Print PDF
Favorite
Email
Step 9Minor Improvements
Life's been hectic lately: my finals, finishing up my party hall, my party hall crashing down spectacularly when the police raided my inauguration party and trashed down and looted the place (gotta hate corruption), the insurance company being sympathetic but also a very slow bureaucratic monster, spending eleven hours a day at school (my summer courses started), my car needing service, et cetera. Fortunately, I'll have nearly a whole day for myself on Friday, with the party hall being down right now.
Anyway...
About this Instructable:
1) I repaired my camera. That is a story by itself:
I went to my mobile phone's authorized service, and after a few days without it, they called me and told me that it had humidity damage and, thus, the warranty was void. I celebrated that the warranty was void, picked the phone up, disassembled it at home, saw that the problem was some lime deposits built up around the inside of the multi-connector (power/USB/hands-free), and using a sharp needle and five minutes I got it to work as good as new.
I wish I had taken pictures of all I did to the phone and then made an instructable of it. Thing is, it is ratter hard trying to take pictures of a camera when it is the camera that you are repairing.
2) I finally took those beam shots. They are posted here.
3) I detached the LEDs from the marker lights' circuit, and put a temporary switch for them on the instrument panel. If one of the prime objectives behind my project is to have optional lights that I can use when I want and can turn off when I cross a dodgy zone, I had to have direct control on them even this early on the project.
4) I put five more red LED's on the interior. I'll probably end up adding a whole bunch.
5) I experimented with 10mm acrylic sheet. I could cut it fine, but my polishing techniques need a lot more improvement. I'll probably need a real big buffing wheel or 'outsourcing' those pieces. Don't hold your breath: I'm currently exploring different avenues.
Anyway...
About this Instructable:
1) I repaired my camera. That is a story by itself:
I went to my mobile phone's authorized service, and after a few days without it, they called me and told me that it had humidity damage and, thus, the warranty was void. I celebrated that the warranty was void, picked the phone up, disassembled it at home, saw that the problem was some lime deposits built up around the inside of the multi-connector (power/USB/hands-free), and using a sharp needle and five minutes I got it to work as good as new.
I wish I had taken pictures of all I did to the phone and then made an instructable of it. Thing is, it is ratter hard trying to take pictures of a camera when it is the camera that you are repairing.
2) I finally took those beam shots. They are posted here.
3) I detached the LEDs from the marker lights' circuit, and put a temporary switch for them on the instrument panel. If one of the prime objectives behind my project is to have optional lights that I can use when I want and can turn off when I cross a dodgy zone, I had to have direct control on them even this early on the project.
4) I put five more red LED's on the interior. I'll probably end up adding a whole bunch.
5) I experimented with 10mm acrylic sheet. I could cut it fine, but my polishing techniques need a lot more improvement. I'll probably need a real big buffing wheel or 'outsourcing' those pieces. Don't hold your breath: I'm currently exploring different avenues.
| « Previous Step | Download PDFView All Steps | Next Step » |
 |
Add Comment
|
![PLAE - Portable Led Angel Eyes [ +1000lm ]](http://img.instructables.com/files/deriv/FAU/PMIX/GWHN3OBW/FAUPMIXGWHN3OBW.SQUARE.jpg)
