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Yeah, I also used to like AvE's tool teardowns, I felt he did a good job explaining the little things you wouldn't think about, where companies cut costs, and if those cost/perf tradeoffs were done in a smart way or if it would bite you.

Enter covid, and he's ranting about US politics and trucker convoys. Unsubscribed and haven't watched him since, tbh the channel was going downhill before then, but that was the straw that broke the camels back.

Sad to hear he kept up with the bad views, but not surprising.

Take out any spinning rust and pack those in a foam HDD case. Number them as you pull them for easy reinstall.

Put a bit of plywood under the rack, ratchet strap it, and now you can put it on a dolly without the lip hitting the equipment as you try and lift it. For avoiding it falling off the dolly, use a 2nd ratchet strap and wrap it around the chassis / dolly.

Put a 2nd piece of plywood on top once its in the uhaul so you can load more boxes on top... Maybe even do that at first so the initial strap is securing it as well.

As for the bottom plywood, if you add some felt pads, then it will help you shimmy the chassis into / out of its position once its unloaded. I have my rack vhb taped to ply with felt under it and recommend it to people IRL a fair bit.

oh thanks for the heads up!

Yeah, or even something in the middle where you still use a cheap microcontroller and the hall effect sensor to track distance without any treats. You would have to find a way to get the cat running in the first place though.

It seems like people have better luck getting the larger semi-domesticated savannah cats / similar to use the wheel than domestic house cats without training

I wanted to make a human sized wheel to bring to opensauce that dispenses candy thats the equivalent to the calories you burned, or possibly had motors acting as a generator that powered up a power bank for people to charge their phones from!

Thanks for the feedback though, and glad you liked it :)