Update from the Man Shed. It has been awhile since I’ve posted an update. Work on the TMS-20 has been slow the last year. I’ve been busy with a few large projects at work and family. I have 6 weeks left in the states then I’ll be back in the Mediterranean again for 2 month working on a new cruise ship in Italy the Carnival Breeze. Most of the work and planning is complete and everything will be shipped by the end of the week, then a trade show next week and I’ll have a bit of breather time before I leave. I hope to slide in some vacation time in before I leave. So far the rest of the year looks slow so I can catch up on the boat. That’s the plan anyways.
I’d like to get the outside skin on the hull before I leave. I’m in the final faring stages of the hull seems like it has taken forever. I’ve been working on some issues with the vacuum pump system by adding a cut-out switch and will be using breather cloth in the bagging process. I hope I can catch some good weather before rainy season starts. I’ve been thinking about setting up a webcam in the shop now that I’ve got internet back to the building. More on that once it is set-up. I figure some would like see the madness of a bag-out.
Just on pic to share. Later….
Mike
If you are getting that limit switch from the veneer supply place, I had problems running 110V through it with contact bounce. It would cycle madly at it's setpoint for about 4 seconds causing my pump relay to also cycle madly (sending fits of voltage to the pump motor). I added a PLC to the system to debounce the sensor but converted the sensor to 12VDC operation since it was simpler with the PLC - it didn't bounce any more with DC voltage...you may need to consider that if you are using the same sensor.
