Archive for May, 2008

LED taillight

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

My other Lambretta project: (A bit fogged from letting wet superglue cure in an enclosed space. Oops.) The prototype is good enough to use but needs to be revised. It's bright, it doesn't flicker, and it uses about 3-5W max so the headlight doesn't dim when you step on the brake at ...

speedometer update

Wednesday, May 21st, 2008

I've been done with the first speedometer prototype for a few weeks now, so it's time for a tiny follow-up post. Short version: it rocks! Clear, readable, accurate, useful, gets comments. So far, it hasn't skipped a beat even with all the vibration from the TS1. The thing on the left ...

Weekend in the Garage

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

I spent almost the entire weekend plus Monday in the garage. I think I knocked out most of the projects that have been lurking on the to-do list for a while now: In the garage: made 2 sawhorses made a big, sturdy 8'x2' workbench (cost: $50 worth of lumber). You could park a ...