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if it starts to roll then jump clear and let it do it's thing.. having a cage to trap you is a bit scary. PS, it's a damn good looking bike!

Ok so your welds look too big, and possibly too hot @Adoom. What wire size are you using? .6 is the standard for body repairs in the auto industry. Also, your gaps look far too big! They need to be hair sized

Just had my little color OLED turn up. I admit it's a bit smaller than I kinda imagined (even though full measurements are given haha) I may get a second but will see how the TFT looks first.. I think OLEDs are better in this application maybe.

Heaps of YouTube available for sure. Also Chris go to tinkercad site and play with Arduino circuit simulator and do tutorials with it.. bloody good way of learning

Hi mate. Yeah I bought a couple of these https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Nano-CH340-ATmega328P-MicroUSB-Compatible-for-Arduino-Nano-V3-0/32740641316.html?spm=2114.13010608.0.0.f8qGLh I'll have one on the desk for testing etc and one that will be used in the vehicle. Can't wait for the mailman!

Yup.. start your weld in the very middle of the hole and then work it ouwards till it's slightly proud. Sometimes easier said than done- an 8mm hope should make it reasonably easy- iv tried smaller and it's been a cunt to consistently catch the back skin properly (the wire/src sometimes wants to go to the edges of the hole rather than the back skin)

You should only be cutting through one skin so that you have a solid back skin to plug weld through onto ?

Edit.. is that making rod from glass string and resin?

Thats amazing Ned. I watched that video the other day (as well as a shit tonne of others...well before deciding to buy an arduino) and I thought it was cool but didnt view it as achievable (both from a coding and price standpoint)...now i know differently. Anyway.. spent 30 minutes in that simulator and used an android dictionary app thing to help... managed to get a button working with two LED's which alternated on button press at one of them flashes... Pretty exciting to have something that works. I did get a shit tonne of errors which were driving me batshit crazy- the usual issue with capitals and all that. Having a simulator is invaluable (i havent used any actual arduino software, no idea if it has fault finding stuff)

Thanks downtrail.. just bought two of those. I dont need two but fark what a deal- unbelievable.

https://www.tinkercad.com/things/gKYtnrGMzoU-magnificent-crift/editel?tenant=circuits this is bloody cool for fiddling with the code. unfortunately no screen component (that i can see, ive been on it for about 2 minutes.

Thanks ned- yep i watched that video last night- its actually how i discovered the larger screen. I cannot wait to get my shit! I think the main issue with TFT is that it wont be backlit (if i understand things correctly) where as my smaller oled screen will be. Still trying to work out if i can fit 2x oled screens to one arduino.

I figure why the hell not give it a go! even if it fails you have found some entertainment for the cost of a bag of potato chips

Fuck this is exactly the discussion i was hoping for. These are the units i have bought @Ned https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-0-95-inch-7pin-Full-Color-65K-Color-ssd1331-OLED-Display-3-3v-5v/32646204260.html?spm=2114.13010608.0.0.f8qGLh https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Nano-CH340-ATmega328P-MicroUSB-Compatible-for-Arduino-Nano-V3-0/32740641316.html?spm=2114.13010608.0.0.f8qGLh I liked this board because its so compact and i wish to hard wire it in. I'm just about to purchase an arduino code simulator which should make things easier for me. I did want a tiny screen but feel the one i bought may be a bit small.. just purchased one of these just incase: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-1-8-inch-TFT-LCD-Display-Module-ST7735-128x160-51-AVR-STM32-ARM-8-16/32816228162.html?spm=2114.13010208.99999999.264.1Qun1e It will depend on screen visability and brightness etc etc. I'm not wanting to do anything extremely flash.. i will likely separate the bigger screen into 6 quadrants each with its own symbol to display when necessary. I was going to have them all display fullscreen on the smaller display but am not sure how to tackle multiple icons at once- it may get a bit confusing having a sequence of different icons flashing up in repetition.

I haven't tried this stuff earlier for two reasons- lack of useful projects and the idea that they were too spendy and bulky to be used for permanent (set and forget) type projects. It feels foreign to me that you could have this programmable computer hidden away for the sole task of (for example without thinking too much about it) dimming your interior lamp and flashing your indicators...but then for $5 why can't it just do those things? I basically just want mine to display dash indicator symbols; handbrake, headlights, indicators, alternator etc which should be bloody easy (hard for me but an achievable goal)

So I have just ordered two Arduinos and a little color OLED screen for a car related project- I am excited as fuck to learn some new skills and also achieve something for far cheaper than otherwise possible (and in a way more interesting way, too) So @Ned and others- what have ya done/ what reading material do you think I should first start with. Edit.. also, back in the day I did a course on c++ and Delphi (it was 16 years ago) so maybe that will help (I can't remember a single thing about it all)

Quite a few dairy factories make alcohol on site for RTDs and stuff

I bet you could put the plugs back into your engine too so as the milk produces gas and things pressurise it pushes the milky acid down into the rust

Fuck photobucket. I bought this fuel door assembly off Ali Express and am massively impressed by it. Can't recall the price but around $25 so I expected it to be all plastic- it's actually really high quality powder coated die cast aluminium! The rear of the assembly unbolts and won't be used- it's actually a Jeep Wrangler upgrade part but will sit well in my imaginary deck. Edit. Oh and its spring loaded with a little doofer on the hinge and its light but solid... <3 <3 <3

...have you tried a new belt that's properly tightened?

Nah the plan we all need is 400 a year!

Wow I really appreciate how you guys have unbuttoned panels to fix things properly. How old are ya? Your skills put most of us to shame haha

Try using a seal pick or something to find the end of each ring of packing and drag it out.

Talk to an engine shop and just get a quote. I'd be surprised if it's much cheaper than getting a new shaft. I can't think of a normal shop that would even want to take on the job.. could turn into a bastard very quickly.

(I'm not a rotary guy) so it's the two offset eccentric sections that are rusty? Iv had a Google image search. I'd say sleeving those would be a nightmare for a few reasons! If it was either of the end journals it would be easy.