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Convert a speaker to a battery-powered amplifier

This looks good--http://hackaday.com/2012/08/13/convert-a-speaker-to-a-battery-powered-amplifying-party-box/The article at Hack A Day links to www.instructables.com/id/Portable-Retro-Hi-Fi-Speaker/Pertinent details: this speaker encloses a 12v 1.2 mAh sealed lead-acid battery.  Also on the board is an amplifier…See More
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Convert a speaker to a battery-powered amplifier

Posted on August 13, 2012 at 11:37pm 0 Comments

This looks good--

http://hackaday.com/2012/08/13/convert-a-speaker-to-a-battery-powered-amplifying-party-box/

The article at Hack A Day links to www.instructables.com/id/Portable-Retro-Hi-Fi-Speaker/

Pertinent details: this speaker encloses a 12v 1.2 mAh sealed lead-acid battery.  Also on the…

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School Boxes

Posted on March 27, 2012 at 11:54am 2 Comments

My second CBG was given to a child and I wasn't too worried about it being "politically incorrect" on account of the smoking connection because his parents are smokers.  But, I probably won't do it again.  Instead, I'll use a school box like this from Amazon-- This box is manufactured by General Box Company,…

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CBG #2

Posted on March 25, 2012 at 8:03pm 1 Comment

Cardboard box with very light reinforcing.  The neck is birch veneer and the box reinforcing is really light pine or something like that--all the wood came from a pallet made in Europe.  The lid is held on with four tiny screws.…

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CBG number 1

Posted on March 21, 2012 at 12:17pm 2 Comments

My first CBG.  I didn't have a box handy so I built one about 8 1/2 x 11 x 1 1/2 inches.  The top, bottom, and fret board are a…

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At 8:54pm on April 14, 2012, Wichita Sam said…

Thanks for the comment.... Glad to be your friend.  Wichita Sam

At 12:44pm on April 11, 2012, Malcolm Wright said…

Hey Dan - good to hear from you over there! I'm kinda thinking Medway in Ohio is a bit prettier than Medway in England! We're a very built up densely populated area about 30 miles east of London in the county of Kent. Very historic area - my house is about 120 years old (relatively new by local standards!) but I look out onto a church which is 11th century so people have lived here for a heck of a long time!! Catch up with you soon fella with CBG gossip and news from this side of the pond. All the best, Malc.

At 4:35am on March 26, 2012, Phillip Robert said…

Welcome Dan....°<[:-) [---]==={

 
 
 

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