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    birdy
    last edited by birdy Aug 18, 2017, 2:28 PM Aug 18, 2017, 2:28 PM

    Hi,

    there is also another challenge:
    alt text
    I would liek to get rid of these metal body. The side you can see shoud me glued to the plastic.

    What can I put between the curcuit and the plastic? Some small plastik tubes? Wood? Rubber? Should I then glue the boards or better (for the future) screw it to to the “legs”?

    How about grounding it? Needed?

    Cheers
    Birdy

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      tomyboy96 Project Sponsor @birdy
      last edited by Aug 18, 2017, 3:31 PM

      @birdy i used one of thease.

      http://www.biltema.se/sv/Fritid/Friluftsliv-och-camping/Kok-och-vatten/Vattendunk-2000023717/

      Easy to bend och drill in

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        birdy
        last edited by Aug 21, 2017, 8:51 AM

        you used a plastic water canister? In what manner?

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          tomyboy96 Project Sponsor @birdy
          last edited by Aug 21, 2017, 8:53 AM

          @birdy i cut out flat pices that i drilled the board to.

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            birdy
            last edited by Aug 21, 2017, 11:23 AM

            so like this (side view)?
            0_1503314589067_build.png

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              tomyboy96 Project Sponsor @birdy
              last edited by Aug 21, 2017, 11:47 AM

              @birdy yeah, but i used velcro tape insted of glue

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                birdy
                last edited by Aug 21, 2017, 12:30 PM

                one question, which is bothering me: the controller plate has spot for grounding (the plate was connected with the metal body before via this “grounding spot”). Do I need to ground it e.g. with power supply or similar or I can leave the plate ungrounded?

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                  birdy
                  last edited by Aug 23, 2017, 10:13 AM

                  So I got the MM up an running :)
                  alt text

                  back side:
                  alt text

                  Next steps:

                  1. MM configuration & understanding how it works
                  2. to shorten the wooden legs
                  3. to order + build a frame
                  4. put everything together :)

                  BR
                  birdy

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                    birdy
                    last edited by Sep 5, 2017, 9:23 AM

                    Dear all,

                    next issue: to reduce the empty space behind the LCD panel, I bought a 90 degrees DVI adapter. But I have noticed, my plug was DVI-D and I bought DVI-I.

                    Question: I don’t want to wait a week for a new one, can I remove few pins (esp. the 4 on the left) on my own? see picture below:
                    0_1504603335463_2000px-DVI_Connector_Types.svg.png

                    Thx for your help!
                    Regards
                    birdy

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