archbuilder
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Gomopar, you probally said, but I can't remember, are you using epoxy or polyester resin? Sorry about the fusing, My mom has hers fused from her hip up to her shoulders, really sucks.
Yea, that's what I originally got them for. I just had a bunch left over so I decided to put them to good use. I didn't hammer the nails all the way in on them, so I can easily pull them after I'm done and toss 'em right back in the container.
Thanks for the loads of good ideas here guys. I'll be sure to review them all again before I start putting the saw to the wood.
My back is still killing me right now so I decided to work on building the DVA today instead of the OB stand. Unfortunately I didn't pay close enough attention and hooked it up backwards when I went to test it out. It let all the magic smoke out of the capacitor after just a couple of seconds hooked up to a 115v wall outlet. Oops.
I'm going to modify it a bit this next time so I won't be able to hook it up backwards ever again. The only problem is I now need another capacitor before I can make another DVA. I had ordered a 400v cap by mistake last time, so I'll get at least a 500v or higher one when I replace it. The diode is probably still fine, but they're cheap, so I'll pick up another one anyway.
I thought about spares while I was ordering, but before I paid for the order. Whatever change I made to the order, even just changing the quantity, about doubled the shipping costs, which were already higher than they stated on any of the parts pages. I had to go back and read the fine print to see how they were calculating shipping. Needless to say I'm going to order from somewhere else next time.
OBTW: Mother nature started cursing at me last night. You know that four letter dirty word that starts with "S". Snow. We got about 2" last night and it still looks like there's more to come yet. Good day to find something to do inside. I'll try to get out to the tent and see if I can finish getting that first sponson side finished in a little while.