I posted some absolutely butchered 20 gauge coupons the other day, I took some advice and got some thicker material and a plate of aluminum to heatsink the pieces. Still not a great tig welder, but got results that are more like I’m used to seeing.…
(This is a continuation of Part 1 and Part 2...) https://youtu.be/i5l1omXVOLs Wow, it's been over 7 years since I built my first NMEA2000 Boat Gauge and it's been working flawlessly ever since.…
(This is a continuation of Part 1...) The gauge has now been installed since late July 2017 and it's functioning well. I was concerned that the sun and heat (and the winter cold) would cause some issues but so far things are working great.…
The Backstory I recently purchased a 2013 model year boat and in style of Mavromatic, I wanted to "hack/mod" the onboard electronics ASAP. The previous owner had installed a Lowrance HDS 7 Gen 3 GPS/Chartplotter and added a NMEA 2000 backbone to use a…