Interesting thing just happened....

[SXRguyinMA]

I jsut got a msg on youtube from a guy that wants me to duplicate my Tempest SXR mod for him!

He asked if I'd do it again for cash, I gave him a quick breakdown and he asked if I take paypal, so I told him if he's serious to email me and we'll work out the details, and he replied that he will and it'll be his christmas present to himself :D

If this guys serious I'm in. There was a lot of things I would have done differently (making the hinges thicker as a few of mine broke and had to be repaired, and a couple other things) so it'll be fun to redo properly

Any ideas or opinions?

[billygoat333]

hells to the yeah. maybe get a down payment (or just have him buy the case and ship it to you) before you do any work. other than that go for it mate!

[SXRguyinMA]

yea a down payment is a must. I was planning on making up an estimate for parts and labor, and emailing it to him, and have him paypal me for all the parts + S&H + fees so that way all the parts are covered, then we can talk labor payment after the fact. this way I'll at least have the parts paid for

[Oneslowz28]

Seriously consider ordering the AVR proto board from Protostack.com for a single PCB for the whole project. This is awesome news BTW!

[BuzzKillington]

That's awesome news. What are you thinking for labor? There's gotta be at least 15 hours of labor going into a dupe project since all the time plotting and planning have already been done.
You should patent that closing vent system for computers... I can totally see companies copying it.

[SXRguyinMA]

at least, I was running through it in my head, and between sanding the parts, doing the bondo, more sanding, painting, more sanding, more painting, plus wiring up 26 total RGB LED's (read 26 LEDs, 78 resistors, 182 total solder joints) plus wiring, sleeving, heatshrink, etc etc, I was thinking in my head somewhere near 20 hours or so.

I did find these (http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=60_923_925_931&products_id=29520) and these (http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=60_923_925_931&products_id=29516) that I wish I had used in mine for the RGB+ LED connections rather than the larger 4-pin molex, but I can always upgrade at some point :D

CJ - I'll look into that board. I was actually planning on etching my own board that's got the ATmega328 and my supercap unit all on one board, so I can free up my arduino for other projects. If it goes well maybe I can use that to get a few PCBs made up

[Oneslowz28]

SeeedStudio.com does custom PCBs in 5 and 10 packs cheap. Might be something to look into.

[SXRguyinMA]

sweet thanks! +rep

[x88x]

Awesome! Congrats, dude! Definitely be careful about estimating labor. My dad used to do home improvement stuff on the side, and he would frequently massively underestimate the amount of labor needed...I'm also guilty of that on more than a few occasions.. :whistler: That's why it's always best to do an hourly rate or figure labor after the fact if you can. Good luck with this, that's really great news! :D

[Snowman]

(read 26 LEDs, 78 resistors, 182 total solder joints)

Either my math is off or your math is off on the solder joints... at any rate this deserves peanut butter jelly time :banana:

[SXRguyinMA]

Either my math is off or your math is off on the solder joints... at any rate this deserves peanut butter jelly time :banana:

well 26 LED's, and each LED has 4 leads, of which only 3 need resistors (one is ground). 26 leads x 1 solder joint for ground leads = 26, 78 leads (3x26) that each require 2 solder joints (one for LED to resistor, other for resistor to wire) = 234, + 26 singles = 260 leads total. Ya I was a tad off huh? I think I forgot that the RGB LED's each have 4 leads instead of 2 lol :facepalm:

[Snowman]

well 26 LED's, and each LED has 4 leads, of which only 3 need resistors (one is ground). 26 leads x 1 solder joint for ground leads = 26, 78 leads (3x26) that each require 2 solder joints (one for LED to resistor, other for resistor to wire) = 234, + 26 singles = 260 leads total. Ya I was a tad off huh? I think I forgot that the RGB LED's each have 4 leads instead of 2 lol :facepalm:

brb gotta go show this to my freshman algebra teacher.

[SXRguyinMA]

lol