Rough Collie on stand - part 7

After working out how to mount the IR receiver we can go ahead and complete the lighting.

Sorting out the wiring in conjunction with the physical layout.

Rough Collie on stand – part 6C

We need to mount the IR receiver board (PCB) so that the actual IR photo diode is visible from the front through a 'window' which needs to look neat and tidy.

Went for a walk around the workshop looking for things that might be suitable as a window, lens, cover or bezel to hide the actual infra-red photo diode.

Rough Collie on stand - part 6B

Mounting the Normal - Auto slide switch.

Used two small wood blocks to mount the slide switch.

Rough Collie on stand - part 6A

I need to mount a tiny IR receiver (for infrared remote control) on the front of a silhouette light stand in such a way that it has line-of-sight to the remote control AND hide it from view behind a window or lens that's transparent to infrared.

Anyone have such material that I can fashion into a window/cover to hide the IR receiver?

If needed I can extend and/or bend the IR leads.

Rough Collie on stand - part 5

Just finished hot gluing the Fairy LED's onto the back of the doggie so turned it over to check the lighting effect. Also did some more planning about installing the LED controller.

Allowing for sunlight streaming in through the four skylights and two back windows of the workshop and with cardboard propped up at the back the lighting looks OK.

Camry washer jets blocked - Part 3

The black gunk or Biofilm is still giving me problems. The proper fix is to remove the washer fluid reservoir and give it a thorough cleaning but...that involves jacking up and removing the drivers side wheel then removing the mudguard cover to gain access to remove the reservoir!

Decided to try a sort of cyclic flush-out to avoid the above.

In the last post related to this I mentioned that the passenger nozzle jets clogged up again - just when I thought I was done. Removed the nozzle from the bonnet as shown to check and yeah...clogged with black gunk again.

Passive Metal Detector - Version 2.0

Used the same handle and made a new 'detector head'

Version 2.0 is sleeker, lighter, handles well and has good penetration...