Stock Oil Sump Temp Sensor Driven Gauge

[P_Carfahrer]

Pcb ready for solder work. I use an old school overhead projector to illuminate the top and bottom layers to get everything lined up and I had multiple people stop by my place and ask what I was doing with the projector. Every one of them said they hadn’t seen one since grade school.

Pcb top printed


Pcb bottom printed


Pcb etched


Pcb ready for drilling, tinning, and soldering


Pcb drilled and tinned. Yes I drilled my finger. Twice. Broke a drill bit off in it.

[MWS]

Originally Posted by P_Carfahrer

Pcb ready for solder work. I use an old school overhead projector to illuminate the top and bottom layers to get everything lined up and I had multiple people stop by my place and ask what I was doing with the projector. Every one of them said they hadn’t seen one since grade school.

Pcb top printed


Pcb bottom printed


Pcb etched


Pcb ready for drilling, tinning, and soldering


Pcb drilled and tinned. Yes I drilled my finger. Twice. Broke a drill bit off in it.

Am I a geek because I find this far too cool? I love seeing detailed work like this, and makes me wish that I had such skills (ok, I know I could, but it's probably best for the world that I didn't, lol).

BTW, sorry about your finger (and associated drill bit). Been there, done that....more than once (and you would think once would be enough...sigh).

[P_Carfahrer]

Originally Posted by MWS

Am I a geek because I find this far too cool? I love seeing detailed work like this, and makes me wish that I had such skills (ok, I know I could, but it's probably best for the world that I didn't, lol).



BTW, sorry about your finger (and associated drill bit). Been there, done that....more than once (and you would think once would be enough...sigh).

Welcome to the club. Ordering an Arduino kit with lots of sensors and projects would entertain you for a long time to get started. I got one for my 12 year old and am taking him through it because I see the huge market shortage of these skills. As a former director of engineering in a large manufacturing facility I nerd out about stuff on the car all the time building upgrades. It is an affliction. My sons tell me it seems I bought the car to work on it because since I bought it as a flood salvage two years ago it has been disassembled more than I have driven it.

The drill bit didn’t stand a chance against my finger. It was only 0.025” diameter. The multiple drillings of the finger were probably less than two minutes apart so as you see I learn slowly.