09/15/2022 Finally settled in at Lake Whitney !! I managed to build 4 Thumponators so far |
06/12/2022 Moving to Lake Whitney!! currently no Thumponators available I'll have more in August |
11/22/2020 Iphone WIFI remote almost ready!! |
10/10/2020 THUMPONATOR's in Stock and Ready to go!!!! |
9/14/2020 THUMPONATOR's Ready to go!!!! |
4/14/2020 Strugling with work and weather. Making progress, Sanding tomorrow then waterproofing. Also learning how to use a laser engrager to burn in the Logo. Im Still working on the PayPal integration for the site. |
4/14/2020 Laser engraver is finally working!!! |
4/14/2020 Boxes Coming Together |
3/31/2020 Sandcast Aluminum mold, to pour the 1 lb lead weights for the thumper, and a drill lathe |
3/31/2020 drawer pull Handles have taken shape. finally got the profile i was looking for. |
3/31/2020 Completed battery test with EXP1250 12V 5Ah Home Alarm Battery with F1 Terminals (NOT supplied - $15.99 on Amazon). It ran for 11 Hours on a full charge! |
3/25/2020 100hr test complete, all looks good. now to work on the enclosure |
100hr test complete |
3/20/2020 Fixed issue of full speed going to fast for the design. A voltmeter, a diode, and some soder and I was able to lower the max voltage produced by the control board. original max voltage 12v new max voltage 9v |
Full 12v |
Now 9v max |
3/1/2020 Redesign and restart 100hr test. Tolerance adjustments made on parts and slight wobble is now gone |
2/29/2020 Minor Failure 80hrs into testing. looks like 90degree corners dont hold up too well. Re-designed with round corner to get solid filament strand |
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design | flaw | fix |
2/18/2020 Almost 20hrs into garage testing (Slight wobble will be corrected on next parts print) |