[Scratch build] Zaccaria Piggybank - Let the cash flow in !

[Etienne MacGyver]

Thanks for the offer andre, but in this one i will not intergrate a real monitor.

Talking about monitors, time for an experiment..
As space is an issue, i thought i could maybe save some space by replacing the 6 batteries by 1 battery

i mean 6x 1,5volts is 9 volts right ? 



Soldering the switch contacts of the 3 units together..



Testing the individual unit before connecting them in series..



Well the idea was to chain the 3 units together, 3x 3 volts in series is 9 volts....

so far for the theory...., the practical side did something different as you can see ..



some of the LED's on the first unit in the chain started without even switching them on ....

and just long enough to take this pic, after that the led's went off and never on after that..

i smoked the first unit 

so i decided to use the other two units and connect them parallel to one pair of batteries..  that works
so now i got some spare batteries 

[PaulSwan]

You should have run the three lights off of one 2 x 1.5V AA pack. The batteries will last one third less time but the voltage will be right.

Because these are switching LED lights they wont work properly in parallel - you can only do a parallel hookup if the loads are pure constant resistance (generally) like traditional light bulbs.

Try again

Paul.

[Etienne MacGyver]

another setback today  

i started to gut the "speech module" to integrate in the cab..
No problems so far..



After i took it apart, i accidently pressed the record button, which erased my recorded sample  
anyway , that was not the worst, after soldering the extention wires, the unit died completely on me  
I tried everything, but no go, i could record a sample, but the volume of the playback was unhearable, so i think with soldering i fried something..

anyway, new unit ordered..



good , after that i cutted the monitor part where the LED's need to go.
the two units cover each a word "money"  




under the hole i just glued a bigger part of wood, and that was exactly deep enough to fit the heights of the LED's.




I verified the height with the "monitor area"



for the next speech unit i decided to integrate it completely on the bottom of the cab, with a hole in the bottom for the speaker.
re-recording and changing batteries can be done from the other side of the unit so that is also nice, since that part is accesible through the backdoor..

and because of my demolition, i got a spare set of batteries  

so you see , every bad thing has its good thing  

[Superully]

etienne, you really have to turn the game off from time to time, otherwise you will get some serious screenburn there!

[2-mad]

This game is not running .. it's still burned I think .. (eh ?)   

Didi

[Etienne MacGyver]

Yeah, its off, but it has the more advanced screenburn..

COLOR screenburn ! 

[level42]

...mmmmm, I think it needs a cap-kit ! :p

[Etienne MacGyver]

While waiting for the new "speech module" to arrive, i started to sand and paint the "visible parts"

there will be lots of parts covered by scanned sealed artwork but the ledges need to be black, so here we go..

Sanding ready..




In position ready for spraypainting ..




Backdoor finished, i did sprayed that totally since i dont know what to do yet, leave it painted, or use the scanned back
we will see what fits best..



black paint applied on the nessecary places..




After drying i am thinking to cover all that pain up with varnish just to make it more "durable"
(and because i still have this lying around   )



Next up, installing the artwork...

[Etienne MacGyver]

Yesterday i glued the first sideart on the cabinet..



I used a modified version of the "superully's pressure method"
1x 10 liter, and 1x 5 liters makes 15 KG of pressure  




Here is the sideart with the edges trimmed ..




Then me and my little helper installed the "back-art".
I think this is a very unique cab, since i never saw a cab with back-art before  




And also the kickplate area with coindoor we glued in place..



Now i glued the other sideart and its in the shed under "the pressure" again..

[Superully]

probably my favorite topic this year! here's a request on what you have to do when the project is finished: i would love to see a "lord of the rings"-technique photo where you put the cab in the foreground and your litle helper in the background. if you align the cab and your son perfectly, it'll look as if he was playing the game!!! hope you know what i mean ...

[Belike]

Backdoor arts are awesome and it is also great, that the sidearts looks used, like 30 years old.

[gyruss]

Hahaha awesome! Must be fun to do this together with your son.

[Etienne MacGyver]

@ Ully, That is a major compliment !  Thanks !

@ Bela, I can garanty you that the sidearts are brand new 

@ Gyruss, Yes, it is , and i can already see he has got alot of my genes, he likes it very much himself
i am not asking him in any form to help, but he wants it, so i let him 

[level42]

Hmmmm....I have a Pong feeling about this. I think you'll get a call because it shows a problem after it's overflowing with money !

 

[Etienne MacGyver]

Ully, I think you mean like this ?