not seeing them but are there any recent pics of this in its current decor state
Hehe. Yeah, guilty as charged. Actually, I've gotten a few things setup over the xmas break, but it's been tough to concentrate on doing much with the cab when
1) you're daughters off for xmas break too
2) you lost your job right before xmas and are kind of preoccupied with finding something else quickly
But, be that as it may, Here's a few shots of what I've been working on
First, a screwup, I driled 2 holes for mounting the knife switch, and then realized, too late, I'd positioned it too close to the monitor so the monitor wouldn't be able to turn (DOH!)
Fortunately, the switch is mounted on a nice stained a sealed plaque, so the extra set of holes is covered
Next, the monitor frame being soldered. I used a plumbers solder I picked up at lowes. The stuff is a structural solder, so, it's not welding, but it's dang close. And there won't be a ton of stress on the monitor frame, so it's good enough.
Another pic, Here I'm soldering the brass corner brackets.
And here,I'm laying out the pieces for the monitor "Control pod"
And finally, here's the control pod, soldered in place, with the control pins sticking out. The mother of pearl buttons haven't been fastened at this point. You can't see it, but there's actually LEDs down in those holes, so that all the buttons light up when the cab is on (but no, they don't flash and aren't controlled by the LEDWiz, I figured that was getting a little too crazy
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