Fair do's but not my cup of tea. It's sort of ironic the tom tom port is visible in the background!
Technical Integrated Sat Nav project
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Technical Integrated Sat Nav project
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...aah, but if I hadn't ordered that I wouldn't have known it was no better than having a satnav stuck on the window
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Now Christmas is over I can get back to my tinkering
Just a quick post to show the (rough!) template I'm using to make up the CAD drawing for the faceplate, the rough cut outs allow me to measure the accurate positions of the corners of the screen and voltmeter.
More soon!
Just a quick post to show the (rough!) template I'm using to make up the CAD drawing for the faceplate, the rough cut outs allow me to measure the accurate positions of the corners of the screen and voltmeter.
More soon!
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..next step
Having used the cardboard template to get some measurements I drew out a 2D image which I printed out life-size on paper and did a quick test run in the binnacle. The round hole to the left of the voltmeter is for a momentary push switch that will connect to a permanent live to check voltage whilst the engine is off and the one to the right of the screen is for the Tomtom's mic.
Now I need to find someone to turn it into metal for me!
Having used the cardboard template to get some measurements I drew out a 2D image which I printed out life-size on paper and did a quick test run in the binnacle. The round hole to the left of the voltmeter is for a momentary push switch that will connect to a permanent live to check voltage whilst the engine is off and the one to the right of the screen is for the Tomtom's mic.
Now I need to find someone to turn it into metal for me!
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Wow... 10000 views!
I'd better knuckle down and get this finished!
Here's the voltmeter running in a temporary position..
I'd better knuckle down and get this finished!
Here's the voltmeter running in a temporary position..
Has this been finished, are there any more pics?
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Thanks for asking, still going but gathering dust at the moment behind some other more pressing projects!
Keep nagging me and I'll get back onto it
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Just having a little flurry of activity on this to get ready for a camping trip this weekend..I've re-applied some paint after a bit of a disaster where I actually dropped the whole thing on my shed floor whilst the paint was wet, there is still some flattening down to do but that can wait until I'm back from my break...
Tonight i am going to cover the joint between the paint and the leather with some piping and trim the excess leather off the base... In case you havent been following this thread and wonder why it's red, the leather matches my dashboard!
Tonight i am going to cover the joint between the paint and the leather with some piping and trim the excess leather off the base... In case you havent been following this thread and wonder why it's red, the leather matches my dashboard!
Looking good, can't wait to see it in place and finished.
But I haven't got a red leather dash :devil:
It's looking good Steve, do you reckon it will be finished in time to show it off at the New Forest 2014 get together?
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You might have by the time i get it finished!
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Nearly there...
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Looking good
So what's the story with the centre air vents?
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Work in (slow) progress, I tried cutting the original slats down but it didn't look too good, I have another plan now.
Just found this thread from the link on the red dash thread.
Amazing!! Some people are just soooo clever.
Did it ever get finished? Did you ever do the in-car PC thing too.
I bet it you got that thing tooled and machined into a proper part you could sell shed-loads.
Amazing!! Some people are just soooo clever.
Did it ever get finished? Did you ever do the in-car PC thing too.
I bet it you got that thing tooled and machined into a proper part you could sell shed-loads.
