I’m attempting to do Makevember, that is to make a thing a day for November.

My theme idea is to make a number of noise making mechanical things and then a mechanical sequencer to make them play together. Inspired by the Mammoth Beat Organ. Is this going to work? No idea.

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember Bass drone thing? Made from 30ish year old motor I extracted from a toy as a child. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/rswejosxrz

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This motor needed a lot of encouragement in the form of oil. I started off touching the teeth of the gear against things but all that made was horrendous noises. So I settled for the noise of the motor running, accentuated a bit with the off centre gear.

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember Percussion beater from solenoid and laser ply offcut. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/fuetpfrpsd

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

Emergency #Makevember paper aeroplane. Flies badly. pic.x.com/vakfzm8vek

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I was away on this day.

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember Little tapper. Again with ancient motor from a toy, and plastic trimmings. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/poo8aragfl

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember Experimenting with previous beater padded with draught excluder and pizza box to make a bass drum. Needs work. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/6spgt7vvhc

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember First attempt at a mechanical sequencer. Using a stepper driven turntable I made years ago. PSU can't provide enough current. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/ai7jx3gdtn

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember Improved pickup for sequencer. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/nbnfn4pvq8

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember Clicker and possible maraca shaker? From bit of CD player I found at @bristolhackspc. Googly eyes thanks to @libbymiller. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/mqqvctlzzu

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

Something came in the post from @SimoneGiertz. So I made a pizza that looks a bit like it. #makevember barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/bvlwsvsxok

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Simone Giertz

@SimoneGiertz

Replying to @barnoid @barnoid Hahahaha. This is the best thing. Did it taste good?? Next year I’ll send y’all pizzas in envelopes instead

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember Maraca with solenoid. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/uzhykgsysa

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember New bedroom lighting and bedside table. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/lq5nc1upja

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember Slightly improved drum machine. Separate power supplies so turntable doesn't brown out. Longer beat, small breaks due to poor connection with foil. It's a feature. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/30krewor4e

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember Better beater. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/jmp0l9pq0t

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember Treat launcher for the dog. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/3takrkx93i

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

Replying to @barnoid Demonstrated with Jarvis, who likes cheese. pic.x.com/ezxby9d2xv

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember Used a birthday present to make fizzy peppermint tea. Cooled before fizzing. It's actually quite nice. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/cza67yaw9c

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember Better maraca, with puy lentils. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/urbmnfhlqb

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember A coaster. Made from leftover bathroom flooring with a hole saw. Probably not worth the effort. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/d6qmcegv7d

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember A 555 based oscillator, for future use. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/t9e07yakwe

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember Attempt at tuning this, using resistors in parallel. You'll see why later. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember Well. I imagined this would be a bit more tuneful. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/dujhc8w0cf

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

Replying to @barnoid The resistors are: 27k which should approximate middle C, 220k in parallel with the 27k makes 24k and D, 120k in parallel with the other two makes 20k and E. I may need to recalculate with lower resistances as the connections are bad.

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember Better. As suggested by @jarkman, I improved the brushes using fairly thick copper wire. Now I need a smoother disk and to hold the bridge down with something better than blu-tack. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember Today's "make" I repaired my TV-B-Gone. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/txm9uesnxy

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember Not much, planning the next version of the disk. Bought some supplies, drew this. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/ijbxtrq9ap

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember A physical version of yesterday's, made from a spare kitchen cupboard back. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/twjevgdber

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember DIY again I'm afraid. First go at tiling. With @alicelovegrove. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/nrle25fggt

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember Overkill improvement to blu-tack bridge attachment. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/trgr0bwti3

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember A bot that does this meme. I'd been looking for a reason to use ConceptNet to make a bot. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 None

Not Your Bot

@notyourbot1

Ladies, if your man:

- can fall out
- can be found in someone's head
- can be found in my hair
- can be found in your hairbrush
- can contain a ribbon

He's not your man. He's a hair.

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember I've been cutting a new track (from copper tape). The central strips are all the same length, I'll cut them shorter to make a tune. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/fdawivy8nt

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

#makevember A performance at @bristolhackspc. New disk with copper tape works well. New brushes made from brass clips. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/q1ve2cla0r

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Barney Livingston - @barnoid@mastodon.me.uk

@barnoid

Final #makevember! Barometric pressure controlled Christmas lights. A combination of things I made previously. Lights are from barnoid.org.uk/christmas-twit… Pressure is controlling the speed and changes slowly so you can't tell. barnoid.org.uk/makevember2018 pic.x.com/34qnaubra9

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