Monitor MOD

[Blade]

Just As a suggestion, why don't you try fiber optic cable instead of leds to get that red color?

[Jim Beam]

for your backbone you might try a copper water heater pipe they have a some flex and pretty sturdy. Also you could use some pipe collars for the spine shape part like these

[Spacehonkey]

Just As a suggestion, why don't you try fiber optic cable instead of leds to get that red color?

I haven't played around enough with fiber cable to know how I would be able to do that. Wouldn't the light only shine straight out of the end of the cable and at a very low level? If you could explain how I might get the same effects with fiber cable as the LEDs and it sounds practical I might give if it a shot.

for your backbone you might try a copper water heater pipe they have a some flex and pretty sturdy. Also you could use some pipe collars for the spine shape part like these

Are you suggesting I replace the human spine with metal parts that would resemble a spine? All though that's a good idea I'm trying to stick with the look of a real human skeleton and not a terminator like metal frame style. Or are you suggesting I put the copper pipe and collar inside the spine skeleton? Sorry if I misunderstood.

These are both interesting ideas and I would like for you guys to elaborate more on them if you could so I could get a better understanding of what you mean.

[Jim Beam]

sorry I should have elaborated more I was just suggesting it as a base for you to build the spine on no as a finished product just thought it might be a solid flexable base for you to build off of.

you might be able to do it with side glow fiber optic cable but usually you need a substantial light generator for that. LED's set-up as a double pump may be enough on the short run such as 3 feet or so. Double Pump is when you light the fiber from both ends. Depending on the size of the fibre the bend radius is limited to 2" for the smaller stuff

[b4i7]

As it turns out, my little Unimat lathe will not have the torque or the height adjustment to make the arm for the monitor--3/4" alum is just too much for it to handle. I'll help with another design idea if you like.

if you need that size...send me the sketches and i can prolly whip them out for you

[jegerjon]

w00t :O Just saw this project, and OMG there's some nice work going on! +rep and 5 starts from me :O

[Spacehonkey]

Well I got back a few days ago from a small work-up for the boat and my shipment from Girders & Gears was waiting on me . Earlier tonight I screwed about 5 of the plates together so I could give it a little test run. Unfortunately like I thought whenever I put some weight on it the plates give out . I've tried to tighten the screw as hard as possible with no success. The surfaces of the plates, screw and nut are to smooth and just have nothing to grip onto when enough weight is applied.

This adjustable backbone seems to be the hardest thing on this mod . I don't have any experience, or tools for that matter, with metal fabrication so I think that's why this part is so difficult for me. I've tried all my ideas, that I'm able to make at home, with no success. I'm not giving up though. The last thing I want is to put a steel bar in the backbone and not have it be able to adjust position.

I would like to hear some ideas from you guys. I don't care how insane it might sound, your idea might just start a chain reaction. One idea on top of another and another each improving the last. I just need one that works.

Oh yeah by the way if I haven't mentioned it before thanks to all of you who have being keeping up on this thread and putting in your 2 cents here and there and making this mod a hundred times better than if I did it on my own. It's nice to know that my interest in modding is shared with people across the globe. OK, sucking up over back to modding.

[Eclecticos]

I Figure you could use one of these desk mount LCD Arms Here.

[Jim Beam]

thier kind of pricey but I found these on mcmaster carr

10 degree locking increments

thier kind of big as well but if you could built them into a joint and press the bone to activate the it could work well for you

[Mach]

Would locking washers help?

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXMZL9&P=FR

If not, try ram mounts

www.ram-mounts.com