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    Ok, it's Sunday night and, as promised, here is another update!

    I revised the blast door setup yet again, in an attempt to make it even simpler. Trying to synchronize two servos
    at varying speeds proved more difficult than I thought, and produced inconsistent results at best. So I have returned
    to using just one servo, and having it control both rollers. Since I already have one servo connected directly to the smaller
    roller, I will just need to add a small pulley to it, and a long o-ring to attach the larger roller. The speed difference will be
    accounted for in the pulley sizes.

    Another alteration is to simplify the path that the door has to take. I had originally intended for the door to travel towards
    the front, and make a 90° turn into the hard drive cage where the rollers were located. That was adding too much drag, and the
    door was getting caught up at the turn. So my solution is to hack away part of the hard drive cage and mount the roller
    closer to the window, thus shortening the path.

    So here is the roller, and approximately where it will be relocated to:


    After cutting away part of the hard drive cage, I took two pieces of aluminum angle bar and sandwiched
    them together, with the HD cage in the middle.


    Using pop rivets in a staggered fashion, I fastened them together. This will provide a good solid mount for
    the cut-down roller holder.


    Then I pop-riveted the holder into place, utilizing the holes I drilled prior to riveting down the angle pieces.
    Believe it or not, I actually thought ahead for once!


    Once I get the second roller in place, I can measure the distance between the two and see how large an o-ring or belt I will need.
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    Woot woot, go Bod go. This is looking fantastic mate. I can't wait to see the blast doors in action.
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    Another quicky update:

    Worked on making a small pulley for the small roller last night. I measured out a circle about 1/2" diameter on 1/4" thick acrylic and cut it out.


    I stuck a bolt through it, then using the ol' drill press, I proceeded to file it down to size. This makes a perfect circle.




    Then I made the channel of the pulley with a round file.


    Next up, gluing it to the roller, and adjusting the servo mount.

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    omg i wouldnt of thought of that... w00000w thats really neat +rep
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    Full of surprises aren't you Bod lol.
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    brilliant, mate.
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    Moving right along, I'm getting things wired up. Starting with some led strings, one for the dummy lcd screens in the cluster,
    and another for backlighting the medallion.

    First, I printed some BSG graphics onto transparency paper and cut them out. This particular transparency
    paper has an adhesive backing.


    Stuck them onto the screens. These leds will be white.


    I forgot to take a picture of the leds wired up and in place behind the screens. I will post that and a shot
    of it all lit up this weekend.


    For the medallion, I drilled six holes behind the bird to fit the leds. These will be red.


    Then I soldered them all together in series.


    For the medallion base, I routed out some material to make room for the wiring. This will all be hidden
    behind the bird, which will be painted.


    Here's a shot of the leds placed in the routed area. I drilled a hole through the base at the bottom
    for the wires to feed through.


    Once I get it all soldered together and tested, I will use some hot glue to keep everything in place,
    then sandwich it all together. Then I can paint it!
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    ohh this will be sweet good work cant wait
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    Damn Bod, this is looking beautiful.
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    Thanks, everyone!

    I've been working more on the led strings, and did some testing. I decided to do all six led's in series,
    with a 10ohm resistor. Here is a shot of the medallion string soldered together and in place:


    Since I haven't painted the bird yet, I threw some masking tape over it to give you kind of an idea of how it
    will look with the backlight. So disregard the faint bleed through! Although it does show you where the leds are. ;-)


    And here is a shot of the other dummy LCD screens all lit up:


    Starting to come together!

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