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Is your canopy too hard to open by hand?

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cosmith71 cosmith71's Profile Posts: 1437 Joined: Fri Mar 29, 2013 3:51 pm Location: Oklahoma City	Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 9:52 am Automatic canopy opener. Completely unnecessary, but totally awesome. Used a linear actuator, 12V power supply, and a switch. http://youtu.be/u7JY4qNRAuk --Colin
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rimai rimai's Profile Posts: 12877 Joined: Fri Mar 18, 2011 6:47 pm	Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 10:02 am Nice!! Connect to RA and use one of those speech recognition module from John!!! Open Sesame Roberto.
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cosmith71 cosmith71's Profile Posts: 1437 Joined: Fri Mar 29, 2013 3:51 pm Location: Oklahoma City	Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 10:04 am Yes! That would be awesome!
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lnevo lnevo's Profile Posts: 5430 Joined: Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:42 am	Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 10:17 am I just need a canopy that hinges and opens like that. My current one only has a lid on the top so it essentially just makes it more difficult to do any work inside the tank. Lee's Feature Complete PDE
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cosmith71 cosmith71's Profile Posts: 1437 Joined: Fri Mar 29, 2013 3:51 pm Location: Oklahoma City	Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 2:18 pm Yep, it's a nice setup for a deep tank. Lid-on-the top just makes it harder to reach the bottom. --Colin
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Sacohen Sacohen's Profile Posts: 1833 Joined: Sun Apr 21, 2013 6:25 am Location: Davie, FL	Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 4:13 pm Like you said. Very cool, conpletly unnecessary Sent from my HTC One VX using Tapatalk Steve Steve's Current PDE
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lnevo lnevo's Profile Posts: 5430 Joined: Fri Jul 20, 2012 9:42 am	Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 4:26 pm I want the woodworking plans Lee's Feature Complete PDE
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jsclownfish jsclownfish's Profile Posts: 378 Joined: Mon Oct 24, 2011 7:52 pm Location: Saint Louis	Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 4:30 pm love it!
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cosmith71 cosmith71's Profile Posts: 1437 Joined: Fri Mar 29, 2013 3:51 pm Location: Oklahoma City	Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 4:37 pm lnevo wrote:I want the woodworking plans Based on this. --Colin
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jsclownfish jsclownfish's Profile Posts: 378 Joined: Mon Oct 24, 2011 7:52 pm Location: Saint Louis	Posted: Fri Apr 11, 2014 4:39 pm Where is the actuator? Can you post a link to the one you are using? Fun but totally unnecessary is a major reason I enjoy this platform.
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