General Tech What did you work on Today?

[jeeper]

The light inside my shell quit working the other day. If it were summer I might not care.. but trying to find tools in the dark AND the cold is too much for me. I have been wanting to play with LED's a little more, so I ordered a roll of LED strip lighting on ebay for $10.. This should have been a simple plug and play thing, but behold, not my luck. The shell has been wired with black as positive and red as negative.. so that was frustrating to figure out.. but on top of that, the reason it all quit working was a break in the main power line that was hidden above the spare tire, which resulted in a blown in-line fuse hidden within the engine bay, under the main fuse block. Needless to say, what should have been 20 minutes became 3 hours.. But, I am VERY happy with the turn out! super bright. The light wraps the entire top of the shell, so no more large shadows in the bed from a single bulb.
This photo was taken in the garage, completely dark outside the truck.

 

[Tonkaman]

Nice! I love that LED ribbon stuff

 

[RogueJeepr]

Awesome. Gonna have to do that inside my teardrop one day. Maybe make it change colors for some mood lighting.

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[ricsrx]

The light inside my shell quit working the other day. If it were summer I might not care.. but trying to find tools in the dark AND the cold is too much for me. I have been wanting to play with LED's a little more, so I ordered a roll of LED strip lighting on ebay for $10.. This should have been a simple plug and play thing, but behold, not my luck. The shell has been wired with black as positive and red as negative.. so that was frustrating to figure out.. but on top of that, the reason it all quit working was a break in the main power line that was hidden above the spare tire, which resulted in a blown in-line fuse hidden within the engine bay, under the main fuse block. Needless to say, what should have been 20 minutes became 3 hours.. But, I am VERY happy with the turn out! super bright. The light wraps the entire top of the shell, so no more large shadows in the bed from a single bulb.
This photo was taken in the garage, completely dark outside the truck.

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can you share an ebay link for the LED's

 

[jeeper]

I think this is the one I bought.. but there are a ton of options in length and color if you want something else.
http://m.ebay.com/itm/5M-Cool-White...3Af308bcde1590a5e2820bf2daffa2645f%7Ciid%3A20

 

[jeeper]

The light inside my shell quit working the other day. If it were summer I might not care.. but trying to find tools in the dark AND the cold is too much for me. I have been wanting to play with LED's a little more, so I ordered a roll of LED strip lighting on ebay for $10.. This should have been a simple plug and play thing, but behold, not my luck. The shell has been wired with black as positive and red as negative.. so that was frustrating to figure out.. but on top of that, the reason it all quit working was a break in the main power line that was hidden above the spare tire, which resulted in a blown in-line fuse hidden within the engine bay, under the main fuse block. Needless to say, what should have been 20 minutes became 3 hours.. But, I am VERY happy with the turn out! super bright. The light wraps the entire top of the shell, so no more large shadows in the bed from a single bulb.
This photo was taken in the garage, completely dark outside the truck.

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That was short lived. I turned the light on last night and it 'popped' and is now very dim. I'm hoping my switch blew, but I doubt it
I'll have to trouble shoot a little.

 

[I Lean]

I have similar light strip as under-cabinetr lights...smaller LED's, IIRC 3258 instead of 5050 SMD's. It's on basically all day every day because under-cabinet lights are awesome. No issues so far, and I'm less than $20 into the whole setup including the 120v-12VDC adapter.

 

[nnnnnate]

Carl are those in your house or in the shop? I'd like to put some in the kitchen but don't want to see the wiring dangle down to the outlets. I've never been able to figure out how people do them but hide the wiring.

 

[I Lean]

Carl are those in your house or in the shop? I'd like to put some in the kitchen but don't want to see the wiring dangle down to the outlets. I've never been able to figure out how people do them but hide the wiring.

In my house. The power comes from a plug inside the cabinet above the microwave. The rest of the wires either run through the cabinets (tucked behind the door post areas) or are tucked up underneath. You can see them if you stick your head under there looking for them, but in normal use they're invisible. The light strip itself isn't terribly pretty if you're looking for it either, but it's behind the flange that extends below the cabs.

 

[glockman]

My truck has a rear DVD player where the dome light was. The lights on it point backwards and the front of the cab had terrible light. I installed these two LED's and it's like daylight now. They were $5 each on Amazon. They are wired into the door switch.

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[bryson]

I put a piece of 1/4" thick 6061 aluminum on my Cruiser tailgate.

 

[jeeper]

That was short lived. I turned the light on last night and it 'popped' and is now very dim. I'm hoping my switch blew, but I doubt it
I'll have to trouble shoot a little.

Luckily for me, it was my switch. I replaced it, and the lights work great. I really enjoy them.

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I put a piece of 1/4" thick 6061 aluminum on my Cruiser tailgate.

This is for a camping table I assume? Looks great.

 

[bryson]

This is for a camping table I assume? Looks great.

That, and my tailgate was bowed - this adds a surprising amount of rigidity and support.

 

[RogueJeepr]

Played with my new hand me down drumset today.
Threw in the black album and rocked on.[emoji106]

Now im sore and deaf !!!!!![emoji1]

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[I Lean]

Played with my new hand me down drumset today.
Threw in the black album and rocked on.[emoji106]

Now im sore and deaf !!!!!![emoji1]

Download and print this off if you want to actually learn and stuff. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9a4Ada5jZ7kLW5scGg1TDl3OGs/preview

And get some earmuffs.

 

[BlueWolfFab]

Finally finished up all the dimensions and design work for my shop build! Sending that to an engineer dept to make a set of plans that I can submit with the city. Will finally have a decent shop right in my own backyard.

 

[I Lean]

Finally finished up all the dimensions and design work for my shop build! Sending that to an engineer dept to make a set of plans that I can submit with the city. Will finally have a decent shop right in my own backyard.

NICE! What size is it going to be?

 

[BlueWolfFab]

NICE! What size is it going to be?

Eagle Mountain City puts a limit at 75% of your homes main floor square footage, so it will be just under 1,200 sq ft. With 14' ceilings.

 

[YROC FAB.]

Went through this reed vise i scored. I have two of them now this a 205 and my other one is a 204. I cut a new adapter base plate and welded it on over the old wilton vise mount.





I mounted my wilton vise to my cast iron table and then me and austin pulled my big anvil off the crappy wooden stump it was bolted to when i got it.


New base fabricated because plasma table.


The legs are made out of old Bananaed Links off my buggy so they are heavy walled dom. Lots of 7018

 

[Kevin B.]

Eagle Mountain City puts a limit at 75% of your homes main floor square footage, so it will be just under 1,200 sq ft. With 14' ceilings.

That's a good size.