What I'm Working On

[Matt McCoy]

I thought I would share these.

https://images.bigcartel.com/bigcartel/product_images/155407360/max_h-1000+max_w-1000/IMG_5942.jpg

https://images.bigcartel.com/bigcartel/product_images/155407372/max_h-1000+max_w-1000/IMG_5964.jpg

https://images.bigcartel.com/bigcartel/product_images/155407369/max_h-1000+max_w-1000/IMG_5953.jpg

https://images.bigcartel.com/bigcartel/product_images/155407375/max_h-1000+max_w-1000/IMG_5972.jpg

https://images.bigcartel.com/bigcartel/product_images/155407354/max_h-1000+max_w-1000/IMG_5934.jpg

[Doug Griffith]

310539

Here's a good one for you.

[Graham Taylor]

Out of interest, what are they made from?

[Matt McCoy]

Out of interest, what are they made from?

These are cork with a fabric backing.

[Graham Taylor]

They do look good but are they audiophile quality :D

[Matt McCoy]

Thanks!

I'm giving a few sets to some local record stores. I'll let you know what they say. ;)

[Don Corbeil]

I like 'em!

[Jiten Patel]

Love these Matt.....great idea and I am sure they will be very popular. I would buy a few!

[Matt McCoy]

Thanks for the kind words.

[Ron Gosnell]

They do look good but are they audiophile quality :D

I've been chuckling all morning over that. :)

Add some anti static and noise reducing claims, quadruple your price, and you have a real hit. I love it.
Looking for investers, I'm in

Gozzie

[Matt McCoy]

Thanks Gozzie. Cash will be fine.

[Scott Shepherd]

What's a "record player"? ;)

[Matt McCoy]

What's a "record player"? ;)

Just a little background. I've always been into music and in the last year started goofing around with restoring vintage (40+ YO) turntables. They're pretty clever in both that they are deceivingly simple and yet pretty complex. My experience is only with the German ones I'm collecting. Some parts are hard to come by, so I'm messing around with fabricating replacement pieces that are 3D printed. I like the nostalgia and it is fun to buy old records for a dollar with music that is not available on any other format.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinyl_revival

[Jeff Belany]

I have an old Dual very similar to that one. Must be buried somewhere. Also have a ADC that had the spindle that came up to meet the record go it didn't fall to the platter. Always worked but got it out awhile back and now it's dead. Won't power up at all. Was a neat machine. Even had a remote control, ahead of its time.

Jeff in northern Wisconsin

[Matt McCoy]

Very cool Jeff. The turntable pictured is the Dual 1229 that's in my shop.

[Kev Williams]

I too have a dual, forget the model tho-- The stereo equipment that played the records, a 1981 Carver C2000 Sonic Holography Autocorrelator Preamplifier (the owners manual was typewritten with hand drawings by Bob Carver) and 2 500w Carver "Cube" magnetic field power amps. To this day it's better than most available sound equipment. Alas, a wife with chronic migraines put the kybosh on playing loud music, so it's all in storage. :(

Like the platter toppers! :)

[Matt McCoy]

I too have a dual, forget the model tho-- The stereo equipment that played the records, a 1981 Carver C2000 Sonic Holography Autocorrelator Preamplifier (the owners manual was typewritten with hand drawings by Bob Carver) and 2 500w Carver "Cube" magnetic field power amps. To this day it's better than most available sound equipment. Alas, a wife with chronic migraines put the kybosh on playing loud music, so it's all in storage. :(

Like the platter toppers! :)

Kev: I appreciate you sharing that - good stuff.

Hope you get an opportunity to enjoy it again.

...Thank you

[Mayo Pardo]

Did you have any way to eliminate the burned cork smell?
Very cool idea - I hope you sell a couple of milk crates full of them!
(That's how most people I know stored their albums - "borrowed" milk crates)

[Mike Audleman]

Awesome! I love the 45 adaptor! So few kids will know what is let alone ever see one. Great idea, and I hope you make a good profit on the idea.

Suggest you look into custom ones for DJs and clubs. Might be a profit opportunity.

[Matt McCoy]

Did you have any way to eliminate the burned cork smell?
Very cool idea - I hope you sell a couple of milk crates full of them!
(That's how most people I know stored their albums - "borrowed" milk crates)

I don't notice much of a burnt smell.

The milk crate is a great idea. I'm shipping these in a record sleeve packed in a media mailer for vinyl.


Awesome! I love the 45 adaptor! So few kids will know what is let alone ever see one. Great idea, and I hope you make a good profit on the idea.

Suggest you look into custom ones for DJs and clubs. Might be a profit opportunity.

Thanks Mike.

[Matt McCoy]

I like threads with pics, so I wanted to share a few snaps of a clock I enjoy making.

https://images.bigcartel.com/bigcartel/product_images/157334767/max_h-1000+max_w-1000/IMG_6292.jpg

https://images.bigcartel.com/bigcartel/product_images/157334779/max_h-1000+max_w-1000/IMG_6303.jpg

https://images.bigcartel.com/bigcartel/product_images/157334782/max_h-1000+max_w-1000/IMG_6308.jpg

[Bert Kemp]

Cool clocks Matt nice work.:)


I like threads with pics, so I wanted to share a few snaps of a clock I enjoy making.

https://images.bigcartel.com/bigcartel/product_images/157334767/max_h-1000+max_w-1000/IMG_6292.jpg

https://images.bigcartel.com/bigcartel/product_images/157334779/max_h-1000+max_w-1000/IMG_6303.jpg

https://images.bigcartel.com/bigcartel/product_images/157334782/max_h-1000+max_w-1000/IMG_6308.jpg

[Matt McCoy]

Thanks Bert.

[Mike Audleman]

Ok, thats classy. I like it!

[Dan Ashlin]

Wow! These look really similar to ones that I've seen on etsy, with fabric backing and all!

[Matt McCoy]

Wow! These look really similar to ones that I've seen on etsy, with fabric backing and all!

They might have been mine. It's all original artwork.