There's no need to panic... plenty of time for those last minute preparations. Fred 2 has a new name now, he's called Billy. And Billy needs his eyes to glow like old Freds used to, the way bulbs glow when the power supply is being overloaded... that's easy I just need some bulbs...some red tape... blob of solder here and there... and Billys eyes glow in that wonderful retro way that a struggling power supply can give.
I know... he looks a bit crosseyed but that's OK there's electricity down there, and we're talking Amps.
It turns out there's more of a problem for Billy, Freds old heart is a bit dodgy the linking arm is going to need some repair,the end is nearly cracked all the way through.
That's not going to last very long. luckily I have another link arm from another wiper motor I got to power another cog, it's too long but will shorten and frankenstein onto the end of the old bit.
Back to the driving of cogs, the merry-ghool-round needs to have some revolving cogs... those old battery drills will be just right for that, the batteries don't take a charge any more so I'll wire them to a power supply
and build a mounting to keep them up out of the way.
That's all we need to see of that for now... I think you can tell from this that some of the bits rotate. A few more cogs to make and get spinning and I'm about ready. Oh yes, a few repairs to make and a funnel for the smoke...
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