Stage 5

BLAH!

Went to build the shocks to find either I had mislaid the 3 mm e-clips from the kit OR they were never in the kit. Ordered a kit of e-clips from AliExpress. The 3 mm e-clips that turned up needed a little tweaking to get them to clip properly. But eventually got the shocks together.

I did find I was missing an oil seal for one, DOH! Nowhere to be found! That’s on me, as I suspect it was long-lost when I made the failed sprint to finish the shocks (due to missing e-clips). So, probably dropped the oil seal while fiddling and then when throwing everything back into the box in disgust. I just tightened up the shock, with the missing oil seal, … , so far so good. I cannot replace it, as you long cannot get parts for a Venom Creeper. I can get replacement 120mm shocks, so I’ll run with it as is and swap in new shocks if and only if needed.

Recalling, the “lower” brain will be one of my AIO.

At the mo, the “upper” brain will be one of my OrangePI Zero. I did at one point ditch the OPiZ, as my home server, because it kept dropping off the network. However, I did also work out the problem with the OPiZ dropping off the network was, in the end, a clash of IP address between it and the Foxtel box. As I lowered myself to set up a Raspingdoodleberry Pi as my home server, I have a couple of OPiZ in my parts drawers, looking for a project.

No built-in camera, though. So, who knows. I might relent and try to get a RPiZ W2 (supplies willing). Alternate is a BPiZ. Mind you, I have a USB Stereo camera that should be fine on the OPiZ.