The driver is a dr.Jones HI7F w/ lucid rev 2 which I had since early 2019 so it needs used .
Samsung LH351D U6-5000k , which I think is just as old
Car looks 10511 that I apparently switched with something else
2 forward clickies , not sure which gets used yet
…and various other pieces
I started on the pill . All done except attaching LEDs to it . I don’t have a tap small enough , thought maybe a couple small pins in the holes would work but haven’t tried yet. I took pics and some video but I’m having a hard time loading them here .
Pictures need to be hosted someplace and then a link used to make them appear here. There’s a help topic on that but I’m still looking for it. It;s easy once you know how
I right clicked on that image, selected copy image address. Then went to the write post field here on BLF, clicked the insert image icon and pasted what I copied into the first field in the window that opened. I set 77% as relative width
The extra parts were shone because until I actually started something, I was and am still undecided. I end up wasting time running different ideas through my head , mostly to prevent the dreaded half way through , “ oh crap that doesn’t work “ event .
The charge board is for if I used the big battery . Right now I’m heading in the small direction.
I don’t have any tiny taps and I was looking for some way to hold the LEDS on the pill . I found these old copper nails in an antique carpenters chest I inherited.
I cut them down to fit the holes of the MCPCB
Then I marked and drilled the pill . I should have taken the time to use the drill press instead of drilling by hand as just slightly off center of the pill . Not much , but I can see it .
Here’s my first real screw up . Made the lens cap first . Was pretty much happy with it . Then I thought I would put threads on the head end of the body . That was going ok until I realized I was cutting the threads to the same diameter as the pill . I get a number in my head and just bull right along with it .
So I’m going to blame it on old timers disease . My default excuse for when I don’t want to admit I’m old and don’t need to write numbers down , cause I’ll remember that !
Didn’t take me long to arrive at “ oh crap , that doesn’t work “ . My 1 inch stock does not accommodate the thread diameter I need without making the body walls paper thin . So I have ordered some thicker stock that should arrive later this week .
Not to totally have wasted your time , here’s a pic of a trunk full of carpenters tools that were my great uncles which date from the mid to late 1800’s.
looking forward to it.
