[DeTomaso] Interesting idea

gow2 at rc-tech.net gow2 at rc-tech.net
Fri Jan 11 14:22:26 EST 2013


Funny you should mention that. I am working on a generic turn signal
actuator. The actuator is basically a built in rotary encoder. No
mechanical parts.


> Hi guys,
>
> Just thinking aloud, since I don't have enough $$$ or focus to come up
> with a business plan.  I was thinking about the turn signal cam
> naughty plastic parts and how they might be reproduced in ABS plastic.
>  On a 3-D printer.  Other items like bezels and scuff plates and pedal
> covers and bushings and...
>
> Then this http://bitser.net/talks/trilug-20130110.pdf
>
> A small cheap computer that can do anything.  UART and other pin I/O,
> USB, HDMI, ethernet...
>
> I see a new age in custom restorations.  I'll be mad when I see
> someone putting that together, but at least I'll be able to buy cool
> stuff for my Pantera.  I've been planning on living out my
> "retirement" restoring 2000 to 2020 classic BMWs and Mercedes Benzes
> as well as the occasional exotic using versital computers like this to
> simulate the original intent of our current gizmos.  I don't think
> there will be a 3-D printer in every home, but maybe at every
> Wallgreens.
>
> Forever in debt,
> sean
>
> --
> Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org
> '65,'68 Mustangs,'68 Cougar,'78 R100/7,'60 Metro,'59 A35,'71 Pantera #1382
> "The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller
> "Computers are useless.  They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso
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