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nice work, a great looking build. much nicer wiring and the point to point construction is definitely a good choice.

Thanks for your comment, I'm glad things are working well for you and that I was able to teach you something.

You're right, so I added a bold and capitalized paragraph warning people of the dangers of working with electricity without precautions.

Yes that will work, just omit the transformer, bridge rectifier, and reduce the large capacitors from 10kuF to 100uF. Also use 7809 regulators.

It was done in Sketchup, I've added a file to Step 1 https://www.instructables.com/files/orig/F7N/DBHB/JDF28X4C/F7NDBHBJDF28X4C.skp

your voltage is too high I think. follow the listed specs for the LED or it won't last long. Try a 1W or try to diffuse the brighter LED further. Cree makes some tiny high power LEDs which may work for you as well. It's a tough problem.

Hi, I know what you mean about that. Modern LEDs are multiple junctions inside a single package which results in odd shapes. The best way to handle this is to put a small piece of diffusion material over it. Just enough to change the shape back to round and spread some of the light out so there aren't any bright patches, although that may not be a big issue. The real issue is the shape.If you can cut a piece of plastic or something to cover it, that would work.If you want to drop to a weaker LED, look for ones that are rounded and have a cloudier interior that prevents you from seeing the junction clearly. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10PCS-1W-3w-High-power-led-pure-white-warm-white-cool-white-Factory-wholesale-Free-Shipping/1676224972.htmlDoing this project with three high powe...

Hi, I know what you mean about that. Modern LEDs are multiple junctions inside a single package which results in odd shapes. The best way to handle this is to put a small piece of diffusion material over it. Just enough to change the shape back to round and spread some of the light out so there aren't any bright patches, although that may not be a big issue. The real issue is the shape.If you can cut a piece of plastic or something to cover it, that would work.If you want to drop to a weaker LED, look for ones that are rounded and have a cloudier interior that prevents you from seeing the junction clearly. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10PCS-1W-3w-High-power-led-pure-white-warm-white-cool-white-Factory-wholesale-Free-Shipping/1676224972.htmlDoing this project with three high power RGB lasers, mixed with a prism into a white beam and then spread by a lens into a wide beam would be a neat way to do this project now, I think. I don't know if it would work but I think it could. The lasers going through the pinholes may cause weird interference patterns and would look neat but not look like stars. Also diffraction through the pinholes may cause rainbow stars instead of white stars.

This is great. I thank you for using a design that doesn't hurt the camera.I once tried to make a motorized slit scan camera from a broken pentax SLR and failed due to a number of issues with the mechanisms, but I never thought to wind the film backwards instead of forwards. It's a much better idea and is so much simpler. Thank you for the genius spark that can get me back to that project.

In retrospect I wish I had done something more along those lines. It would have simplified and made a much better final product. Live and learn.

Do you find the across the 6" length of the tubing is flat? I want to do this as well but I am worried the tubes are not rectangular but slightly "crowned" which would cause a part to rock side to side if placed on just one tube.

thanks for sharing

you're right, there is an error there. the photodiode output goes to pin 21.

I would recommend you try to figure out a way to make a new drum for a off-the-shelf music box mechanism. A little one like this; http://www.blokeystuff.com.au/ProductImages/838310...The way I built mine is not applicable at the traditional music box mechanism scale. Possibly you could drill very small holes in a metal drum and insert small pieces of steel wire, but it would be precision machining work. Possibly it could be 3d printed, with tiny holes for the steel wire "notes".

in testing it appeared to work fine. the spring is strong enough to be useful but not too strong to overpower the timer. The timer didn't seem to run fast from pressing the handle so I tried it. when wound halfway it ran for the prescribed half hour, and works to track stars.

Can you explain what you mean further? I don't believe the spring has any effect on timing

I would recommend finding a small slow moving motor like one from a microwave for the turntable inside. those usually run about 5-6 rpm. Using a motor like that to make a rotating base would make all the projections rotate. to selectively obscure some, i would make the projector stationary and use that same motor to rotate a large upside down bowl over top of the projector. cut a slot in the bowl as big as you need to let the light through. somehow youll have to make a platform that would let the bowl rotate but not the projector, which is not that easy with a simple motor. youll need to make it very bright for it to be seen in a big room with other lights on.hopefully that gives you some ideas to get going.

It's part of the utilitarian aesthetic of Tom Sach's work.

All I saw was the thumbnail and instantly knew who that was supposed to be. I'd say that's a pretty good sign of success. Great job.

Sorry I can't think of anything that would improve battery life. The hack should not result in a change in battery performance.

You can connect more matching batteries in parallel with the original battery to increase the battery life.

frankly I don't understand a lot of your questions. If you elaborate maybe I could help. The tines in those music boxes deflect very little and are plucked by small and short nibs on the drum. acrylic will probably be too weak.

if you're talking about the little hand-cranked ones, I think what is happening is there are vibrating tines in the base, and they are made to vibrate all the time by the cranking movement, but a metal wheel sits on the tine and stops it from making sound. When the hole in the paper comes by, the wheel can lift up slightly into the paper hole, which allows the note to ring for a moment. Slots in the paper allow for longer notes. This is my guess based on the pictures I can find.

Nice work. Glad it was helpful for you. If you can make room for a bigger fan, that would help make it quieter.

I agree, 0.3A is very low. I would not use something so low next time. I haven't had any issues with it though, running several pedals. The thing is, it can deliver more than 300mA, but the voltage at the transformer secondary may drop lower than 18V AC, but there is a lot of voltage headroom in the design.There's really no chance for an issue until the transformer overheats to the point of failure, which would take some doing.

Can you explain more?

I attached some PDFs I found, might be useful for you.

I attached some PDFs I found, might be useful for you.

I attached some PDFs I found, might be useful for you.

Or just adjust the ISO to compensate.

Looking at my pictures, I count 4 potentiometers total. I imagine there could be high/low sensitivity or limit setting pots, but I suspect the one near the metal can (which I believe is an operational amplifier) could be a gain-adjust. I suggest tuning that one until you have linearity in readings, then adjust the others to try to get the right values at high and low EVs. If this is just for you and your linearity is fine but the reading is simply off, maybe identify the error and mark it on the unit so you can do quick math in your head? ie. adding 1/2 an EV to each reading to correct for the error.

Hi John, looks like you did a fantastic job on it. I'm glad to hear you managed to make use of the information I provided.