Al – I know it “can” be done (shhhhh – I had a hand in a prototype to test something for, er, somebody…. NDA’s prevent further detail), but it was ugly as sin and even then had only sufficient strength for the intended bodged test before it fell off.
If I was going to do it again I would bring the full power of my commercial tools/software/instruments on it and do the science properly as, IMO, to let it loose in the real world on such a safety crital area was madness – and TBH, I don’t have the time right now (and the time required would be obvious around the office).
Happy to offer hints and tips as you go along, but without doing to the n’th degree as above, you’re man-in-a-shed approach is as good as it’ll get with all the caveats that go along with it.