instead of the center bolt. We shall see...
EDIT: Home Depot does not carry the mini-casters or any type of axle/lazy susan bearings according to the 4 different people I asked. I hate that place. All I managed to pick up was the screws for the monitor mount ($0.98!). I am headed to Target this morning to buy an actual lazy susan. I hope to cut the MDF circle today and mount everything (pending my schedule). I don't have a soldering iron so I don't think I'll be getting anything up and running but at least I'll have something to look at...
EDIT#2: I just struck out at Target. I'm hitting Michael's later this afternoon. What a pain!
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