MailMans' Pit Progress Report
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And for my next trick….
I have a rough draft of the right center console. Well, maybe a little more than rough draft. Needs to be finalized and prettied up. I have a pic of the front, from the side and the back. Then I temp mounted it to the center console pedestal. I will make a glare shield, and mount the eyebrow indicator/switches at that time. I also need to make the boxes for the indexers and mount them. Hoping to put this all together and run a good test in a couple of weeks. Then it is the grueling process of preparing the room and moving it in. I’m getting there. -
I haven’t posted in a couple of months, but I have done a lot of work. Below are some pics of what I have accomplished. I ended up re-wiring, or re-routing the wires and reprogramming everything. I also tied everything up with zip ties. If you look in my previous posts you will see a much improved mess No, it’s not as pretty as the professional job some of you have done, but maybe that will be for pit two, if that ever becomes an option in the future. I have also cleaned up the garage because it was a total mess and I couldn’t find anything. I still have a lot to do, but am working on it every chance I can.
The back of the center/center console…
The back of the left center console…
The back of the center right console…
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Speechless…real beauty!
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Killer setup…:bowd::bowd::bowd:
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WOW Mailman,
You have been busy nice work!!!
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MM hell of a job bud!
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Wow, you made a lot of progress!
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Dang MM! That’s impressive!
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Great project!
How did you make the bezel around the center display? And how will the buttons function?
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Great project!
How did you make the bezel around the center display? And how will the buttons function?
The bezel was time consuming. The buttons are rectangular snap in push buttons I got off of Amazon. Very inexpensive. The button caps were red, so I took them out and painted them gray. I used a piece of 3/8" plywood. I cut out the notches for each button with a jig saw and file so the buttons would snap in somewhat snug. The screen is a 10.4" LCD that I removed from it’s fame. I recessed the wood frame a small amount to accommodate the LCD. I could not use a router to set it in because the back of the LCD was not flat all the way around, and there were connections on one side. I used some furniture clips on the back to hold it in snug. To hide the LCD frame on the front I used a piece of thin rubber matting that I cut small strips and glued them on. It isn’t real professional looking, but it is functional and will look better once I get everything trimmed up and painted, which I am getting real close to doing.
Off subject a little, I accidentally put the two small left eyebrow indicator boxes in the wrong place, so I had to remove them and switch them. Just in case someone noticed that
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Thanks, I count 21 buttons around the screen (8 - 5 - 8 ). How will they function in relation to the screen info?
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Sorry for the delay in replying. There are actually 26. 8 on each side and 5 on the top and bottom. I am using X-Keys to program the buttons, and CPD software from Lightening to control the CPD functions.
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It’s been a few weeks since I posted any pics. I lost the USB cable to my camera. I have a new one coming tomorrow. I have moved the pit into the den and have it up and running about 98%. No paint yet. I decided to put that off because all it has done is rain here for a month. And way too hot to be working out there anymore. I have a big piece of plastic I can slide under the pit and paint it in the air conditioning. I have been itching to fly, so I set it up. I am having a test flight with my Wingies tonight, and will post some pics tomorrow night.
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Looking forward to seeing them.
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How’s the old 20th doing MM?
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20th is slow right now because we are all busy doing things. But things will pick up soon hint hint Here are a couple of pics. I had a problem with my SSD and am now doing a total reinstall and programming. What timing. I will post some more pics later.
Yes that’s my Golden Retriever Brinkley licking his privates
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I thought it was two dogs fighting to see who gets into the pit.
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Nice dog!