a few cool things

After struggling with the rear variator and not having the special Honda tools to take it apart, I devised a method that uses only commonly-available tools and won’t damage the pulley faces…

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Despite the cost, the quality is definitely lacking! I will be recycling the actual cable (which is not bad at all, but not worth the price by any stretch of the imagination) by using better connectors.

Don’t buy into Monster Cable’s hype, kids!
I suggest purchasing good quality cable from Blue Jeans Cable, Monoprice, etc.

(sorry for the artsy photo, i couldn’t resist)

I’m famous, yay!

If you want one of these or some other custom synth project, please email Shagghie or myself (pavel at kirkovsky dot com).

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It’s all done! I also added Colin Fraser’s MIDI kit and shaved down the LEDs I replaced so they are flush with the faceplate…

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Started work on shagghie‘s 303

Plans:

• Clean board and battery leak residue
• Replace switches
• Replace boring red LEDs with snazzy blue & white

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x0xb0x #725 is finished! Neither Fry’s nor Radioshack had those 0.033µF capacitors I needed, so I stole some from x0xb0x #727

The fruits of my labor:

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Pulled an all-nighter. VCF is done except for the 3 capacitors.
TODO: Pots, buttons, LEDs.
Soon it will be alive!

Everything in the analog section done besides VCF (still waiting on those 0.033uF caps). Sort of starting on the sequencer section, sort of…

I signed the board because one day I’ll be famous and my signed x0xb0xes will be prized possessions…

…or it’s just a handy way to keep track of where my creations travel once they (inevitably) get sold!

I decided to do the power and I/O board sections together in one fell swoop. However, I didn’t put in R16 until I could be sure whether my x0x would be affected by the MIDI bug or not. So I soldered everything up and hoped for the best.

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The build of x0xb0x #725 has now started! I went through the x0xb0x_bom and it seems that I have a parts problem…

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