Zombii Report and Video

[chromesphere]

Bench grinder.

Jacob

Makes sense to me thanks Jacob

[redbean]

... my dad had one in his garage, mounted onto a bench, and you sharpen chisels and stuff with it.  Its got 2 spinning discs.  Its probably also called an angle grinder...

Smell of garlic..?  The smell is hte same as...You know those womens fake nail shops you walk past and the fumes hit you?  Those nails are acrylic, and they smell the same. 

Careful. I've messed up the grinding discs when shaving down the plexiglass -- it melts and sticks to it. My solution was to turn on and off the grinder power switch so that it was not spinning so fast (it's very old and has no RPM setting other than warp drive ), and then grinding the plexiglass a little, then hitting the on-off switch again, etc.

Also, the burning plexiglass fumes/dust can be very toxic, so be careful.

[chromesphere]

I noticed the people in those fake nail shops wearing face masks   Thanks for the tip.

One other thing i forgot to mention.  Ribbon Cable is my new friend.  5 knobs in a 1590b would otherwise be a messy afair but if you look at the wired up box around 7 mins in the clip, you'll notice, and i dont mean to blow my own trumpet here, but the guts are looking pretty dam neat.  Theres no way i personally could have made the wiring that clean with single cables. 
Yeah its good stuff.  Give it a go!
Paul

[teknoman2]

Nice job,

I just saw your video and it was awesome,

I am building the zombii right now and I would like to ask you what type of transistors should I use.

I am going to order them from http://www.smallbearelec.com

which one should I order?

Thanx a lot.

[chromesphere]

Hey Tecknoman2,

You can use any germanium fuzz face set.  Check the gain ranges, but its usually something like 70 and 110.  Any germanium transistor will work, each with their own subtle affect on tone.  I think i used an 'all american' set.  That was before i could measure my own.  I would be interested to hear some russians in this effect....yeah so anyway, any fuzz face set will work.

Good luck!
Paul

[teknoman2]

Thanks Paul for the advice,

I am between these ones :

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AC128-Germanium-PNP-Transistors-2-pcs-Fuzz-Face-set-/110588794305?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19bf9b15c1

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AC128-Germanium-PNP-Trannies-2-pcs-Fuzz-Factory-set-/110617262967?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19c14d7b77

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AC128-Germanium-Transistors-PNP-2pcs-Tested-Fuzz-Face-/130690499272?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e6dc2c2c8

Which one would you suggest?

I believe the fuzz factory set will be the best for zombii.

Do you agree?

Panagiotis

[chromesphere]

I think any of those sets will be ok but you might as well go for the fuzz factory set because 1) its cheaper and 2) includes q1 (2n3904)
Paul

[teknoman2]

Thanx mate.

[ChrisNY]

Cool video. Semi-related.  What size is the nut on the 1/4" jacks?  I want to order a socket for fixed wrench for those as I currently use pliers and it's no fun.