1st Gen Lunchtable Thread - General Discussion

I feel like you have bad OCD

 

I had to cat-shame mine the other day

 

Here is what I did over the weekend during my brief detention, I finished up that desk clock I made out of a 1st Gen Jeep ZJ (Grand Cherokee) VIC, or Vehicle Information Center. Stock, it would do things like tell you if the doors were open, if a sensor was bad, if a bulb burned out, or yell at you to change the oil. Now all it's really good for is a clock. It was for a good friend of mine's birthday. Shoutout to @Speedytech7 who found me three of them.



DISCLAIMER: I have never woodworked in my life, so don't be too harsh.

I made the case from a 6" plank of Red Oak Hardwood from Home Depot. I cut it to size to fit the VIC, and glued it together with wood glue. The molding is quarter round cut on a miter saw. I filled in the imperfections with wood filler.



Mistake #1 was wiping the excess wood glue. As you can see, it created areas where the stain would not adhere to. Kind of gives it a rustic look, so I'm not too upset.

Now, I'm on to the wiring. The VIC tells you all sorts of things about the vehicle. I didn't need any of that, just the four total wires that power on the unit.



Pin 2 is for Constant 12v, Pin 3 and 20 are for Ground, and Pin 16 was for Switched 12v (Ignition) I de-pinned everything else to leave those four wires.



In order to keep with the Chrysler tradition, I over-engineered the power delivery system and added in a lighted switch to simulate an ignition. I wanted this to have a removable power supply, so I ordered some 2.1x5.5mm 12v barrel receptacles.

You can see this all in my schematic below. (Thanks to @mechanicjon for helping with this part)



And now, the wiring.





It draws about 1.2 Amps at startup, and settles around 800-950 MA. I tried a 1.5, 2A, and 2.5A power adapter, but they did not work. I had to get a 5A power brick to finally get it to to turn on outside my lab DC power supply.



Originally, I had another board of Oak to seal the back shut. However, when I went to drill my holes for the power jack and button, it split the wood. In my desperation, I found a clipboard and cut it up to use.



And there it is, here is the final product.

 

It's amazing how bad ass those cats are for surviving on their own in those harsh environments

 

In be for the group buy and 10 month lead time

 

Lmao

 

Yea for sure, they’re amazing animals. Gain a lot of respect for them following them around and shit

 

Crows are just as bad
https://youtu.be/cjVMc4tub7s

 

the worst kind. although I think @Empty_Lord has it worse.

 

watch out for those damned crows

 

That's pretty neat

 

@Crow_of_judgement I just remembered you starred in an awesomely terrible 90s cult classic...you should be proud

 

Lmao

 

Great flick

 

I have two more so I'm definitely making one for myself. I want to hook up switches to it so I can open the doors, activate warning messages, turn on the 4WD indicators, etc.

 

Was my favorite movie when I was a teenager...watched it again a few years ago and I couldn't stop laughing, the acting and writing was so bad lol. But at the time it was a great movie.

They're remaking it with Jason Momoa I heard

 

Nice, that one go ballz to the wallz with it

 

This time I'm using a router. I have the router, just not a table for it.