thekage
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« on: October 22, 2008, 12:57:14 PM » |
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Any pictures of you work spaces? Got a sweet bread board setup? Build a custom workbench? Got a cool re-purposed container for holding all those resisters and bits? Show it off a little bit!
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need_a_haircut
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« Reply #2 on: October 22, 2008, 08:24:44 PM » |
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Location: Melbourne, Australia.
Clockwise from top Left:
- Component Drawers
- Zip-Lock Bag Collection (components that won't fit in the drawers...)
- Boxes of Op-Amps
- Speakers, Transformers & Germanium Stuff
- Unfinished Projects
- Tool Drawers
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salocin
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« Reply #3 on: October 23, 2008, 03:00:26 PM » |
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Where abouts to you get those speakers from? I'm on the hunt for a supply at the moment, preferably localish (i'm in NZ so Aust. would be ok) Nice to see the Rowley box too  I have a stack of about 15 different Rowley boxes which hold all of my salvaged boards etc. Will post pics of my space later |
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need_a_haircut
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« Reply #4 on: October 24, 2008, 12:32:07 AM » |
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the speakers are 8" full-rangers from a PA system. those shown are the "other" 8 . i salvaged 16 of them and am currently making a 8 x 8" general purpose amp for my bass (in stereo). like i said in my introductory post from way back, i basically inherited a whole electronics store's inventory (the inventory of a 1991 electronics store, that is). makes obsolete components (in 2008) a little easier to find!
the most reliable source of cheap(er) speakers is probably jaycar, as most of the other electronics stores (like dick smith) are moving out of the component trade and more into consumer electronics. jaycar is in NZ also, right?
and yes, never throw away a shoebox!
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para
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« Reply #5 on: October 24, 2008, 08:26:22 AM » |
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for a little while i was trying to keep up with taking daily photos of the workspace like keitel in smoke, just thought one day it would be nice to look back on but after a few weeks i got too busy to care. lots of old shit in there too http://www.flickr.com/photos/28263973@N03/steven |
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para
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« Reply #7 on: November 10, 2008, 07:45:22 PM » |
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absolutely not, i just couldn't afford anything better. managed to get a wes51 not long ago and i love it. that old one is just a piece of metal that gets hot in comparison to the wes51 which is an “instrument”
steven
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samwhite
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« Reply #8 on: November 10, 2008, 08:09:32 PM » |
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yeah I couldn't stand to do as much soldering as I think you do with that stick. I didn't think a little weller one wasn't that pricey, I don't even remember now.
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para
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« Reply #9 on: November 10, 2008, 09:32:22 PM » |
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i haven't even had the weller a year. i did a LOT of work with that shitty radio shack iron, tip after tip, grinding them down and shit. i actually thought that all tips "dissolved" the way those do so i wasn't looking forward to spending over $5ea. on weller tips. then i asked someone smarter then i and he said they last for over a year. my weller tips are all as nice as the day i got them so that makes them worth the price right there.
but desperate times are what they are and i’m glad i clocked all those hours with that thing
steven
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birt
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« Reply #10 on: November 11, 2008, 07:34:03 AM » |
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para
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« Reply #11 on: November 11, 2008, 01:37:24 PM » |
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hey birt nice setup. that lift looks like a cool idea, have any photos of it alone so i can see how you built it?
steven
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salocin
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« Reply #12 on: November 11, 2008, 02:21:48 PM » |
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hey birt nice setup. that lift looks like a cool idea, have any photos of it alone so i can see how you built it? I've been needing to build something like that for a while now. I too would be quite keen to see some photos of how you've built it. |
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birt
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« Reply #13 on: November 12, 2008, 12:35:41 PM » |
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i don't have a picture of these things alone but this might be clearer:  the vertical boards can be folded down. the sides (pieces of wood with rubber on top) that hold the amp can be set to 5 different angles. these are prototypes, i will make better ones some day. |
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para
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« Reply #14 on: November 12, 2008, 03:02:27 PM » |
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i'm wondering about the little things that are holding the case at an angle from the inside.
steven
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