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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#makevember Bass drone thing? Made from 30ish year old motor I extracted from a toy as a child. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/rSwEJosXRz
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 1, 2018
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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#makevember Percussion beater from solenoid and laser ply offcut. https://t.co/nRtcy2QaRw pic.twitter.com/FuETpFrPsd
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 2, 2018
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Emergency #Makevember paper aeroplane. Flies badly. pic.twitter.com/VAkfZM8vEK
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 4, 2018
I was away on this day.
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#makevember Little tapper. Again with ancient motor from a toy, and plastic trimmings. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/poO8AragfL
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 4, 2018
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#makevember Experimenting with previous beater padded with draught excluder and pizza box to make a bass drum. Needs work. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/6SpGt7VVhc
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 5, 2018
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#makevember First attempt at a mechanical sequencer. Using a stepper driven turntable I made years ago. PSU can't provide enough current. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/Ai7JX3gDTN
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 6, 2018
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#makevember Improved pickup for sequencer. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/nbNFN4pvQ8
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 7, 2018
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#makevember Clicker and possible maraca shaker? From bit of CD player I found at @bristolhackspc. Googly eyes thanks to @libbymiller. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/mqQVCtLZZU
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 8, 2018
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Something came in the post from @SimoneGiertz. So I made a pizza that looks a bit like it. #makevember https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/BVLwSVsxoK
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 9, 2018
Hahahaha. This is the best thing. Did it taste good?? Next year I’ll send y’all pizzas in envelopes instead
— Simone Giertz (@SimoneGiertz) November 10, 2018
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#makevember Maraca with solenoid. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/UZhyKgsYsA
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 10, 2018
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#makevember New bedroom lighting and bedside table. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/lq5Nc1UPJa
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 11, 2018
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#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. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/30KRewoR4E
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 12, 2018
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#makevember Better beater. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/Jmp0l9Pq0t
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 13, 2018
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#makevember Treat launcher for the dog. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/3TAkrkx93i
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 14, 2018
Demonstrated with Jarvis, who likes cheese. pic.twitter.com/EZXBy9D2XV
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 14, 2018
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#makevember Used a birthday present to make fizzy peppermint tea. Cooled before fizzing. It's actually quite nice. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/cZA67yAW9C
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 15, 2018
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#makevember Better maraca, with puy lentils. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/uRbMNfHLQb
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 16, 2018
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#makevember A coaster. Made from leftover bathroom flooring with a hole saw. Probably not worth the effort. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/D6QmcEGv7d
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 17, 2018
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#makevember A 555 based oscillator, for future use. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/t9E07yaKWE
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 18, 2018
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#makevember Attempt at tuning this, using resistors in parallel. You'll see why later. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/UH7yqUYaOD
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 19, 2018
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#makevember Well. I imagined this would be a bit more tuneful. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/duJhC8W0cf
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 20, 2018
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.
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 20, 2018
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#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. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/oC13Y9TU8D
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 21, 2018
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#makevember Today's "make" I repaired my TV-B-Gone. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/TXM9uesNXy
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 22, 2018
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#makevember Not much, planning the next version of the disk. Bought some supplies, drew this. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/IJBxTrq9Ap
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 23, 2018
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#makevember A physical version of yesterday's, made from a spare kitchen cupboard back. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/tWjEVgdbeR
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 24, 2018
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#makevember DIY again I'm afraid. First go at tiling. With @alicelovegrove. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/nRLE25fGGT
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 25, 2018
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#makevember Overkill improvement to blu-tack bridge attachment. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/trgR0bwti3
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 26, 2018
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#makevember A bot that does this meme. I'd been looking for a reason to use ConceptNet to make a bot. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE https://t.co/qJozUp5RIK
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 27, 2018
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#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. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/fDAWIVy8nT
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 28, 2018
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#makevember A performance at @bristolhackspc. New disk with copper tape works well. New brushes made from brass clips. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/Q1vE2cLA0r
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 29, 2018
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Final #makevember! Barometric pressure controlled Christmas lights. A combination of things I made previously. Lights are from https://t.co/OGNcouxUKa Pressure is controlling the speed and changes slowly so you can't tell. https://t.co/NBvlBNtxRE pic.twitter.com/34qnaubRa9
— Barney Livingston (@barnoid) November 30, 2018