I didn't do my blog last week because I was out Thursday, but I was able to make progress on my project. The first thing I did was experiment with my new LEDs. The new strand comes with it's own app that controls the colors for me and has many different default settings, meaning I don't need code or a PCB for this. I still need a way to get the wire out to plug in the LEDs, but that can be done by drilling a small hole in the back of the frame. I tried to customize the settings because it didn't have everything I want like the crossfade setting which took so long to make, but I can live with it. The only issue with the LEDs was that the whole strip was about half a foot smaller than the inside channel that I modeled in the frame, so I needed to redesign one more time. I was meaning to shrink the whole thing anyways since it would be close to other things on my wall, so I measured my wall, the jersey, and LEDs to make sure I had the proper measurements. Instead of modifying my old design, I made a new one because that one was too messy and confusing. After a day it was all done, and for the next couple days I figured out the little things like the magnets and stain. I should be getting the wood tomorrow, and I'm ready to route.
While I was waiting for my wood to come in, disaster struck the shop. Because of all the rain the shop was flooded and we needed to move an extension cord near the laser cutter off the ground and mount it to the wall in case anything like that happens again. Me and Milo took up the challenge, and we started off by looking what Prince and Big John had done with the extension cords near the soldering station. They drilled a piece of wood to the wall, then drilled the cord holder into the wood, which is what me and Milo decided to do. We didn't have a piece of wood that matched the two near the soldering station, so we found some scrap wood and took it up to carpentry to cut, which only took a couple minutes. We then used the drill press to put holes in the wood, drilled it into the wall, and attached the extension cord using the brackets we drilled in. Now every extension cord in the shop is water proof, which should save us in the future.
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