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#1 Made for fun during the lockdown
Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 10:25 am
by gninnam
#2 Re: Made for fun during the lockdown
Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 10:28 am
by gninnam
#3 Re: Made for fun during the lockdown
Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 10:34 am
by gninnam
Rummaged around to find paint in the garage and found some old tins and spray cans so mixed and matched:
The old lo-fi kit I have in the garage has an aux input so soldered some RCA sockets to the pre-amp and connected it to this and using the PI we have sounds:
And finally does it play vinyl - yep, it does (mounted a battery powered phono pre-amp in the chassis)
What next - probably dismantle as nowhere in the house to put it and on to the next project
Oh and the cat supervised the whole thing:
#4 Re: Made for fun during the lockdown
Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 10:44 am
by Cressy Snr
Crazy...
#5 Re: Made for fun during the lockdown
Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 12:14 pm
by gninnam
Aye - you have to be with this hobby...
(just realised I had already started a thread for this a few months back - never mind.....)
#6 Re: Made for fun during the lockdown
Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 12:32 pm
by Ray P
Excellent. It'll be a shame to dismantle it though!
gninnam wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 10:34 am
Oh and the cat supervised the whole thing:
That's what cats do!
I've been working from home and using Skype/teams etc. to collaborate with colleagues; generally our cat sleeps next to me but everytime I'm in a conversation she comes and sits on the laptop to check out what's going on.
#7 Re: Made for fun during the lockdown
Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 1:48 pm
by Ant
That's very cool, it'd be a real shame to pull it apart
#8 Re: Made for fun during the lockdown
Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 2:34 pm
by gninnam
Ant wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 1:48 pm
That's very cool, it'd be a real shame to pull it apart
Cheers Ant - was just for a bit of fun. Not good enough to sell either so will need to be 'stored'
#9 Re: Made for fun during the lockdown
Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 2:35 pm
by gninnam
Ray P wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 12:32 pm
Excellent. It'll be a shame to dismantle it though!
gninnam wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 10:34 am
Oh and the cat supervised the whole thing:
That's what cats do!
I've been working from home and using Skype/teams etc. to collaborate with colleagues; generally our cat sleeps next to me but everytime I'm in a conversation she comes and sits on the laptop to check out what's going on.
I was initially working from home for the first 6 weeks and the cat would hang around also. Like you, when on a call he would pop in the room and start meowing......
Been back in the office for the last few weeks - so much prefer working from there!
#10 Re: Made for fun during the lockdown
Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 2:57 pm
by Ant
Well I showed the wife it and she loved it
She enquired if I could graft a Squeezebox into the 1950s (1958 year of purchase on the original label which is still there!) ecko autochanger we have in our room
#11 Re: Made for fun during the lockdown
Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 8:05 pm
by gninnam
Ant wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 2:57 pm
Well I showed the wife it and she loved it
She enquired if I could graft a Squeezebox into the 1950s (1958 year of purchase on the original label which is still there!) ecko autochanger we have in our room
Go for it (if it will fit that is)
#12 Re: Made for fun during the lockdown
Posted: Sat May 23, 2020 9:19 pm
by Ray P
Ant wrote: ↑Sat May 23, 2020 2:57 pm
She enquired if I could graft a Squeezebox into the 1950s (1958 year of purchase on the original label which is still there!) ecko autochanger we have in our room
Your Ecko is almost as old as me! I hope nobody suggests I need 'embellshing' wiith some new stuff - keep it original Ant, with your skills you could make a 'reproduction' type piece...
#13 Re: Made for fun during the lockdown
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 6:09 pm
by Mike H
@ gninnam I am impressed.
Spookily you have chosen the same colours as my Dansette Autochanger
#14 Re: Made for fun during the lockdown
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 6:32 pm
by gninnam
Mike H wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2020 6:09 pm
@ gninnam I am impressed.
Spookily you have chosen the same colours as my Dansette Autochanger
Cheers Mike - love to see a pic of the Dansette (had one as a child - well shared with my brother and sister), fond memories!
So - dismantled the music centre and put away.
Found another unfinished Lenco project (must be about 5 years old if not more....)
Was designed to take larger arms (which I was working on but again never finished) such as 14 and 16 inch!!
Who know's, may have another go at finishing it off - but van work first :rolleyes:
#15 Re: Made for fun during the lockdown
Posted: Sun May 24, 2020 7:00 pm
by Ray P
Shame about dismantling the music centre but I guess there's only so much space for keeping stuff! I did like the RPi and screen though and it's got me thinking about something like it - was it a touch screen or just a display?