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Originally Posted by Rice Reef
This is gonna be one awesome build. Subsribed!
When you come over to the island for a visit let me know... I could certainly use your skillz in organizing all my wires and gadgets!
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Thanks RR but I think the only way I am going to get to the island is on the bike cause the ferry cost are INSANE!!
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Originally Posted by BackPackHunter
looking really good Grizz
I have enough locks (like the ones used at a fish store to keep people from putting there hands in the water)
you can have as many as you need. just let me know
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What kind of locks are they? I dont want anything on the exterior to take away from the clean smooth look, thats why I am thinking of an internal actuator.
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Originally Posted by StirCrazy
in my old shop I made a quick and dirty one to try it out. I just used a high torque stepper motor with a cam plate, ran a 1/2" rod the length of the cabinets, has a little "J" welded to the main rod at each door that would slide into a eye bolt, and I supported the rod every now and then with a set of sealed bearings that I pressed some pulley rings on to. was board at work and spent about 8 hour on the lathe making those. if you use an actuator, and a similar design make its a spring open or fail open or normally open, and actuate to close other wise if your power goes out your doors stay locked.
Steve
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I thought of the power outage thing already, I have 2 large battery back ups going in the system & going to buy a couple more as well.
12-18-2013, 02:46 AM
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