Cobra-matic : Retro Bakelite Phonograph

[Langer]

Looking good mate, keep it up!

[Mach]

Thanks Langer! I'll get back after it this weekend.

[Mach]

Hey folks, small update as the weekend progress fell victim to jet lag. Wound up stripping the bezel again cause the paint didn't stick to the pot metal on a pea sized place on the top edge. Tried to convince myself it wouldn't bother me but in the end, had to re-do it. Waiting on more paint now as none of the auto parts stores had it in stock.

Mounted the switch plate and the volume control encoder. I hope to get the on off switch mounted this week.

Started work on the servo lift mechanism. I've landed on a crank slider setup. Still needs to be tested against the lifting capacity of the mondo servo.

[Mach]

Doesn't look like the slider crank is going to work either. It comes down to space and time at this point. Take a look at the test fit:

There's about 5-6 inches for the crank to fully extend on close. The PSU is going to be in the way and a psu duct still needs to be added. A linear actuator might still work but I'm going to cut my losses on the idea of a lid lift. Disappointing to say the least but not enough space and I'd like to finish this mod some time soon.

[DonT-FeaR]

that looks cool

what is the original thing again... ive seemed to of forgoten.

[Mach]

It was a phonograph or record player.

[DonT-FeaR]

ahhhh its all clear now... that makes it even better nice work

[Vision]

Now, this is what I call a piece of work! Excellent, can't wait to see it finished

Vision

[Mach]

Thanks Vision!

A brief update this time to show that I haven't forgotten the mod. Just been stuck at that 90% mark for the last week or so with small changes here and there.

Buffed out the bezel which came out a little greener than expected but not too bad otherwise. Still need to add white paint for the letters.

The knob in the center didn't match with bare brass so as much as it kills me, I had to paint it also. First try failed so that's next on the to do list.

Converted the switch on the Bigboy fan to a rotary switch for the front knob.

The rotary switch is a 3 way light switch from a lamp that I cut down to clear the fan when mounted.

Installed the sound card and the wireless card with a few tweaks to the hold down bracket and antenna. The cards attach to the bottom of the case which is the reverse of the brackets requiring a chop and flip.

Also painted the video card cable ends. The white connectors didn't go with anything in the case.

Still a bunch of wiring and cable-gami to do. Traveling this week and next so not much on the update front planned til after. Thanks for looking.

[DonT-FeaR]

cool i know about the 90% mark

my case has been at 90% mark for like 2 months now

only get 1/2 day to work on it a week so its understandable


nice work