Another Post?

That's right, another table post. Still no videos, but wait for it. We (Paul mostly/entirely) fixed the code this afternoon with the help of an oscilloscope, all the timing was off by a factor of 2. Nerd Alert!!!

These first two pictures show the latch system we have on the inside. The sloped piece in the middle is pulled down by the circular pins to release the sliders. A rod will be attached between the two pins so that they are pulled down by the motor in unison.



This is a shot from underneath the table, with the slider all the way in. You can see the extension spring is under tension and ready to deploy. If you look closely, you can see other holes on the bottom of the slider. This is from where we tried to mount the spring before choosing this location. This spot was ideal because it extends the spring as far as possible without permanent stretching, and also doesn't lock the spring out when it is all the way compressed (as happened with the set of holes on the far right). The spring doesn't extend the sliders the full 24" of travel because the spring pivots and hit the 2x4 support (half painted black). We decided this isn't a big deal, and the users can pull the sliders the additional 2" to fully extend the sliders.


This is me taping off and painting the divisions on the undersurface of the table. You can see the holes for the ibutton readers all ready to go. Paul should be painting initials into the sections later to complete the painting of this part of the table.


I'm sorry, but come on... look how cute he is. We're currently trying to figure out ways to put a Hobbes reference into the table. Either with painting a reference into the crest, or something else. We'll see.