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Thanks you all! cakesmith handyman posted:Continues to be awesome, got any spec on that e-ink display please? It is a Boox Max Lumi tablet. Runs android 10. 13.3" front lit E-ink with a resolution of 2200x1650 + Wacom digitizer, 4GB ram, 64GB storage, Qualcomm 636 cpu. It'll support HDMI display modes so it can function as an external display. Astonishing Wang posted:It feels so good to be able to make parts like that jack handle. gently caress them for asking for $40 for it, even if it takes me 3 hours to make Saaaame. I love making little parts like this. Those little one-off tools are *everywhere* in the shop and in this build. Half the fun of a project is building new tools for the project! Cabinet doors and replacement drawer fronts arrive today. I AM EXCITE.
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jink posted:Good god you go above and beyond with everything. I want to comment on every piece but the general reaction is just 'wow'. The E-Ink display is just icing on this delicious cake... wow General sentiment about this thread. Always a pleasure to see an update. e: can you elaborate on the solar a little more? I think I understand the thought, you have some spare panels on a spare controller if something happens to the primary, is that the only consideration? Crunchy Black fucked around with this message at 14:51 on Oct 17, 2020 |
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Granite Octopus posted:That washer is really cute! Is it manually powered or electric? It's electric. Hubby actually found a different one that spins underwear up to an appreciable fraction of C while not having to sit on it. Crunchy Black posted:General sentiment about this thread. Always a pleasure to see an update. Just a secondary array as it was originally the size of the installation. They function together to charge the batteries, however work totally independent of one another. It also prevents backfeeding the panels by not running everything on a single string through a (even larger) single controller. You may ignore the inverter, black breaker panel, and 12V systems disconnect that's front and center. The top right blue MPPT controller and the bottom right white breaker handles 300W of solar, running the street side 3 panels from the shower vent to the modem's dome. The huge MPPT controller mounted in front of the battery just left of the inverter runs through the top breaker and handles 600W of solar, the 3 panels on the curb side, and the 3 panels over the rear entry door and 3d printer cabinet. This work? If not I'll gladly draw up another round of diagrams for y'all. Just gimme a day or three. Drawer slides are painted then epoxied into place.  And the drawer slides right on in. There's a cabinet door that hides all the coachwork.  And because maximum bulk junk food space is required, a small hole is cut to clear the cargo bay latch which allows the box to be a full-half inch deeper. Yes, that extra half-inch is needed.  Stepping out to finish off the exterior trim work. The overhangs are done in black, with all the overspray of paints and epoxies, they're looking really sad. At the same time the sail panels where the generator/holding tanks are could use a fresh coat of paint anyway.   The threshold between light and dark is painted with a model brush. Whenever detail painting has to be done I go around the entire coach repairing scrapes, bumps, and blobs of rust.   Since it is pushing 32C/90F out paint is drying faster than it can be applied. 3 coats on the inside of the box, 2 on the outside. Gotta make sure the feedbag of trailmix isn't gonna wear the paint down as fast.    As you see the carpet is reinstalled as is the bathroom door. The trim finishing on it is completed.  And then there's the cabinet doors. 3 coats on each side.   Alright so here's where we are. Bolt the doors on. Put the pulls on the doors. Build a pantry slide out cabinet then paint it. Plug in the last 3 solar panels. Wire the 5V power bus Mount the new gps/gsm/cdma/lte/wifi antenna Mount the subwoofer.
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More on some infrastructure. Always, always use a surge protector and some kind of inlet filter.  Learned this the hard way like so many other lessons with the first bus and dirty park power blowing out my fridge and aircon in the middle of summer. The main area carpet is finished. Not pictured is epoxying and rehanging that lovely bathroom door. It works a lot better now. Built a new mount for the antenna and mounted it in place. 5db LTE gain over the crap antennas that were there.  There's plenty of room in this dome for other projects. Mounting the cabinet doors is pretty straightforward. They were built here in the states with measurements we sent to them. The doors themselves are awesome, built to tighter tolerances than the rest of the camper. Price was on par with going PVC however they look so much better than a slab of plastic. The hinges they came with are German and have about 5 way adjustability. Perfect for campers made from rot, epoxy, and Dometic promises. The hinges are soft close and sprung so that a dish turning over won't force it open. However the 10lb instantpot should be placed on the floor, otherwise gravity will do it for you with little regard to the coach.    The cabinet doors themselves are made from poplar with the center insert made of mdf. They're lighter than the oak replacements and +/- on par with the pvc panels. I'll have to revisit pvc someday with a router. Now of course mounting one door is like making toast. Anybody has this covered. Two? Now you get to make bread for toast with gluten free flour. (side project, this loaf means we don't need to buy a wheel chock now)  In the 3D printer cabinet, tolerances are pretty tight but not tight enough the printer platform crashes. These hinges have quick releases on em so the doors can be easily removed when servicing the printer.  Here's the cabinet doors all finalized. The bulk goods drawer and pantry drawer (that's unfinished) have doors as well. The curb side interior cargo bay access hatches were thrown out in favor of a normal cabinet door. The pvc drawer fronts were replaced to match the doors.     You can also see the subwoofer mount setting up. It's just a half-inch plate that uses the the surrounding cabinet as a box. It's unlikely we'll ever really turn it up since it'll rattle the coach which isn't allowed. I'm not really wanting to inflict my poor taste in music on those around me. led converted the ventahood. Used a spare cobb and rebent the housing.  Speaker mounted. The piece of styrofoam over the little split window needs to go. Gonna tint it with 5% and call it good. It's a really handy window for ventilation.  (Side note. See the Turkish towels? No need to throw these in a dryer. Wash em, air dry. send it.) Dinette view of the non-anxiety inducing kitchen.  Now to go wrestle the pantry cabinet.
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Beautiful and well thought out. A true Mad Max machine. Love the eink display. Do you have a thread somewhere for the rover?
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meatpimp posted:Thread is an awesome tour de force. builds character posted:Everything in here is good but why bicycles and not motorcycles? Three less variables to manage right now. Since they're big dumb adventure bikes it'd take an enclosed trailer of 6x12 size to fit them and meh. IMO it goes against the whole point of an ADV to trailer it. Selling these bikes for smaller ones is non-negotiable. Not feeling towing 7000lb of trailer behind a setup intended to get further away from everybody. When the bikes do go into storage, to keep the batteries from dying they'll be connected to a pair of golf cart batteries that was the office' back up power supply for PG&E season. The 3 batteries will be protected from one another with fuses and diodes. Fuel gets stabilizer then ran through the fuel system. what's left in the tanks after that is drained. But since you did mention it. I did build a hitch extension so that the two bikes can be put on a small flatbed trailer at a later date if needed. The hitch that was available with the camper when new was good for 200lb tongue, 2000lb gtw. This hitch was built with that in mind.   The fore anchors attach to the D rings on the back of the truck with chain or 1000lb strap. It'll restrict freedom of the working end on two planes. This hitch can be built up to tow 5-8000lb gtw using the pintle hitch in combination with the receiver. However I don't think we'll ever do that. 6x12 enclosed trailers rival the cost of a 20-30 foot gooseneck. If I must tow a trailer, then at least do it right. Power door lock actuator that locks the pantry cabinet in place while moving:  And the duplex DMR hotspot built on a junk grade rpi3.  the antenna mounting is RF-awful, don't do that.
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That makes sense. No need to sell the current bikes. Just get a couple trials bikes and put them on the front.
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Carrier + Spare bobs up and down way too much. The ballast isn't needed as the whole setup is underweight even with the first time out and super heavy winter loadout. it's blocking the radiator which is annoying the anvil that resembles a diesel v8. Stored it. screw that for now. Air suspension rocks, Tires rock. Whole thing weighs a hair under 13 thousand pounds with the camper about 5800lb. About 450-500lb free out back, and 2600lb free out front. Boost pumpkin makes easy work of the load. Panic stops better than most class-b trucks and RVs I've driven. 70mph crosswinds suck at 65, but fine at 55, just like a box truck. Pulls steep mountain grades about 45mph. It's confidence inspiring and planted while passing trucks, and being passed by other trucks. The extra work on the tow vehicle paid off enormously. Can't stress that enough. There's overhead for eventually pulling motos, which not important right now, will be in the future. Whole setup overlands pretty well. Off camber stuff is a bit hairy though no surprise at all. Airbags make easy work of washboard roads. It handles sand better than it has any right to. in 4wd + low range it'll still spin up all four. Those extra wide tires really pay off in that style of terrain. Nothing really moves around even on bad terrain. The worst so far is I forgot to lock the slide out pantry, and a bottle fell out after some highway driving. Locked, nothing has fallen out anywhere. some stuff shifts around, however it was nothing like busI where it look like a tornado swept the place. Even when I do a stupid and pick a super bad line twisting the whole vehicle up on a trail, it didn't launch stuff around the coach. Bathroom door is binding against the frame, so it's gonna be shaved down to fit, again. Literally the only problem so far. The electrical system fucks. Electric kettle, microwave, and toaster? on battery? Rain? no problem! The electrical system we've designed and installed make this coach. It's just another epoxy and 4200'd soggy cardboard box without it. It's a quality of life improvement that's hard to put into words. BusI and busII pale in comparison in every way. Haven't had to run the heat with the insulation even with low 4C/40Fs at night, low 21C/70Fs during the day, getting about a 9C/15Fdegree drop overnight. For now we're not going to try sub-freezing temperatures though it's looking like it won't be a problem. LiFePO4 can't be charged below 0C/32F. There's not enough operational data to push limits just yet. Gotta establish the mean before doing such. Coach is super comfortable to live in, there's no shortage of space for our stuff and projects. There's enough room for us to move about the cabin without bumping into each other. Though I keep driving my hip square into the bathroom door which is gonna leave an epic bruise.     Look for a new thread at some point as we're done with the build. Next comes improvements. cursedshitbox fucked around with this message at 20:02 on Nov 19, 2020 |
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Bad. loving. rear end. I love this project and it definitely makes me want to learn some stuff (basically, all the electrical).
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Sweet Raptor Jesus. Those pictures are absolutely incredible. I am insanely jealous and you guys should be super proud of all the work thus far.
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Man, that is so cool. Glad that it's working out pretty well and as I've said elsewhere it's starting to be inspiring.
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I just love how everything has come together, from an absolutely beastly amount of epoxy work, to interior details and smart control. Hell yeah, this is inspiring.
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