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As some people may know, for several months my scanner consisted of a jumble of parts hot glued to a wooden project board ;D
As luck would have it on the way home from the post office I spotted some large electrical equipment at someone's curb and further inspection revealed two Baldwin EA5 amplifiers - probably from an old organ or something. I got them wired up and found one to be perfectly functional, and the second completely dead.
Oh and did I mention these things are made of solid bolted steel? Yeah they weigh a ton. But this is perfect as the dead amplifier would now become the new home of my lasershow system
Pics time:
The amplifier before I began to tear it down
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A tad dusty
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The transformer in this thing was huge
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Completely gutted case
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Some initial testing and component placement
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Then just today I went to a local surplus place and got a pound and a half of fine threaded bolts, nuts, washers, and some springs to make some adjustable mounts for lasers and optics so I could finally get past my hot glue obsession
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Running
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Front compartment shot
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Entire overhead shot
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Still needs some general tidying, but this is basically a long-term project with upgrades coming whenever I get some extra money, my current plans in the works are combining another 803t diode and upgrading the 110mw red to a LOC
Here's a youtube video overview showing me powering up and running the scanner
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBZ4Fys93NU&feature=channel_page[/media]
As luck would have it on the way home from the post office I spotted some large electrical equipment at someone's curb and further inspection revealed two Baldwin EA5 amplifiers - probably from an old organ or something. I got them wired up and found one to be perfectly functional, and the second completely dead.
Oh and did I mention these things are made of solid bolted steel? Yeah they weigh a ton. But this is perfect as the dead amplifier would now become the new home of my lasershow system
Pics time:
The amplifier before I began to tear it down
Click Image to Enlarge
A tad dusty
Click Image to Enlarge Image Hosting
The transformer in this thing was huge
Click Image to Enlarge
Completely gutted case
Click Image to Enlarge
Some initial testing and component placement
Click Image to Enlarge
Then just today I went to a local surplus place and got a pound and a half of fine threaded bolts, nuts, washers, and some springs to make some adjustable mounts for lasers and optics so I could finally get past my hot glue obsession
Click Image to Enlarge
Running
Click Image to Enlarge
Front compartment shot
Click Image to Enlarge
Entire overhead shot
Click Image to Enlarge
Still needs some general tidying, but this is basically a long-term project with upgrades coming whenever I get some extra money, my current plans in the works are combining another 803t diode and upgrading the 110mw red to a LOC
Here's a youtube video overview showing me powering up and running the scanner
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBZ4Fys93NU&feature=channel_page[/media]