Accident Scoreboard w/ Old-School Bulb Display

[@xylafoxlin]

Man you should really stop forgetting to lock your shop door!

[@WesleyTreat]

Like that would've stopped you.

[@justinbanks2380]

I was getting in the comments to mention completely unexpected visitor! Can we expect a collaboration of some sort in the future?

[@WesleyTreat]

I suspect that's an eventuality.

[@kmac6603]

Next time lock the door. Suddenly colab with LPL...

[@TattedFaceJoey]

I love how you start your videos. It always feels like I've been watching the video for a lot longer or as if I just stepped into your shop while you're working on something, and you welcome me with open arms and start explaining what you're doing. Love it!

[@rfdave3980]

Good thing you left the door unlocked. Nice touch on the video, she is an awesome maker too.

[@questionablecommands9423]

4:46 "Huh. Why are they blinking? Nothing in here would make them blink!" captures the essence of my job in the most fundamental way possible.

[@questionablecommands9423]

6:19 ... still feeling seen.

[@JustTony72]

An etched circuit board. I've only ever read about them in books. Fascination process to watch.

[@TheGeekPub]

I didn't know you were in Dallas. I am here too. We should meet!!!!

[@AlienTaskForce]

Love the dot-matrix sounds on the 3d printer. Makes me nostalgic for the old Jetson's saw.

[@envisionelectronics]

HUGE props for working out the official scoreboard font. I worked for FairPlay back in the 1990s and loved their 7 segment font that used a more pleasing “script” for the segments rather than 7 discrete bars. It takes more channels per digit, but looks so much better. FairPlay’s number “4” had the upper left corner lamp OFF and I think that was actually patented or trademarked, IIRC.

[@adriancentra]

omg you‘re right! That’s really cool. At first I was surprised he‘d need 2 days for programming but with taking time for details like that it makes sense.

[@davebauerart]

Looks great! I like it, two digits, optimistic, but realistic.

[@ms_enj]

9:57 - Unless I'm mistaken, that's blood, so you're already starting this off from zero! 😁

[@WesleyTreat]

Good eye. Clumsily pulled out a stubborn shift register that promptly stabbed me with pin 8. I'll put it in a Patreon video.

[@bytesizedengineering]

Hey, at least you remembered the word days this time! As usual, I loved this project! Thanks for putting a smile on my face.

[@teymthebeast]

WHOOOHOOO XYLA! WHOOOHOOO super awesome display!

[@DannySwanson-z7h]

This dude always has the precision control set on max.. Looks great! I like it, two digits, optimistic, but realistic..

[@questionablecommands9423]

Shout-out to the Micro Center thumb drives. Got a free one in 2010 and its still going. Many thumb drives have been used and died, but that 8 gig freebie keeps on ticking.

[@Mcphilsmith]

These look great. I’ve always admired your ability to paint and mask and know what it will look like in the end. Very cool.

[@lifetoanother]

It's kind of funny that I am finding out about your channel now. I've met you a couple times in Dallas when I still lived down there and knew you did sign work.

[@Geeksmithing]

That blank stare is 90% of my workshop time when working with Arduino/Circuit based projects! :D

[@WesleyTreat]

Yuuup

[@samuelt321]

Chain! The coarsest possible steel wool! :-)

[@ivorjawa]

Your soldering is Fine. And you’re using a reasonable tip size.

[@garagemonkeysan]

Great film. You have the best zombie weapons. 1:10. 👍 Sign is awesome! My sign would read in hours not days. 😁 Mahalo for sharing! 🙂🐒

[@monkey_breath]

i LOVE the buzzer, like it's scolding you when you reset it.

[@andie3799]

Hey I just watched one of your videos from 5 years ago and realized that you have the exact same equipment and just made a handmade (kind of) circuit. Incredible.

[@HisVirusness]

I live only a few blocks away from a Micro Center; I absolutely prefer shopping there over Amazon.

[@McFlysGarage]

I wish we had a microcenter in FL

[@xoxo-yu1gp]

hi man in a shed a wonderful display of your never ending talents absolutely spiffing

[@Lefinno]

Great watching your videos, its very theraputic for me

[@Dain_42]

Using the laminator to make the boards is such a good idea! I'll definitely be looking into that further!

[@J_Squatch]

17:15 2nd digit is only used when you take a 2 week vacation lol

[@dannyjepp985]

The circuit boards look so nice. One of those things that will probably never be seen, but a nice treat (WT™) for anyone who would have to do a repair. Also, the laminator is a great idea that made me unreasonably mad.

[@Atlantismonkey40]

Homer S. Making one of his, noise’s. Priceless.

[@MrBiggie280]

I wish there could be a new video from Wesley Treat every day. But I understand and really do appreciate the time and quality you put into your projects and videos. Please, don't stop doing what you do. It's great.

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

When the bells start ringing and the band begins to play

[@gatekeeper65]

Awesome ! Have a great day.

[@bobbonham4823]

LOVE IT! For me the count with out a DUMB would be in minutes. Sigh! Thanks!!

[@KarlBunker]

I must have a higher opinion of myself than you -- I was going to ask for one showing hours.

[@davestinyworkshop]

Great project!

[@joell439]

Awesome episode 👍👍👍👍. Just had to laugh that you felt you couldn’t exceed 99 days ……. I know I can’t do something dumb 99 days straight. 😂🤣😂🤣

[@MrPhotodoc]

If any of those scoreboards were available (Jan. '23) they would be way over my budget!

[@RichardThompsonCA]

When you got to the point where you questioned why the led's were blinking, my first assumption was the breadboard. I once banged my head against a desk for 3 days on the stupidest tiny sketch for my arduino that was doing very confounding things that shouldn't be possible. Come to find out the breadboard was faulty, the sketch was fine. Now I avoid the cheapest level of breadboard and buy at least the mid grade. Another great vid!

[@jasonroos8431]

One of my all time favorite albums

[@Dancing_Alone_wRentals]

16:30 Uuugh, all that work only to be foiled..... 16:30 tHanks for a fun video ( Everything's Adjustable sent me)

[@robschaffer2189]

😂 I was just going to ask why you went with two digits… warped minds think alike! Can’t wait for more.

[@drewdane40]

I was one of the people who asked for you to add a sign like this to your merch store. I don't know why I would have expected you to add a cheap, mass-produced sign when your specialty is beautiful works of advertising art! Sadly, I won't be buying one from you... But you have inspired me to make something similar (though maybe a little less ambitious) and I hope that's a small consolation.

[@WesleyTreat]

I expect I may offer up an inexpensive, printed version sometime in the future. For the time being, I'll be hand fabricating the all-metal versions. 👍

[@machinist7230]

Wes, I wanted to do a similar idea, only for broken Renishaw probe tips(seriously, those%£€¥$ things are expensive!), after seeing the sticker John Saunders briefly offered. The electronics were the sticking point, but you just solved that problem, thanks!

[@MsMagicweaver]

Holy frogs I just fell in love with your brains 👻

[@Mriya6]

This is fantastic. I'd love to be able to buy the custom electronics (the bulb holder and the assembled circuit boards with code already loaded) as a kit, and just add my own transformer and button, and build the sign around them. If you were to sell the custom parts of this build as a kit I'd definitely be interested! I love wiring up electronics but I'm not advanced enough to print my own circuit boards!

[@silentr0b]

I thought I had a good joke about that second digit being just for aesthetics, but you beat me to it.

[@sgsax]

Such a fun project! Very cool design. I do appreciate how you think. 😁 Thanks for sharing!

[@DavidParker]

Beautiful! I want one… with the lights and the buzzer, although I think I’d be inventing reasons to hit it too often

[@kenc2257]

@14:35 Hey! We've seen those hands before! Isn't that Xyla?!

[@artursmihelsons415]

Excellent video, great project idea and cool sign! 👍😎

[@vidm96]

That looks awesome!

[@bobwallace5257]

Great project! Every shop needs one!

[@b3ardedbarbarian]

Absolutely loved this video! I was laughing the whole time. Thank you for helping to make this 12 hour shift bearable.

[@niniliumify]

14:45, nice Cameo!

[@SchysCraftCo.]

Very nice job. Turned out very well there Wesley. Can't wait to see more videos soon. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Keep making. God bless.

[@jimrow6704]

Outstanding!

[@sailormouthdotorg]

Wonderful build. Lots of great details. I have been looking forward to hearing the buzzer since I saw it in the circuit in recent IG post. Buzzer did not disappoint.

[@rodpotts2666]

Ok some of that blew my mind. Awesome build.

[@nicklebeezy]

Someday I want to grow up to be just like you 😆

[@DrRusty5]

I recently completed my first Arduino project, learnt so much and it worked perfectly !

[@JTWoodworks]

Haha man this is so cool!! Love that you added a sound to it too

[@WesleyTreat]

Thanks! I'll bring it to the next Maker Burn.

[@robotlionbears]

At 5:07 you can see how cool you'd look with a stache

[@paulb4uk]

Superb work it looks awesome .

[@ymemag9861]

So glad it wasn't serious, we already have one favorite stumpy nubs content creator.

[@Diamond_Hammer]

I was wondering on the second digit myself then you addressed it :D I wouldn't need it either :D Excellent, as always !!

[@danielpirone8028]

This man does love a river - also I love this channel.

[@saveriog.825]

Handsome! You can always stick a post it over the word "days" saying "hours", with a small software change! 🤣

[@Danman1972]

I think the button needs be red and since its for dumb stuff you should label it "Dumb button" Great build! The circuit boards were slick!

[@DJFARTH]

Happy 2022 Wesley, New year = New awesome stuff to make

[@jasonash9121]

Great video, Wesley! I make a lot of clock-based projects and a while back I switched to using ESP8266 chips in them. Having built-in WIFI means you can get time from an NTP server and negates the need for a dedicated clock chip. Of course, this means you have to have WIFI where you are putting the project, so it depends on your use-case. Just some food for thought.

[@maxximumb]

The problem with using WiFi / Internet for getting data is that you need to secure your device from folks on the outside of your network.

[@WesleyTreat]

Thanks! I considered connecting it to my wifi, but there would eventually be connection issues at some point and I'd have to hook up my laptop and fix them. With the RTC, I should be able to set the time and forget it, and the battery should last several years. I might consider a GPS unit for something similar in the future, but in my metal shop, that might be a problem, too.

[@adriancentra]

@@maxximumb genuinely curious why? You wouldn’t need to make it accessible for incoming connections, just get the time. If you’re worried about the NTP Server going rogue and giving a response that somehow exploits your code, maybe set up some firewall rules so that your device can’t access the rest of your network. But that seems very unlikely as it would have to be targeted. Or am I missing something here.

[@dougptankerengr759]

I wish I had something like Micro Center nearby. Once our Radio Shack left I have no local place to get electronic bits

[@digitaIgorilla]

Love it. I hope you never have to press that button ever again 😁

[@chetleonard169]

Yay! It's a WT Video!

[@donaldasayers]

Love the totally random Xyla cameo.

[@Zarlax]

This was so good. I really want to make my own circuit board. Thank you for this video!

[@NiteLynr]

Gotta love the optimism of having double digits!

[@couldhaveseenit]

Please let there be a Xyla crossover project incoming!

[@EnUsUserScreenname]

This dude always has the precision control set on max.

[@jonathankr]

Did you just make your own board? Wow.

[@tracybowling1156]

So stinkin' smart he is! I could watch him all day!

[@blairleipst4508]

I think you could also add an it/radio receiver so that you could use a key fob/transmitter to activate the reset

[@RedmarKerkhof]

So you just have to leave your door open for Xyla Foxlin to just walk in like a stray cat? Is that how it works? No need to say her name three times in front of a mirror or anything? No summoning circle made of laminated wood?

[@WesleyTreat]

In truth, I lured her with tacos.

[@droppedpasta]

Gotta get me one of those dot-matrix 3d printers

[@Lagittaja]

Won't the heat from the incandescent bulbs deform the 3D printed plastic surround eventually? Or how low powered are they?

[@WesleyTreat]

They're about 3 watts max, and I never have them turned all the way up.

[@CannaMike420]

How about a big green button and buzzer on the chalkboard? You know, dramatic effect for the bleeding !

[@xsbiggy6349]

Love the video Wes, keep up the good work

[@MsMagicweaver]

What language did you use to build the program for your home made (brilliantly might I add) motherboard, if I may ask?

[@AJB2K3]

I Haz Dumb has been used a lot lately by myself!

[@MyLilMule]

It's interesting how this has come full circle. Radio Shack used to have all this stuff, no one wanted it, now they're gone (more or less) and now Micro Center (I have one near me in NE Ohio) is picking up where they left off.

[@WesleyTreat]

I seem to remember Radio Shack made a last ditch effort to appeal to the emerging maker community shortly before they went under by carrying a few Arduino boards and such, but they half-assed it and missed their window.

[@MyLilMule]

@@WesleyTreat You're absolutely right. I was the nerdy 12 year old kid that spent his Saturday afternoons in that store browsing all the electronics kits and wishing I had the money to buy them. I managed to build a couple here and there.

[@dl_97201]

I just realized that you should call your business "Wesley Treat Foundries". That way you can abbreviate it "WTF" 😂

[@OhHeyTrevorFlowers]

That’s a sweet rivet gun.

[@WesleyTreat]

Rivet squeezer to be technical. Got it at a surplus place here in Dallas. 👍‍‍

[@BScatterplot]

Awesome vid! Two questions... What do you use for your CAD and PCB design and integration? Looks great! And what's the springy thing on the end of that drill bit?

[@WesleyTreat]

Thanks! Eagle for PCB design and Fusion for the 3D stuff. The spring is a drill stop. Link in the description. 👍‍‍

[@voltare2amstereo]

these are called egg crate displays = they make cool (hot?) outdoor clock and temp displays

[@daveash9572]

There's something about your signs which is very reminiscent of the scoreboard at Wimbledon Centre Court.

[@GHILLIESARCADEANDMORE]

Cool

[@jdniedner]

So did you and Xyla do a project together? Some Sheet Metal / Epoxy masterpiece that floats in water and cooks hot dogs?

[@WesleyTreat]

It was a last-minute visit, but I expect we'll collab at some point.

[@monteporche5552]

Question: Was the bezel printed using PLA? IF so, how does it hold up to the heat of the light bulbs being on?

[@WesleyTreat]

It works out, because at full brightness, they're too bright to look at anyway, so they're never turned higher than about 50%. At that level, I can hold my finger against them and not feel much heat at all.

[@MattTester]

With a coat of paint or a heating process to smooth it out that front 3D printed section could be made to look like old Bakelite plastic.

[@deaconblooze1]

I've found that it saves time to just paint the '0' on the board.

[@Nono-hk3is]

*slaps blinking LEDs down on table* There's your problem, right there.

[@HyperactiveNeuron]

You mean you passed up on the opportunity to use aluminum brazing sticks? LOL! You really wanted to use those rivets 🤣 We used to have like 5 Radio Shacks and a CompUSA here... Now it's an electronics wasteland 🥺

[@someguyakanoahw]

9:58 yo wes, did you cut or stab something in your right thumb? i see some red on your thumb!! i hope its healed by now