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Pics of my hour meter

Strawman

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OvenMaster was nice enough to send me the lamp for the finishing touch to my hour meter to track stylus usage. Thanks again Tom. I figured at least owed him a picture. :D
 
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LOL You're more than welcome, Steve, and I am glad to be able to have helped. The pleasure's mine. Very nicely done! :thmbsp:

Regards from Tom
 
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Good idea, the hourmeter.:thmbsp:
 
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OK. The next step is to automate the process so that when the arm is actually down it does it's counting. Perhaps a switch that is released when the arm is off of the seat?
 
That is a truly cool little device :thmbsp: Did I miss the thread on how it works? :scratch2:
 
Excellent, thanks for the link. Looks like I've got some very interesting reading ahead :thmbsp:
 
Thanks guys. That windows based app that JFine came up with is really cool too. I have another stnd alone meter that works off of 10-80VDC for use with a wall wart for a future project.
 
I would think so. They would probably be 12V models and just require a wall-wart and a switch. I don't own a boat or an airplane, so that auction site was the most convenient place at the time. The one I got for $13.00 was still a current model with a retail of over $70.00. Some people call me cheap, others call me thrifty.
 
There's bunches of hours meters of all kinds on eBay. Any tractor or construction equipment parts place would also have them. Anything Aircraft related would be most likely very expensive.

You could also look to places like Summit or Jegs (mail order hot rod supply) as all the major instrument companies make them.
 
Strawman said:
OvenMaster was nice enough to send me the lamp for the finishing touch to my hour meter to track stylus usage. Thanks again Tom. I figured at least owed him a picture. :D
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Just wanted to say-- thanks for the inspiration! This was a great idea. I cooked up my own hour meter with some parts from BG Micro and a few things I had stashed here, running off a 9V. :D

Here's my pathetic effort. :rolleyes: Yours looks WAY cooler. :thmbsp:

Total cost is probably like $20-30 with stuff from BG + da Shack.

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The red blinky light in the middle is so I don't forget and leave it on. The only downside is the counter has no reset. :(
 
From the looks of the numbers on the meter.. looks like you need to get busy playing some albums...

Very nice..
 
shimniok said:
Just wanted to say-- thanks for the inspiration! This was a great idea. I cooked up my own hour meter with some parts from BG Micro and a few things I had stashed here, running off a 9V. :D

Here's my pathetic effort. :rolleyes: Yours looks WAY cooler. :thmbsp:

Total cost is probably like $20-30 with stuff from BG + da Shack.

2737783598_f61c12c91d.jpg


The red blinky light in the middle is so I don't forget and leave it on. The only downside is the counter has no reset. :(
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Very, very nicely done, sir! :thmbsp: Congrats on a great job.
Tom
 
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