Project Turtle: 1993 Toyota Tercel/56K=FAIL - Page 2

freeflashstuff · 01-15-2009, 09:13 AM

Cool. My dad went to 'Nam. He doesn't talk about it much though, but I can understand why. There was a lot of crazy stuff that went down over there.

rdholtz · 01-15-2009, 11:56 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by freeflashstuff

Cool. My dad went to 'Nam. He doesn't talk about it much though, but I can understand why. There was a lot of crazy stuff that went down over there.

Tell your Dad I said, "Welcome Home, brother."

freeflashstuff · 01-15-2009, 07:28 PM

He says thanks and the same to you.

But

it appears that the fiber/cardboard has been done before and here but as we discussed, the difficult part is gonna be the balance between fiber mat and resin. Maybe the resin alone could harden the cardboard enough to not have to use the mat.... ???

rdholtz · 01-16-2009, 08:41 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by freeflashstuff

. . . it appears that the fiber/cardboard has been done before and here but as we discussed, the difficult part is gonna be the balance between fiber mat and resin. Maybe the resin alone could harden the cardboard enough to not have to use the mat.... ???

Since the resin is two-component, it's going to cure hard. They added fiber for additional strength because they needed structural rigidity over a large span. I think you might get away without mat for something as small and simple as a PC case. But that's admittedly only a guess, and it isn't backed up with experience. I'd probably add a layer of mat just for insurance.

In the first link you provided, he makes the point that anywhere you want to fasten, you need to add strength. You could do that by crushing a couple of fiber washers -- or even metal washers -- into each fastening point.

I think it's worth a shot. If it doesn't work, add a layer of mat and more resin. Either way, you get something unique, and a great topic for MP3Car.

freeflashstuff · 01-16-2009, 08:48 AM

Good points there rdholtz. I'm getting ready to go to Lubbock in about 3 hours so I get to miss my afternoon classes.

I'm going to Ignite Student Conference and I won't be back till late Saturday. I'm planning on getting some resin and trying it on a different box to figure out if just the resin will be enough. I g2g so I'll try to post from my hotel room later on tonight because as you said, this project would make a "most excellent" topic here on MP3Car.
-Posted from my iPhone

freeflashstuff · 01-19-2009, 12:32 PM

I'm back from Lubbock as of Saturday and there is no school today, but the electricity in my house decided to go FUBAR and so I'm stuck helping my mother figure out WTF is wrong. If I get the chance, I'mm gonna mix up some resin and see if that will solidify enough to make the box what I want. Thanks for the idea rdholtz!

rdholtz · 01-19-2009, 05:40 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by freeflashstuff

I'm back from Lubbock as of Saturday and there is no school today, but the electricity in my house decided to go FUBAR and so I'm stuck helping my mother figure out WTF is wrong. If I get the chance, I'mm gonna mix up some resin and see if that will solidify enough to make the box what I want. Thanks for the idea rdholtz!

Good luck with the power problems. And especially good luck with the cardboard + resin project. If I wasn't leaving for a month on the road, I'd have grabbed some resin components and played with the same kind of thing, just to see what we'd get. I have high hopes for you . . .

freeflashstuff · 01-19-2009, 09:04 PM

I didn't exactly get a chance todya, but we did get the electrical problem fixed. It was a bad fuse socket...

We don't have breakers because our house is so old... LOL

rdholtz · 01-19-2009, 09:54 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by freeflashstuff

We don't have breakers because our house is so old... LOL

I've had two houses with systems so old they still had screw-in fuses. I rented a house that had them, and just put up with them for a year. Then I bought my first house, and it had them as well. That place was built in 1911, and it had 30A service for the entire house; I couldn't use the toaster while my wife was using her hair dryer. One of my early renovations was to have new service (and a new breaker box) installed; then I rewired the whole house over the next year.

If you look around, they make (or at least they used to make) circuit breakers that fit the screw-in fuse openings, and I think they are (were) available from 5A to 30A. They look like fuses, but each one has a little white button that pops up when it blows. Push the button down, and you're back in business. Then you get to go track down what's popping the breaker. Each breaker cost as much as a whole box of fuses, but they never needed replacement. I don't know if Home Depot carries them, but if you have an old-timey hardware store in the area, they probably have some.

freeflashstuff · 01-21-2009, 08:09 PM

I found 15A and 20A but no 30A...

Maybe the next time I go to Roswell I'll check at Home Depot. As for the box, I'm gonna try for tomorrow on a smaller, experimental box. If it comes out as well as I hope, mine will be done the same way, then maybe I'll paint it(???)

freeflashstuff · 01-26-2009, 05:52 PM

I PM'd Nexson, and he suggested that I used a wooden box instead of the cardboard and resin. I had planned on doing that if the cardboard thing failed...

freeflashstuff · 01-28-2009, 07:52 PM

Well, I got my Lilliput EBY701 in yesterday, and the VGA/USB cable is FUBAR. I'm pretty ticked off right now. It will display RCA video-in, but no VGA or touchscreen stuff works. The touchscreen won't even show up in Add New Hardware...

freeflashstuff · 01-28-2009, 10:55 PM

Bump... Has anyone else had this issue?

HiJackZX1 · 01-29-2009, 01:18 PM

Did you check that little connector that goes to the screen? Maybe you bent the pins or something? I have 4 Eby701s and non of them have that issue. If its not the connectors, then something happened to the main circuit board. If the screen is opened, try examining it and looking for burn marks, maybe you piut the wrong polarity to the screen and fried the part that allow you to switch, which is also connected with the touchscreen controller.

Also check the small ribbon that goes from the button panel to the main control board.

freeflashstuff · 01-29-2009, 06:35 PM

I checked the pins and they were all OK. I called Lilliput, and they are sending me a return label so I can get a new one. We'll see what happens.

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