The hack space I use is an interesting place for a
lot of reasons. It’s kind of an
adventure every day to figure out if the machine you want to use is working or
not. Sometimes a bank of power
receptacles is out for no apparent reason then it becomes a search for an
extension cord. Sometimes finding the wood
shop vacuum means searching the classroom.
Oddly, it’s the people who are consistent. Everyone there tends to be helpful whenever
they can and they’re nice.
Unfortunately
not everyone is tidy. The wood shop,
where I was just working, is usually under a patina of fresh dust. There are air filters and a central vacuum
for the machines but not everyone knows where how to turn it on. Only today I found the circuit breaker box,
mounted at head level, where the two phase breaker resides.
I try
to make a habit of cleaning more of a mess than I make, which is easy when I’m
already using the vacuum. At least this
way I don’t feel guilty when I come in, make two small cuts on a band saw and
leave without any cleaning.
Enough
background.
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The
handles and hardware were all taken to the hack space. The wooden blocks were cut by saw but that
method proved ineffective so the blocks were removed from their enclosures and
sanded on a belt sander. The sanded edge
was also shortened to make opening the enclosures easier in the future.
The
thumb switches were simply glued in place.
A large amount of hot glue was applied to the underside and the switch
was held in place with the glue cooled.
The
TRRS sockets were soldered using old phone wire. The schematics were followed.
To do:
• Glue
switch boards in place
•
Design implantation of serial LCD screen
•
Follow outlined program agenda
Journal
page
Handles
assembled and disassembled
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