Monthly Archives: August 2013

The “Kit Car” C5 Corvette

Posted on August 31, 2013 by

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

Posted on August 31, 2013 by

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)

Posted on August 29, 2013 by

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

Posted on August 28, 2013 by

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 →

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Some light work

Posted on August 18, 2013 by

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

Posted on August 17, 2013 by

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

Posted on August 16, 2013 by

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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Sending signals

Posted on August 11, 2013 by

After a rather unpleasant day of hauling furniture and then having to work on a Saturday, I grabbed some pizza, watched some Adventure Time, an decided to solder up the orange and white LED’s like I said I would. Process … Continue reading →

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Blinded by the light

Posted on August 10, 2013 by

So I got around to taking a stab at soldering one of the red LED’s to the board last night. Soldering is just as difficult as I remember it being, I really need to take that TechShop class on it, … Continue reading →

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Start me up.

Posted on August 6, 2013 by

More goodies in the mail today! The push button start kit from Digital Guard Dawg showed up today. More stuff to put on the ‘wiring board’ when I get some free time!

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