I just watched that video this afternoon; seems to be a small world. Open Source Hardware (as Dave Jones is a good proponent of it, and possibly,...
The DD9 mechanism is actually the simplest tape transport ever built; It's capstan is direct drive. The belt runs off of the capstan and turns...
It's not too much of a big deal, we've been spoiled by modern CAD (afaik some have physical simulation now), Autodesk Eagle and such for...
My first walkman was a Sony WM-35, and it's still my favourite walkman for a number of reasons I won't bother going into. I was given it by a...
Oops, forgot to mention; they were used (recordings of Football matches from the mid 90s, not sure what); but are in surprisingly near perfect...
I picked a pack of 10 up for £10 a while back, didn't realise until the second film that they were in fact the original prop. I've popped into the...
Clarification: By origin cassette, I mean the blank, custom shell of it. I went out to pick up the CD of the newly released movie at my local...
I've been trawling eBay to find the original Sony parts for the EX-5 specifically....
I have the battery box for early to late 90s Walkmen (that annoying screw in adapter) that's really hard to find. So finding a relative of the...
Shame - I liked the body design, I have a feeling the EX-49 suffers from the same problem in both caps and mechanism. Might eventually pick up a...
I had a WM-A602 that has the same -150 mechanism. Shame it's caps had gone bust.
If that's an RQ-S1 - then I've missed out big time. (I bought a restored WM-DD33 instead, the S1 was worth more.)
My EX-560 has the same thing. From a mechanical viewpoint, the tension is used to essentially get the flywheels and drives up to speed before...
[MEDIA] I discovered what DC barrel Sony used - it amazes me more than anything; a standard 1.7mm x 4.0mm barrel. I used vernier calipers...
Good news, the belt in my WM-10ii works perfectly inside the -30. Even better news; it plays like it left the factory...until the voltage from...
You don't need steady hands, just a service manual. ;) The difficult part is likely removing the flywheel and capstan ring, as the service manual...
Good news, it seems Sony did in fact wire their negative terminal straight into the 1.5v DC input barrel. I made sure to use two cables, (and a...
I received a WM-30 in the post today - original owner had cracked the positive terminal off of the plastic mounting, and had attempted to fix it...
The WM-22/23/24/25 series do not have moving capstans, flywheels and motors, as mihokm has discovered, that brass gears work effectively; which...
Hello all, in June, I acquired a heavily damaged bronze WM-24, who was looking beaten and broken. I soon found an awesome Ferrari red WM-24,...
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