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Originally Posted by macdaddynick1

This is awesome. I am not that tech savvy, but I found the potentiometer, 555 board and the clippard solenoid. What I couldn't figure out is the size of the resistor. Thanks for doing this walk trough.

Note that the 555 can't power the solenoid directly. An N channel FET or an NPN transistor is required. Also, to get the different duty cycle the 555 board needs a diode in the timing circuit. You can bodge it in if need be.

I'll post a complete schematic and suggested parts today, and plan on doing a build soon to validate it.