Thorens speed control

[Reid Malenfant]

I am going to give up smoking when my tobacco runs out, yes I have been ordered by my doctor to give up drinking to, which I said I'd do when the 3 crates or so run out

Honestly it was a good job I went to the quacks about those occular migraines as I'm not very healthy at all

High blood pressure, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, depressed liver function, high salt in my blood


I guess I can look forward to a much healthier year ahead, & I only decided to give up the drink & ciggies to get things done

Looks like I need to before I kick the bucket, let alone get things done

[DSJR]

I do like the way he's carefully suited and booted all the mains connections. Many HiFi products, especially those of yore, would have done well to do the same...

I wonder how good Alex is with metalwork? What with my soldering (in)experitise and hopefully a "crafty" bloke who can do the cuttin' n drillin' we may be able to make up a couple at least for Garrard, lenco and Thorens use

[Reid Malenfant]

I think Nigel wants to get it all pretty thoroughly tested and idiot-proof before publishing the circuit and parts list - many of the people who have expressed an interest in building it on LH have done little or no electronics DIY before and safety etc seems to be his overriding concern - so he doesn't want any of them trying to build it before he's done comprehensive and easy to follow instructions complete with appropriate safety warnings and so on.

As to the circuit design choices etc. - I've no idea...

All very sensible imho...

Perhaps I simply should have asked if there was anything up there, I honestly didn't consider what you just posted

[DSJR]

I am going to give up smoking when my tobacco runs out, yes I have been ordered by my doctor to give up drinking to, which I said I'd do when the 3 crates or so run out

Honestly it was a good job I went to the quacks about those occular migraines as I'm not very healthy at all

High blood pressure, high cholesterol, high triglycerides, depressed liver function, high salt in my blood


I guess I can look forward to a much healthier year ahead, & I only decided to give up the drink & ciggies to get things done

Looks like I need to before I kick the bucket, let alone get things done

Oh cr@p... I wish you well. My bloods are much better now I'm on meds for the T2 Diabetes and it's got to the point that if I od on cake or mince pies - cough - I feel ill afterwards for a few hours until the blood sorts itself out..

[keiths]

I wonder how good Alex is with metalwork? What with my soldering (in)experitise and hopefully a "crafty" bloke who can do the cuttin' n drillin' we may be able to make up a couple at least for Garrard, lenco and Thorens use

Dave, it may well be an idea to put your name down for some PCBs at LH (around £5.50 each + P&P) sooner rather than later as I don't know when the list will close or if there will more than one production run. The thread for requesting being added to the list is linked to from the first post in the link I've quoted above.

Also, I don't know when Nigel will get the project finished as he's busy with work and it's all stalled a bit at the moment.

[keiths]

I am going to give up smoking when my tobacco runs out, yes I have been ordered by my doctor to give up drinking to, which I said I'd do when the 3 crates or so run out

Good luck with that Mark. I'm going to reduce the amount I drink in the New Year too (luckily, I never took up smoking) as I drink every night - and that is going to have to stop.

[Reid Malenfant]

Good luck with that Mark. I'm going to reduce the amount I drink in the New Year too (luckily, I never took up smoking) as I drink every night - and that is going to have to stop.

The drink shouldn't be a problem, I gave up for a week last year due to the meds I was on. A few nights of disturbed sleep & it was all over & done with

The ciggies are a different matter though

Best of luck to you to Keith.....


Back to the speed controller

[Alex_UK]

I wonder how good Alex is with metalwork? What with my soldering (in)experitise and hopefully a "crafty" bloke who can do the cuttin' n drillin' we may be able to make up a couple at least for Garrard, lenco and Thorens use

Always up for a challenge! (And if not, I have a very talented dad who IS good at metalwork - he used to make reproduction suits of armour, and historical/fantasy weapons - but that's another story.)

(Nearly 2 weeks without a ciggie here - I'm using a patch, and it has been fine until today when I could kill for one! I've got 1.33 kids to worry about, so I will be ditching the booze in the New Year (already cut right back, nothing in the week usually, but make up for it at the weekends! ) Good luck Mark and everyone else - it is tough, but worth it at the end of the day - another acquaintance of mine in his early 40s had a stroke a few weeks back - he'll be ok, but certainly made me think as I drink/smoke more than he does!

Maybe we should start a "New Year's Resolitions" thread... Sorry Barry!

[Bazil]

God I've just logged on and panicked when I saw all the replies, glad they were off topic as now I can put a bit more to what I want and can do.
Right I'm a total novice at electronics, in fact I'm not even that. But I am handy mechanically. I was wanting to buy a smart looking Project Speed Box type of thing and someone tell me which wires to connect and which bits to chuck away.
Please

[Reid Malenfant]

Find a circuit diagram of the thing & you might be in business