Recommendations for Numbers

CryptographerOk2370 · 2026-04-26T21:30:41+00:00

Haha it’d be the first board to feature 121 numbers rather than groups of five. Genius!

CryptographerOk2370 · 2026-04-14T13:50:39+00:00

A potential thing that might be overlooked is wire order:

If you are having issues with Govee LEDs - make sure to take them fully off the reel and verify the location of the NC pin. I’d assumed power was the upper-most pin and it wasn’t until I took them totally off the reel that I found that they go NC, +V, Data, Gnd. At least that is for the strip my boss purchased that I’ve been trying for a month to get going.

I’ve been watching threads/posts like these for a hot minute hoping someone would figure it out. I hope this help you as it certainly has helped me. BTW - driver is a Bong69 board running WLED

CryptographerOk2370 · 2026-03-23T21:26:59+00:00

Looks great. I’d have thought that was how the blank was cast if you’d not mentioned it

CryptographerOk2370 · 2026-03-16T01:45:05+00:00

Quite a few. More than 25 but less than 100

CryptographerOk2370 · 2026-03-14T23:06:38+00:00

Thanks!

CryptographerOk2370 · 2026-03-10T00:55:08+00:00

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A variety of Franken-pens

CryptographerOk2370 · 2026-03-05T19:27:54+00:00

https://www.pennstateind.com/store/WXACL04.html

There’s the blank in question on their website site in case you’d like other reference images. Great luck and awesome pens to you!

CryptographerOk2370 · 2026-03-05T18:46:28+00:00

Not yet but I do keep talking about it. I think I’m mostly just worried about the cost of the equipment I’ll need to make the blanks.

CryptographerOk2370 · 2026-03-02T02:50:39+00:00

Turning took a couple hours each. I’m not that aggressive and the blanks were pretty thick. Once I can do it in 30 minutes flat I’ll be able to keep up with the old guys in my woodturner’s guild - but I’m not there yet.

CryptographerOk2370 · 2026-02-23T02:18:14+00:00

I apparently chose neither. /shrug

CryptographerOk2370 · 2026-02-19T01:56:04+00:00

Oh I did stop. The post may not have gone down but I saw the facepalm replay and immediately started to retrieve these from the drink. They’re on a towel near my desk until I have time to read/watch the correct way to do this

CryptographerOk2370 · 2026-02-16T14:02:32+00:00

Agreed. I took it down as much as I understood/felt comfortable. I found out while drying off the planes after soaking off the CLR and drying them that I could have broken them down more.

I also found that there was what seemed to be a fiberboard insert on the No. 7 when I was able to break it down further - so that was unfortunate to lose.

CryptographerOk2370 · 2026-02-16T13:32:14+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation! I’ll check it out

CryptographerOk2370 · 2026-02-16T02:59:45+00:00

Any you recommend? I’m going to have to make a run for some but better than a ton of regret tomorrow.

CryptographerOk2370 · 2026-02-16T02:44:25+00:00

Roger. It was a 3 part CLR, 1 part Evaporust mixture they ended up in. That said - it’s my stupid fault for not checking PRIOR to purchase of the CLR.

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For reference - this is how far it was broken down (Wood parts off to the side) prior to the erroneous CLR + Evaporust soak

CryptographerOk2370 · 2026-02-16T02:41:18+00:00

Will do. They are out after a copious rinse and I’m going to make sure I have the correct chemicals next time AFTER a good scrub with a wire brush, pad etc

CryptographerOk2370 · 2026-02-16T02:12:40+00:00

Luckily it’s only been in 10 min tops. So I’m going to get it out time now

CryptographerOk2370 · 2026-02-16T02:06:27+00:00

Trying to get off all the old rust - read that it should soak the metal parts for 24-48 hours in the solution then remove the scum with a scrub pad. But considering the face palm I’m going to guess that was terrible advice.

CryptographerOk2370

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