DIY Battery Cover for YN468-II

The YN468-II has good features and a dependable enough flash for its price, but  the plastic they used on the battery cover just doesn't cut it. After some time, the hinges broke, then it even split in half. I was able to repair the cover, but after a rough event, we lost it.

Was planning to replace it with plastic as well, but I found that the metal cover for desktop pci slots seemed like a good fit. I cut, bent and filed it into shape. I took contacts/connector from an old/broken flash and placed it using Nail Polish and Masking Tape (since the cover is metal, insulating it from the contacts is critical). I left it under the sun to dry and harden.

I'm happy to report that it works well, and I might keep the metal finish as it looks more badass XD.

Power Thirst?

In my previous post, I wrote about my UPS dying on me and having to buy a discounted one.

This time, thanks to my sister's faulty car battery, I was able to revive my Emerson UPS :D
So far it can power a 130Watt CRT for 30mins. Not too impressive, but a few charge-drain cycles might improve the capacity :D

Maybe I'll call it IPS, for Intimidating Power Supply :P

Quest for the Standee

Today marks a milestone in an aspect of having a photobooth business that took me too long to accomplish. Cardboard Standees.

At first I asked my aunt to make them, but that was too much effort for her and slightly expensive. I then just left it out of the freebies, and just added a few minutes to the booth duration.

I then tried asking around and found a die-cutting shop across the street. The whole process was so alien to me that it took me a couple of visits and lots of procrastination to finally ask for a quote. They never got back to me and that really put me off (wow, am i really that affected by rejection?)

Funny thing is there is another shop a couple of doors away that offer die-cutting too. I asked for a quote and they were able to give one right away. They don't have paper though so I started on that.

I asked Marl if he knew a place and he did. Emerald Commercial in Cubao. We met there and he helped me choose and decide on the cardboard/paper. So I bought 60 pieces of Foldcote #15 (31.5 inches x 41 inches) at 16php each, which is probably good for 2k standees.

I brought the paper to Ginwin Enterprises (the 2nd shop), but as I feared, they didn't cut the big sheets to size. They were kind enough to have it cut at the 1st shop for me :)

960 php: FoldCote #15 Cardboard
150 php: Cutting service
228 php: Blade frame
440 php: Frame die-cut service (2k pieces)
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1,778 php = 0.889 php per standee! :D


Next time I'll try to buy specialty paper from Star Corp and have them cut it up too. Might be better/prettier, but I'm happy with what I have now :)

Thanks to all who helped :D