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    Heehee, well, it's a key lock...to power up something. (I actually don't have anything planned for the system power switch yet...I should probably start thinking of something for that..)

    Also, pics of primed metals (I'm gonna be doing another coat of primer tomorrow, plus a coat of matte black, and then a final coat of this nice textured black stuff I found; feels a little like a poor-man's powder coat):



    Yes, I know that one panel looks pretty horrid; I ran out of paint.

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    lol poor mans powder coat

    hah i was right
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    So that is one of those key locks with the built in starter switch? Those things are awesome.
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    Well...now let this be a lesson to me...always read the instructions on the can before buying...or at least before using... The new primer I got apparently wants 48 hours till fully dry (as opposed to 4 like the other stuff), so I'm stuck for at least a day.

    Oh well, live and learn.
    pic of the new coat:

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    The new coat is much neater.
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    nice you gotten far
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    new paint looks much better

    i hate that slow drying paint...
    normally enamel when it takes that long to dry..
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    Thanks guys, that's actually just the second of three primer coats. Working on the third now, but today when I went to Lowes to pick up another can of the stuff I was planning on for the final coat... well, they didn't have what I was looking for, but I found this:


    Methinks two layers of that should make for a nice, durable coat.

    Also, that's my back panel drying its second primer coat (I ran out of paint on the first coat, so it's one layer behind).

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    hope to see it done
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    So, painting is done for most of the parts now. The bed liner makes a beautiful finish, very similar to a powder-coating, but unfortunately wants 72 hours to fully dry....so unfortunately it won't be completely done drying till probably some time on Thursday Oh well, it's worth it imo.

    Pictures really do not do it justice, but here's a shot of some of the pieces:


    On a side note, I was driving home today from picking up another can of bed liner, and I saw something awesome on the side of the road. One of my neighbors was throwing away a Samsung 225BW (a 22" 1680x1050 panel, for those who don't know), coincidentally, the same model as one of the monitors I already had. I talked to the buy, who said it stopped working, so he was throwing it out...heheheh.. I took it home and powered it on, and saw that the power light was flashing; according to Samsung, this means that either it's out of range (not the case) or the power supply board is going bad. Since, as I mentioned, I have another panel already that's the same model, I decided to go the easy route and just swap out parts to determine what was bad. It turns out that it's just the power supply board that's bad, and I found a website where I can order a new board for $30..... so, new $250 monitor for $30 and a few hours work


    EDIT: forgot; here's a pic of a 225BW (right)

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