LetterRack

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LetterRack
Build an awesome big letterbox out of a half height computer rack.
Meetings:	none
Type:	hardware
Status:	running
Members:	Gunstick
Contact Person:	SteveClement (mail)
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A small rack was donated which we will transform into a letterbox as the building has none.

Todo

• redo metal flap to make it water tight
• paint flap?
• mount flap
• test for water tight
• add a lock to the drawer (simple padlock?)
• put nametag on box
• put a sign that it's for letters
• put "keng reklamen w.e.g." sign on

Done

• remove ventilation, plugs and other stuff
• clean rack
• reverse doors so that ventilation slot is in front
• design flap to be fitted on the ventilation hole
• obstruct the window with a poster or similar
• Build flap from metal for throwing letters through the top (protoype)
• Swap bottom plates front/back
• create a fancy drawer to recieve the letters in.

Brainstorming

Get electricity into the letterrack. Possible solutions include solar panels and possibly windmills:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UPe6A_UVPc
• http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-1000-watt-wind-turbine/
• http://www.mdpub.com/Wind_Turbine/index.html
• http://greenterrafirma.com/DIY_Wind_Turbine.html
• http://www.thebackshed.com/Windmill/default.asp
• http://www.builditsolar.com/Projects/Wind/wind.htm#DIYWind

Pics

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  poster in the window and mock-up letterbox on top

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  letterbox open

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  the flap layount going on top

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  the flap parts assembled