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Project: Clockwork Orange
06-24-2014, 11:05 PM
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Year: 1995
Model: Grand Cherokee
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Dig the jeep. Love all the fab'd stuff. and the LEDs bring it together nicely. Question about your job? Do you just cruise around the mountains all day or do you have like a rangers station till a call comes in?
06-25-2014, 08:48 AM
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As for SAR, actually, neither.
I have a "real" job in an Aeronautical Engineering lab. SAR is 100% volunteer, and the organization gets no govt/tax funding- our ~$100k annual budget comes almost entirely from individual donations.
In Colorado, and nearly the entire country, the county Sheriff is responsible by statute to see that SAR gets done in their county. They can't afford to train, equip, and pay deputies overtime to do it, so they generally appoint a volunteer team to do it for them. Our team does own our own building and vehicles, though not all teams do. Our response area covers about 4500sq mi (the whole county).
We have about 65+ members that are all on call, basically 24/7 by pager. If a call comes in, and a person can get away from work or whatever they are doing, they respond. Missions can last anywhere from a couple hours, to a couple days. It's a huge commitment.
There are a handful of us in mission leadership, who are on call on a rotating schedule that have to respond. We take the initial call, assess if the team needs to respond, page out the team if needed, then generally manage the incident.
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06-25-2014, 09:16 AM
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Year: 2000
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Engine: 4.0 w/ tupy head
Thanks, it's slowly coming together. Would probably have been done months ago if I wasn't building all this stuff.
As for SAR, actually, neither.
I have a "real" job in an Aeronautical Engineering lab. SAR is 100% volunteer, and the organization gets no govt/tax funding- our ~$100k annual budget comes almost entirely from individual donations.
In Colorado, and nearly the entire country, the county Sheriff is responsible by statute to see that SAR gets done in their county. They can't afford to train, equip, and pay deputies overtime to do it, so they generally appoint a volunteer team to do it for them. Our team does own our own building and vehicles, though not all teams do. Our response area covers about 4500sq mi (the whole county).
We have about 65+ members that are all on call, basically 24/7 by pager. If a call comes in, and a person can get away from work or whatever they are doing, they respond. Missions can last anywhere from a couple hours, to a couple days. It's a huge commitment.
There are a handful of us in mission leadership, who are on call on a rotating schedule that have to respond. We take the initial call, assess if the team needs to respond, page out the team if needed, then generally manage the incident.
06-28-2014, 11:57 AM
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Just a couple update pics and such for my collapsible antenna mount. Got the bracket to mount the motor built, everything put together, and wired.
The mounting bracket isn't as clean as I would like, but had to build this one by hand at home. What a difference a nice CNC mill makes... lol.
In the up position.
Down position
Better look at the motor/mount.
So far so good. I may in the future change it from a direct drive, to a geared drive, putting a larger dia gear on the pivot shaft, and mesh the motor drive gear, to get more torque. I can get lots more torque if I bump up the voltage as it is, but that also speeds the motor a lot, and tends to make the thing slam around. Right now, it takes about 1.5sec to raise the antenna, which is a good speed.
The mounting bracket isn't as clean as I would like, but had to build this one by hand at home. What a difference a nice CNC mill makes... lol.
In the up position.
Down position
Better look at the motor/mount.
So far so good. I may in the future change it from a direct drive, to a geared drive, putting a larger dia gear on the pivot shaft, and mesh the motor drive gear, to get more torque. I can get lots more torque if I bump up the voltage as it is, but that also speeds the motor a lot, and tends to make the thing slam around. Right now, it takes about 1.5sec to raise the antenna, which is a good speed.
06-28-2014, 02:50 PM
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06-28-2014, 02:53 PM
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Still tweaking some stuff, but finally got my xmember mounting holes re-tapped for 7/16-14, as the stockers were basically stripped.
Still have to do a ton of welding, but hope to be able to do that on a lift...
Still have to do a ton of welding, but hope to be able to do that on a lift...
07-07-2014, 10:03 AM
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Ok, finally some updates. Nothing terribly exciting, unless you find countless hours of soldering thrilling.
I have been working mostly on the upper emergency lighting. Since I have the rack on top, a standard light bar would be fairly pointless, so the plan was to put the lights around the rack, and essentially make it the light bar.
I finished machining out some housings for the lightheads that I cannibalized from an old light bar that the controller died on. I set it up with eight heads facing front and rear, and three on each side.
Once I got the housings made, waterproofed, and coated, I started wiring. Just lots and lots of tedious soldering.
I will put up some more this eve, better run to work.
I have been working mostly on the upper emergency lighting. Since I have the rack on top, a standard light bar would be fairly pointless, so the plan was to put the lights around the rack, and essentially make it the light bar.
I finished machining out some housings for the lightheads that I cannibalized from an old light bar that the controller died on. I set it up with eight heads facing front and rear, and three on each side.
Once I got the housings made, waterproofed, and coated, I started wiring. Just lots and lots of tedious soldering.
I will put up some more this eve, better run to work.
07-07-2014, 01:40 PM
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Year: 1996
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May I just say that I am terribly jealous of you and your Jeep. I wish I had the resources and know how that you have. I'm sure having that fully equipped machine shop is a real treat! Keep up the good work.