I've done many car audio installs for myself, friends, and family. Needless to say there is a huge range of price, quality, and performance available in car audio components. If I'm remembering my cars right, your car has 6 1/2" components in all four doors. Easy enough to replace with anything...

Quote: Originally Posted by picklgreen ...you could build something based on the TI REG101UA-5 or REG102UA-5 regulators.... If I were planning on always using Alkalines and not getting all the juice out of them, yeah, plus I would only be able to pull 250mA. Quote...

Ok, so this isn't really audio related, but I bet someone here might have a good idea how to do it. I want to make a unit that takes 4 x AA batteries (4-7V cumulative) and outputs a regulated 5.2V hooked to a standard USB jack. This would be primarily for use with my Nintendo DS (for when I'm...

I'll take a few pairs of really good cans so I can use the pair that fits my mood / source / material of the momment. Then again, I don't have the budget to burn at the momment so anything truly killer is out of reach still.

Just in case it seemed like this project had fallen off the face of the Earth.... I'd been away from the soldering iron lately due to other distractions such as finishing up my mech. eng. degree, squaring away the details of my new job, and the general holiday hustle and bustle (not to...

Quote: Originally Posted by dcheming Lookin' good there velmeran42! Since raw polished aluminum doesn't stay that way very long have you considered getting it coated with something? Anodizing is the obvious choice, but something like an iridescent bluish-purple titanium coating sure...

Alright, it's been days since I've posted any updates to my project..... I was getting a bit burnt out at school and have just been way to busy lately, so I decided to just take a break from being productive. I had a nice few days of watching movies, hanging out with friends, and being...

Quote: Originally Posted by splaz You're loaning out your services to us head-fiers for mates rates right... ? Very nice work. Right now I'm using the Mechanical Engineering shop, so I don't think it'd go over to well if I started dragging in even more projects that obviously...

Quote: Originally Posted by jirams How are you going to protect the finish from finger mark etching ? At the momment the case has a nice layer of carnauba wax on it. Hopefully that'll keep it looking clean for a while, if not, that's life. I can always bring it back to a high...

Update time: Well I'm not done yet, I fell behind schedule since there was snow, ice, and tests to contend with. I had fun in the snow, but wasn't able to go driving around to pick up supplies easily. I still made it in to school every day this week though, since it wasn't that bad. After I...

I'm personally looking to get a machine from MaxNC , we have one in my deparment (the 10 open loop) and they're pretty cool little mills. I would move up to the 15. They aren't super powerful machines, but can handle aluminum nicely and are simple to use. I'd also like to get an X3 (in one of...

Nice setup there dcheming, how good are you at free-milling circles? If time permits I'll be making a case for my Alien DAC over finals week. I expect I'll have this project all finished up by mid next week if nothing goes horribly wrong (it's due Dec. 4th for my class, but it's done enough for...

Quote: Originally Posted by ATAT Do you still have the cad drawings and the G-code for this? I have the CAD files (Inventor native, although I can export into IGES, STEP, or other common forms), but I didn't actually end up using any written G-code to make it. When I went to...

Quote: Originally Posted by quicksilver96 That is too slick. Looks like you left a little metal bridge to the center of the headphone logo, I was curious how you would handle that. Even though it's "just a cmoy", this is one of the coolest projects I've seen here. Thanks for the...

I finally managed to get some good quality time in the shop today (I just skipped my two lectures and stayed in the shop all day). I managed to pretty well finish all the machining I needed to do. I obviously still need to buff and finish the case, but that's just some elbow grease and time...