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Dual Headlight Conversion

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Just now found this posting. Cathy, I happen to be a mfg engineer for a company that produces Outside Rearview mirrors. Iffn you want, I can probably snag a couple of "scrap" power actuators for you, and send them for the cost of shipping. If it works, you gotta promise to share the design with me :)
 
Mike_H said:
Just now found this posting. Cathy, I happen to be a mfg engineer for a company that produces Outside Rearview mirrors. Iffn you want, I can probably snag a couple of "scrap" power actuators for you, and send them for the cost of shipping. If it works, you gotta promise to share the design with me :)
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Per my last post, I'm just about a week away from having one without anybody being out anything, least of all freight costs. If somehow that falls through, I'll take up somebody on some offer to get the design and engineering juices flowing.

In the mean time I'm just on a seek and destroy mission after all the rust on my bike, and trying to find a source for Rustoleum Hammered "Deep Blue" for a really nice detail I want to put on my side covers. Also looking for Duplicolor Engine Paint "Dark Ford Blue".

If, after getting the parts I need cleaned up cleaned up, I still have primer, paint, and clear coat enough, I'll just go ahead and do up the headlight bucket and bezel I've got, and based on that experience with the disassembly and reassembly of one, I'll try to figure out how to do a pair of independently aimable dual headlights using power wing mirror actuators.

As I said, Mike, everything I do to this bike is going on the web, even the source code for any Microchip PICs I use for things like actuator control, switch/button/dial interpretation, and LED animation. And, of course, the crude engineering drawnings on high tech napkin media. ;-)
 
The Dupli-Color can be found at most O'Reilly's. I've seen some of the Rustoleum Hammered there, too.
 
All in all, the whole headlight idea sounds a bit "Tuckerish" to me. This would be a made up word of my own design. However having seen Harrison Ford in the movie version, i feel i am qualified to use said word.

Let us know when you get the rust off.

I'm off to look at a new lawnmower. ( it may not cut thru the weeds any better but you sure will look slick doing it)
 
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