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Sanded down the table with 60-100-120-150-220 grit, and did the small spot epoxy on the other side. If it's not raining tomorrow we can finish sanding and maybe get the finish on!
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We did it! Woke up at midnight and went out to do the final pour!
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Third layer at 7:30pm, but will need to come back after midnight for the final layer!
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Second layer done at 4pm
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First layer of epoxy poured. It needs 4 hours to set between layers
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It works! I spent the morning on the final touches of replacing the guts of the iMac with an HDMI monitor. I made a mount for the monitor buttons to be accessible at the bottom of the iMac, and even hardwired the iMac power button into the monitor button controller! This is definitely not a high quality LCD panel, but it's still a lot better quality than the original one in the iMac.
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Well that's random... the buttons on the LCD monitor controller line up perfectly with the ports from the iMac case... I think I can 3D print a mount that turns the ports into the monitor buttons!
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I think this is going to work! I gutted an iMac G5 that had a broken display, and am swapping the display with the guts of a new 17" monitor! Gotta let the epoxy set, then I can wire it back up!
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yeah I don't think I'm going to be able to bend this back into shape.
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Made some good progress on building my automatic cat feeder today!
Tore apart a kitchen scale to extract the load sensor and platform. Built a stand out of some MDF board. Attached the scale to the base, mounted the dispenser to the back.
Tomorrow I get the motor and can mount that to the back as well as wire up all the circuitry!
In the end, this will be able to drop food into the bowl only if the bowl isn't already full. It'll also track how much is left in the dispenser, as well as hopefully be able to tell when she actually eats by measuring the weight of the bowl!
#homeautomation #internetofthings #automaticcatfeeder #smartfeeder #diy #arduino
