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Author Archives: flaagan
Planning the Circuit Boards
I get an idea, and I usually just run when it. Especially when the idea excites me creatively. A hour or so at Illustrator and I’ve got the planned mask laid out for the copper clad circuit board etching. The … Continue reading
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Switching lights
So I got a bit more done last night with the LED lights, but got a bit frustrated with the slow progress. Having to manually build bridges between each LED either by solder or wire (both a royal pain at … Continue reading
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Up, Up & Away!
Had quite a cool day in the sun today! I drove over to Watsonville (near Santa Cruz) for the annual “Watsonville Fly-In & Airshow“. I’ve been to it once before and enjoyed it just as much this time. I’ll let … Continue reading
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The “Kit Car” C5 Corvette
Sharing this little bit of fun reading: http://cartechstuff.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-c5-corvette-kit.html Did you know that General Motors made a (very) limited run of “build your own C5 Corvettes” for the buyer to make their own race car with? I sure didn’t!
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Seeing clearly and digitally
Couple of updates for tonight. First off, a shiny new “rear script” emblem showed up in the mail Thursday. The original has the “n” snapped clean off and nowhere to be seen, so this will serve as a replacement. It … Continue reading
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Casting call (continued)
One step forward for the custom emblem designing! After dinner I went out to the garage and checked on the mold material, and it appeared to have cured completely. After some prying with a flathead screwdriver I managed to get … Continue reading
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Casting call
Between work, other projects, and just not having too much energy in the evenings lately, I’m about a week late at getting the rest of the LED boards soldered, buuuuuut~ I’ve done that and got an extra surprise for you! … Continue reading
Posted in 1966 Morgan +4, Restoration, Upgrades
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Some light work
Did some ‘endurance’ testing on the completed running light while I assembled the remaining LED boards. I set up the light on the Avalanche and left it running for about an hour and a half to see how hot it’d … Continue reading
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Signaling a new future
So the first LED turn signal & running / reverse light board is complete! This last bit of soldering went along pretty quickly, with only one minor issue of a solder joint between two orange LED’s getting heated and coming off. … Continue reading
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Soldering on
Picked up a “handy helper” from Fry’s today since I knew I wouldn’t be able to try and hold everything in place while soldering the first of the lights together, definitely a worthwhile buy. Next, I need to sort out … Continue reading
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