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Giant Giwi – Marking it out
Today had to be one of the wettest days in Mangawhai for a few weeks, but the rain managed to stop for most of the day while we marked out the kiwi. We marked it out using cans…
Read More »Giant Kiwi – A View from Space
I’ve created a kmz file for Google Earth. Giant Kiwi KMZ file for Google Earth If you don’t have google earth, here is a screen grab from it. The satellite photos on Google Earth are still a little…
Read More »Giant Kiwi – An Artists Impression
A little playing around in Photoshop resulted in this picture: The measurements are in metres. I’ve worked out that the line needs to be about 30cm (1 foot) thick if I want it to be easily visible by…
Read More »Giant Kiwi – The Design
It only took a friend a couple of days to draw CAD lines over the kiwi I sent him. The main requirement was that all arcs had to be centered on an intersection of lines and all straight…
Read More »Giant Kiwi – The Plan
I have to go back to New Zealand in a month to get a new Visa for the UK. It appears that I’ll be there for a good few months so I decided I better find some things…
Read More »MAME – Hindsight
No matter how well you plan something, it will never go quite as planned, or after its done you’ll find a better or easier way of doing it. In my case, there are a number of ‘time wasters’…
Read More »MAME – Completion
I was determined to complete the cabinet today as this evening we were having people over for bithday celebrations. I made a mounting bracket out of plate steel for the hard drive. I mounted the power supply the…
Read More »MAME – Have Locks, will secure
I picked up the locks from a locksmith. I decided not to spend the money on the radial locks with the round keys as the price was fairly high. I ended up paying $20 each for the locks…
Read More »MAME – Glass 0, Perspex 1
I got the perspex on Friday – They managed to get me black perspex so it doesn’t even need painting. I fitted the perspex and it looks awesome – so shiny! I finished taking the computer apart and…
Read More »MAME – Progress Photos
I finally got around to mounting the Subwoofer/Amp and taking a photo of the cracked glass. My perspex should be ready on friday which will rock. The cracked glass 🙁 Subwoofer in place The subwoofer vent will be…
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