I passed a mile stone last weekend. Six decades have passed on my personal time line. Only God knows the total baseline for my project schedule. That’s OK with me. I am enjoying the ride. I intend to fully utilize all His resources by the end of this project. After this much time I know that the worldly things (projects) in which I am interested are a bit different than those of many local friends and associates. But...
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Here are some pictures of my Christmas project, The Light-O-Rama controllers on the front of my house. This first one is the MASTER controller. Notice the two CAT5 cables in the second photo. The green cable goes to the second controller. The Yellow runs inside to my computer. It looks like a rat’s nest of wires and it sort of is. It takes a separate circuit to each string of lights I want to control....
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I have the Light-O-Rama boards working. WOW! what a show. I have about 28 of the 32 outputs hooked up to various lights. I haven’t had the time yet to synchronize the lighting to Christmas music but that is coming. I have the FM transmitter functioning (also kit built) and it works great too. Currently I have a silent two minute routine written that loops back and starts over. The show starts at dark and...
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I used the PowerMatic 2000 tablesaw again today. I cut out all the pieces for two control boxes I am building for the Christmas lights Light-O-Rama controlers. I also assembled them, but that wasn’t too amazing. I just have to shake my head and kick my personal butt for waiting so long to own such a wonderful table saw. I am just amazed every time I use this machine. This saw actually makes me feel...
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