openboater
05-18-2002, 11:12 AM
Well, I woke up this morning , May 18th, to an inch of snow on the car and 32 degrees outside. Since I have a couple of hours to kill I decided to do the project I've been dreaming up thru the week. Now this is all AGD's fault 'cause real Intelliframes are back-ordered and I love my rtpro / intelli / warp combo so much I've decided to inteli / warp my backup, and the retro is in the mail to be delivered here Monday.
First I HOGGED out a big space in the carbon fiber grip to make room for the lever switch I bought at RadioShack for $2.99. Then I got a piece of aluminum flashing left over from building the house and cut it out with my wife's best scissors to fit under the right side grip panel. I found I would have to build a spacer to go between the flashing and switch, so I found a piece of Aluminum in the garage that was 1/8th inch thick and made my little spacer. I then drilled some holes in the frame to run the wires out the bottom and then it was time to solder.
I went to our "dead electronics drawer" to find a suitable set of wires. When I did my rtpro, I also found the wires with correct plug attatch, but this time I could only find the wires, You know, a nice set of 2-pair.
After a little soldering and drilling and bending the lever on the switch, everything works like a dream.
Now this was just a proof-of-concept, hence the "sledge hammer " technique, but this works great.
The pictures are rough, but give you the idea. It would be much easier if you use a set of wood grip panels, cause the inside surface is already flat and you could easily glue a thin piece to it to make the spacer.
I sure hope it's nice tomorrow morning, or else I might have to put a V8 in the garden tractor.
First I HOGGED out a big space in the carbon fiber grip to make room for the lever switch I bought at RadioShack for $2.99. Then I got a piece of aluminum flashing left over from building the house and cut it out with my wife's best scissors to fit under the right side grip panel. I found I would have to build a spacer to go between the flashing and switch, so I found a piece of Aluminum in the garage that was 1/8th inch thick and made my little spacer. I then drilled some holes in the frame to run the wires out the bottom and then it was time to solder.
I went to our "dead electronics drawer" to find a suitable set of wires. When I did my rtpro, I also found the wires with correct plug attatch, but this time I could only find the wires, You know, a nice set of 2-pair.
After a little soldering and drilling and bending the lever on the switch, everything works like a dream.
Now this was just a proof-of-concept, hence the "sledge hammer " technique, but this works great.
The pictures are rough, but give you the idea. It would be much easier if you use a set of wood grip panels, cause the inside surface is already flat and you could easily glue a thin piece to it to make the spacer.
I sure hope it's nice tomorrow morning, or else I might have to put a V8 in the garden tractor.