Where does this wire go? http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w Documenting projects and things I find interesting in my life Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:09:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Just installed a One2flush. http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/06/22/just-installed-a-one2flush/ http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/06/22/just-installed-a-one2flush/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:09:06 +0000 Tom http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/?p=237 What this does is allow me to have the option of “half flushes” when I don’t need all the power of a full flush. This is supposed to cut down water usage significantly.

It took me about 2 hours to install it. A good chunk of that time was to remove the old system. The installation was pretty straight forward. The kit looks like it is pretty well made. So far it seems pretty rock solid. There is no flapper or chain to worry about getting jammed open or allowing water to seep past.

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Picture of Dalek Fuzzball being created. Notice one panel isn’t quite right?

]]> http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/05/22/picture-of-dalek-fuzzball-skirt/feed/ 0 Building a dalek skirt isn’t as easy as it looks. http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/05/22/building-a-dalek-skirt-isnt-as-easy-as-it-looks/ http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/05/22/building-a-dalek-skirt-isnt-as-easy-as-it-looks/#comments Sun, 23 May 2010 00:53:58 +0000 Tom http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/?p=229 My brother came over and we finished cutting all the pieces of the skirt. Then we went and test fitted them. Guess what! There were several that were so badly cut as to be unusable and needing to be re-cut. The worst part of it is that those panels were ones I did by myself :( .

]]> http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/05/22/building-a-dalek-skirt-isnt-as-easy-as-it-looks/feed/ 0 Built 4 more skirt panels for Dalek fuzball http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/05/17/built-4-more-skirt-panels-for-dalek-fuzball/ http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/05/17/built-4-more-skirt-panels-for-dalek-fuzball/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 02:07:37 +0000 Tom http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/?p=227 Thats right 4 more panels. I have 5 total out of 11. This weekend coming up I’m hoping to knock out a few more. Maybe I’ll get lucky and get them all done so I can see fuzzball taking shape.

]]> http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/05/17/built-4-more-skirt-panels-for-dalek-fuzball/feed/ 0 Picture – Start of dalek skirt build. http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/05/09/picture-start-of-dalek-skirt-build/ http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/05/09/picture-start-of-dalek-skirt-build/#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 23:30:27 +0000 Tom http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/?p=224 This is the first of the skirt panels. Bob convinced me to start with the panels first and then the inner frame. This is the back pannel.


Back panel of skirt.

]]> http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/05/09/picture-start-of-dalek-skirt-build/feed/ 0 Dalek building again tonight. http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/04/24/dalek-building-again-tonight/ http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/04/24/dalek-building-again-tonight/#comments Sun, 25 Apr 2010 00:07:33 +0000 Tom http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/?p=215 We got the second side of the base done. We are doing two pieces and then bolting them together.

Next time we will be starting on the skirt frame.

Both pieces of the base side by side.

]]> http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/04/24/dalek-building-again-tonight/feed/ 0 Dalek building, first cuts done today http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/04/17/dalek-building-first-cuts-done-today/ http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/04/17/dalek-building-first-cuts-done-today/#comments Sun, 18 Apr 2010 00:37:13 +0000 Tom http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/?p=213 We got one side of the base done. We are doing two pieces and then bolting them together.

Laying out first cut

]]> http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/04/17/dalek-building-first-cuts-done-today/feed/ 0 We did more work on the Dalek today http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/04/10/we-did-more-work-on-the-dalek-today/ http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/04/10/we-did-more-work-on-the-dalek-today/#comments Sat, 10 Apr 2010 22:00:17 +0000 Tom http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/?p=210 My brother came over and the 4 of us (me, Bob (my brother), Mark (my son), and Eileen (my wife)) did some more work. We striped a lot of stuff from the chair so it is just the frame, controls, wheels and motors. We also laid out the template for the base. Bob took some pictures and I’m sure they will end up on facebook.

]]> http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/04/10/we-did-more-work-on-the-dalek-today/feed/ 0 Two news items for the Dalek build today. http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/04/02/two-news-items-for-the-dalek-build-today/ http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/04/02/two-news-items-for-the-dalek-build-today/#comments Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:09:39 +0000 Tom http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/?p=207 The first is that I bought a voltmeter to use to know how much charge is in the batteries. I think we will wire it in so we can know when the charge is getting low. I don’t want any surprises.

The second item is that the charger that I thought was dead seems to be working. It appears that it was the batteries that made the charger look dead. It is supplying some current to the new batteries and I’ll check the charge in a bit. I expect I’ll be happily surprised.

]]> http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/04/02/two-news-items-for-the-dalek-build-today/feed/ 0 Dalek motor trials today. http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/03/31/dalek-motor-trials-today/ http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/2010/03/31/dalek-motor-trials-today/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 00:34:50 +0000 Tom http://www.where-does-this-wire-go.com/w/?p=205 My brother came over and we went over the motors. It turns out that the right wheels motor isn’t quite right. It works, but it doesn’t sound healthy. I’m debating taking it apart and seeing if it can be repaired, but I expect either a bearing or some other mechanical part (gear or whatever) might be the problem. If thats the case then it won’t be worth trying to fix and we will have to live with it. This chair is so old they don’t even make parts for it. I’m sure if I looked hard enough I could find one but it isn’t worth the effort.

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