tile removal and thinset grinding

              Removing tile. Started with an air chisel and custom dust collector box

          Switched to an electric hammer which did work better.

                                                             Grinding thinset

                             Made a plug to fit in the hvac vent

Grinder in action. Dust Muzzle makes a dust collector to fit on a variety of grinders.

   Firestone Winterforce big and little. Liked them on the car and now got them for the truck.

                                Rotten weather to be messing with tires

                           Winter force balance. One took 2.5 oz and the others nothing.

Zoneminder, ethernet cables in a concrete structure

                               Running Ethernet cables in a concrete structure

   Drywall glued to concrete, no void for wires. Router made groove for cable channel

             Almost patched back up with 20 minute setting compound.

                              Zoneminder montage. All IP cameras, way better than analog.

                                                          http://www.zoneminder.com/

On the road

                                                       Kanab Utah

                                     Chester Illinois, home of Popeye creator

                                           Popeye museum Chester Illinois

                              Natchez Mississippi where we started on the Natchez Trace
                                  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natchez_Trace

                                          Cannon at Vicksburg National Park
                                          http://www.nps.gov/vick/index.htm

             The south had cannon here at Vicksburg to cover the river

                                                   Meriwether Lewis gravesight
              http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/lewisandclark/site38.htm           

Homelite Super EZ chainsaw module replacement

                                                            New ignition module

 This saw finally quit sparking and needed a new module..no points all electronic

                                                Aftermarket module to be installed

                                   Needs blown out after many years of use

 Used folded paper to set clearance, Must be OK as it ran afterwards

                           Hardest part was getting the new boot on

Zoneminder Video Security

I have been waiting for prices to get low enough to install a video surveillance setup. This is what I have come up with...Zoneminder software and a combination of IP and analog cameras.

                                     http://www.zoneminder.com/
Montage view at night a couple are on IR illumination and couple are incandescent.

 Web interface, I have Zoneminder running on a Ubuntu 12.04 server

             Motion log, You can play them back, export or look at stills.

                Cheap Ebay analog camera, it does pretty good even with built in IR.

 Foscam FI8909 IP camera, about $60. I took the IR leds out because it is looking through glass. Night view would be a bright blur other wise

 Taking a pic of the above 8909. Motion lights are on..The red border is what zoneminder is set for on motion detect. This still was exported.

 Foscam 8910 pan and tilt IP camera. I have one of these also in the motorhome on wifi, shown on the montage. This one looks out the front door or in the house. Cost about $90

I put the wired IP cameras and the server on a switch to keep the network traffic down on the router. Motorhome wifi cam goes through the router but it is only one camera.

Update.... 4 years later running zoneminder with nine IP cameras. Server is quad core running around 25%. Very pleased.

Southern vacation

 Ran Tuner Studio's VE analyse live for  a while.  Changed Fuel pressure regulator    last fall and hadn't retuned.

 No more room in the computer closet...server going up for space haha

hull liner as headliner

Stripped out headliner. It was wall papered wood.

 I'm using Hull liner an Ozite like fabric. I got this idea from the bus nuts forum and the stuff from:
http://www.perfectfit.com/15593/154092/Marine-Carpet-and-Hulliner/Hulliner-and-Headliner-72.html

 Supplies used. Dap landau top adhesive is the stuff to use. I got it from Rochford
http://www.rochfordsupply.com/shop/Adhesives_and_Sprays/Bulk_Adhesives/Weldwood_Contact_Adhesive/index.html

 Cement sprayed on, two coats sprayed at 90 degrees from each other. I read to do two coats on the busnuts forum. It took 3/4 of the gallon of cement.

                                                                     Glued up!

                             Needed wedges  to gain clearance to slide this panel in

                                                                 Partial install

                                                      Installed! I have three days in it.

                                                                             Texture.

Perfectfit ships without folding. No creases that way, costs a little more to ship but probably worth it. I got 6 running yards there was about a 6 inch strip left over.Not a lot of room for error.

                                                Cement works on shoes too !

Bending PVC conduit

 Hot bending PVC conduit. I don't have a "hot box" like a real electrician but the heat gun works if you take your time. Warming up the inside first. Took about 45 minutes total....

                                                  90 is bent, making a 3 1/4" off set.

                                                    1/2" offset on the other end

                                                 Letting it cool, it wants to go back haha

New Trojan house batteries! It seems automotive style round top posts are extinct for 2GC size batteries so we needed new bolt on cables.