Homebrew Trailcameras

[bow4elk]

With all that chili, I'm guessing the windows are cracked a tad for the drive home  sounds like a great day hacking cameras!

[Ridgeratt]

was great to put some faces with screen names! There was a ton of knowledge put out in the time we had. Thanks to BigDave for being the host and Bones and Gramps for putting up with all the ROOKIES

[BobR]

  I would like to thank Big Dave for his hospitality, and also Gramps for his hard work.  I am sure you guys saw that Gramps has building the cases down pat. He will be a leader in this camera building very soon. When I saw how many were there with cameras this morning, I was ready to sneak out the back door, but there was no back door. I wish we had more time. If anyone needs to see a picture or an explanation on any part of finishing their camera please let me know.. 
  I really enjoyed meeting everyone, and I wish we were closer so we could get together again. We did not have much time to visit and get to know everyone. I am really anxious to see pictures from your cameras.
Bob

[Grizzly95]

Thanks for the help today Bones and Gramps, it was a great time.

Bones, I tore the 55 apart again when I got home and found the red wire had broke loose, I can almost look back at when I was in reassembly mode and pinpoint when I was trying to get it to snap back together and it came loose. Anyway I got out my soldering iron and put it back on and it works great. After getting a glimpse inside the cameras I feel more confident attacking the project solo; I re-read the yeti cam site and now it all makes sense. Once again, thanks for coming up and schooling us. Thanks BigDave for the hospitality and chow, it was great.

All the local guys should feel confident enough to do it now too, plus now that we have met it will be an easy thing to get a hold of eachother and get them done. I will get a case tomorrow and be out in the garage tomorrow trying to wrap mine up, then off to the pawn shops and ebay to start looking for another camera.

[bigdave]

Thanks Bones and Gramps for coming up to help us out! Thanks also to all who could attend. It was sure great to meet you all. Can't wait to get my cam finished and set out to take some pics!

Dave

[Ridgeratt]

Here are some test photos after the camera festival yesterday. Had to use the tree rat jar for subjects!!

[Machias]

Nice photos!!!   

[gramps]

Thanks to BigDave for hosting the get-together Sat.  I enjoyed meeting everyone and look forward to seeing some of the pictures from the cameras.

[whacker1]

Thank You to BigDave for hosting and making some fantastic Moose Chilli.
Thank You to Ridgeratt for providing the moose for the Chilli
thank You for Bones and Gramps for making the trek.

Enjoyed meeting everybody - Learned a lot and will be making several cameras this spring.

[walt]

I too had a great time Saturday and learned a bunch.  Thanks BigDave for hosting, Bones and gramps for sharing your knowledge, and to all of the guys who made it out it was nice to meet you all. 

[rackattack]

Couldn't make it to the party from the west side, but I've been keeping pretty close attention to this topic and gave it a go on my own.  Here is the result, and everything seems to be working good so far.  I will deploy it in the field tomorrow.  The next one should go a lot easier.

[rackattack]

Grizzly, it is actually a w80.  I had to go back after I took the photos and add the power switch after I learned it is a pain in the a$$ having to unplug the battery every time you make an adjustment on the control board.  I built a small bracket on the inside to hold the switch.  I really didn't want it exposed outside so anyone could turn it off.   

[bow4elk]

Did you use the pressure release valve on the case as your hole location for the eye bolts?  I haven't heard anyone discuss this yet.  I started wondering about summertime with cool nights and hot days, and the possibility of pressure/heat building inside the case.  Any thoughts on this?

[ORDoubleLung]

Did you guys do an external battery mod also?  Does anyone have the solder points for this?  I know you can't run the Ion battery in parallel with the battery pack but I'm not sure about the solder points.

[BobR]

Ordoublelung,   Welcome. The solder points are at the top right corner of the main board on the front of the camera. You will see three solder pads, and where the three wires from the battery compartment are soldered to this board. (W80 and W90). You will see a red wire soldered to the top pad, a white wire soldered to the second pad, and a black wire soldered to the bottom pad. The pads for the red and white wire are the pads for external battery power.  The W200 has three ribbon cables instead of wires soldered to these three pads, but they are in the same order. You need the larger 1060 case to have room for external power. If anyone ever decided to do this I can post more details. I don't think external power is necessary for these cameras.

 By the way, I hate "Bones" so from now on I am BobR.
Bob