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I want to give a huge shout-out to a few people who made this project possible. First, thanks to Crafty from the Aussie Arcade website for selling me the gutted cocktail cabinet back in March 2009. It sat in Mitcham, Adelaide for a while until I figured out what to do with it, but then life happened. I moved back to New Zealand—shipping it 3,243 km from Adelaide to Auckland—and it has traveled another 200 km moving around the city since then. A massive thank you goes to my mate Craig in Waiuku for his incredible help. He gave me space in his garage to work and contributed a ton of effort, including 3D printing the standoffs and clips for the LCD. Craig builds custom sim racing rigs (I’ve included pictures of his wireless steering wheel system below—all the buttons and screens work with no cables!). I also want to thank Jaycar (Auckland and Adelaide), AliExpress , and KAR in East Tamaki , who cut and bent the control panels. We mocked up th...

Building a DIY Spot Welder from a Microwave oven transformer

Repurposing a Microwave Oven Transformer (MOT) into a spot welder is a popular DIY project for welding battery tabs or thin sheet metal. However, it is an extremely high-risk undertaking involving lethal 240V mains power and currents high enough to cause severe burns or fire. I bult this to make the ammo battery box ⚠️ Critical Safety Warning: READ FIRST Lethal Voltage: You are working with 240V AC power. Even when unplugged, microwave capacitors can store enough charge to kill. Ensure all capacitors are discharged before starting. Massive Amperage: A rewound MOT can produce over 600 amps. This can instantly melt metal, cause explosions of molten "sparks," or start fires. Verify Everything: Check every connection, insulation point, and ground 3–4 times before plugging it in. One mistake at 240V can be fatal. Building a spot welder from reclaimed components, especially a microwave oven transformer, is an extremely dangerous project due to the high volt...

Ammo case Battery box

This is an ammo case from super cheap for $20 and they fit 3 DIY 12V Complete Battery Box or Storage Case | 3S 12V 18650 Lithium with BMS 18650 Lithium with BMS They hold 21 18650 batteries , and I used my homebuilt spot welder, but you can buy a spot welder for $50-60 from Aliexpress or Temu . you can add USB port carlighter ports , swiths toy turn it on and off posts for charging . there is enough videos on YT about builds Where to get 18650 batteries ? Well I could buy from old drill batteries from scrapmetal yards but due to fires , you have to source them for other places. FB market has been a utter gold mine for me you will have strip dill batteries or old laptop batteries for the cells toss out damage cell , like the one below DO RESEARCH ON THEM , YOYU NEED TO DROWN THEM IF A FIRE START , THEY WONT GO OUT LIKE A WOOD FIRE . THEY ARE DANGEROUS This is Adam Savage did a video on the batteries The Surprising Flaws in 18650 Lith...