The Intelligence - Day 52 - hinges fixed, game switch lamps juiced 
hit the hw store for some parts for the roller dials. I think I went a little crazy but I wanted to have more than enough stuff on hand, rather than find out I am short a part, at some odd hour
this is the hing pin that will be used on the center hinge, epoxied into one side of the hinge there, but more on that another time
needed to sort out these hinges once and for all. got a scrap piece setup as a test of the bore-out idea
after boring out with 7/64, and the 4-40 screw still not fitting, the next step was 1/8. That was cutting it close but there was no turning back. bored it out with 1/8". It fits! went for it on the real hinges...
win
perfect timing, a package showed up at 2pm
some supplies, a couple cans of blow off stuff, some 18 awg wire I needed yesterday, and the most important tool - molex pin remover
immediately got busy with the molex pin remover
cleared a female molex, but back to this in a moment
since the hinges being bored-out was a win, I needed to paint them acorns. thats them sanded and cleaned with IA91%
basically held the screws (with a gloved hand) and primed a few coats
after it dried for 15 mins I painted with Krylon Black gloss
hehe
after the acorns were painted and stashed safely away I rounded over the corners of the acrylic that will be used for the trim on the roller dial face plates
since there wasnt anything holding back the 12v tests on the power & reset switches I made the wiring. straight joined the 12v positive side, then the negative
thats them soldered
tested both circuits at all points
shrinked the connections
hooked up everything on the case (fans, power, monitor, etc) and connected the reset and power switches. Test booted without the 12v lamp connections, all ok, then connected the 12v lamp wires that I just made. pretty neat looking
CLICK - BOOT - LET THERE BE LIGHT!
haha (danced around at this point
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Those f'ers look badass, I should have turned out the lights just to see but I forgot during my manic happiness
anyway, need one good day of work on the roller dials and this proj should be done
thanks for watching
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