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#299154 - 10/06/2007 00:20 Stack em up!
flashman
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Registered: 20/09/2000
Posts: 133
Loc: U.S.
Haven't posted in a while so...
I was updating my empegs a little while ago and they all looked cool stacked on one another... So I snapped an action shot:


Now I guess I need to make a quad dock
Enjoy!!!
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#299155 - 10/06/2007 00:55 Re: Stack em up! [Re: flashman]
FireFox31
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Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
Nice pic. What's your secret for the color in the buttons on the top one? That's a handy hack, there.
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#299156 - 10/06/2007 04:30 Re: Stack em up! [Re: FireFox31]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31596
Loc: Seattle, WA
Looks like he just soldered some colored LEDs into the buttons, then drilled holes in the button caps...
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#299157 - 10/06/2007 12:32 Re: Stack em up! [Re: tfabris]
webroach
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Registered: 23/07/2003
Posts: 869
Loc: Colorado
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Looks like he just soldered some colored LEDs into the buttons, then drilled holes in the button caps...


Tony, we prefer the term "LEDs of color".
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#299158 - 10/06/2007 12:44 Re: Stack em up! [Re: flashman]
FireFox31
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Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
So when you point that remote at the stack of empegs, do they all respond simultaneously? That'd be kind of funny to see.
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#299159 - 10/06/2007 14:31 Re: Stack em up! [Re: webroach]
tfabris
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Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31596
Loc: Seattle, WA
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Tony, we prefer the term "LEDs of color".

You almost made me spit frosted mini-wheats all over my coffee table.
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#299160 - 10/06/2007 15:48 Re: Stack em up! [Re: flashman]
flashman
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Registered: 20/09/2000
Posts: 133
Loc: U.S.
The buttons were my first hack...
I added the proper LED's to the switches and added a resistor, they still don't behave well with dimming but they look good to me nonetheless.
I drilled out the buttons, stuck scotch tape to the flat side of the button and filled with clear epoxy from the back. Once dried, I peeled off the tape leaving a fine smooth surface... Only ugly part is epoxy has yellowed over the last year or so and there are those pesky bubbles when they first set up.

Yeah the remote thing drove me nuts... I was holding my hand in front of them to get them synced up. But once there they all doing the same thing, it does look kinda cool. I was thinking this would be a neat idea if you needed a four separate music channel "mini rack" system in a building or party house... course, getting them to respond to different remotes would be a needed trick.

I try to take really good of care of them as much as I can... as I wish for them to live as long as me.

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#299161 - 11/06/2007 02:38 Re: Stack em up! [Re: tfabris]
webroach
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Registered: 23/07/2003
Posts: 869
Loc: Colorado
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Tony, we prefer the term "LEDs of color".

You almost made me spit frosted mini-wheats all over my coffee table.


Excellent, then my work here is done.

shuffles off stage left
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#299162 - 11/06/2007 03:41 Re: Stack em up! [Re: tfabris]
gbeer
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Registered: 17/12/2000
Posts: 2665
Loc: Manteca, California
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Tony, we prefer the term "LEDs of color".

You almost made me spit frosted mini-wheats all over my coffee table.


Why it is that Tony always has his mouth full when he's reading this board?
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#299163 - 11/06/2007 05:05 Re: Stack em up! [Re: gbeer]
frog51
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Registered: 09/08/2000
Posts: 2091
Loc: Edinburgh, Scotland
At breakfast who reads the paper any more? Of course you need your critical info feeds - which includes empegbbs:-)

Yes, the food/drink/screen/keyboard issue is a risk, but then so was a soggy Times in the 'old days'
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