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This week I was working on the word clock and we received the new ring terminals and metal brackets. Monday was when I installed ring terminals with Bella and Jaspreet. Jaspreet and Bella both drilled in the new metal brackets from Metal Fab. The frame turned out to be much more sturdier. Now with the new ring terminals, we were able to screw them into the metal bar. We tested the connections and made found out that the wires from the power supply wasn't working. I figured that it must have been the difference between the wires we used to crimp onto. I swapped the original, single, to multi-strands.

After fixing that issue on Tuesday, all the connections worked. We decided to test the power through finally turning the power supply on. However, the lights were not turning on and I thought it was a problem with the ESP32 board. This day was when the shop was having router issues and thus the board couldn't connect to the WiFi which was the main reason why the LEDs never turned on.

On Wednesday, I was able to turn on the power supply and see the LEDs turn on. However, when I tried to change the color on the web server, it didn't work. I was confused and thought I had the wrong address. I asked Mr. Christy about the issue and he explained that the address for the web server must have changed because previously it wasn't registered/saved. The new address was given to me and I was freely able to change the colors. This day I also worked on finishing the hinges on my jewelry box.

Thursday, I continued to work on my hinges and was able to make more changes to the box itself. I added another slot for the acrylic to go into the top of the box. This should allow a more easier glue time and strong structure.