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End of the weekend - Are you making a walkotron?

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Did you get a chance to learn how to make your own walkman mellotron this weekend? Make sure to check it out and subscribe to get all of them downloaded automatically!

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Posted by: Drillbit97 on September 30, 2007 at 4:35 PM

nope, sorry it was not interesting in the least. Been making stuff from metacafe....

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Posted by: philliptorrone on September 30, 2007 at 5:01 PM

@Drillbit97 - what interesting "stuff" are you making from metacafe?

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Posted by: JPMartineau on September 30, 2007 at 11:26 PM

Well, I found it interesting. Perhaps the only thing that bothered me with this project is the "consumer whore" aspect of it, needing to buy a bunch of walkmans, which at 2$ each, must be made out of ground up children.

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Posted by: Bre on September 30, 2007 at 11:43 PM

Hey JPMartineau,

We found used walkmans for 2 bucks... were probably considerably more in the 80s. Of course the ultimate would be to make this out of those yellow sony sports walkmans... I love the design on those!

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Posted by: TheThompsonFive on October 1, 2007 at 5:36 AM

This was a great project, and I hope to find time for it soon. Y'know what I'd like to see? A project that uses up a dozen CRT monitors. They are piling up all over the place. Never mind two bucks a pop, people will pay you to take them.

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Posted by: JPMartineau on October 1, 2007 at 10:23 PM

Oh yeah, the yellow sports Walkmans were sweet.

I guess it's all good if it's '80s surplus that would have ended up in a landfill if not used!

Oh Bre, BTW, I made the first weekend project. The workbench. It's a simple build, and it's rock solid. Love it.

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