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Thu May 10, 2012 1:06 am

LOL!!!

Ahhh you mean Violet "Bury me in a y-shaped coffin" Violet :D

Excellent, cheers :D

Something like this is also helpful:

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hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Thu May 10, 2012 1:16 am

That is too frickin easy!
Do you think in the 60's, that cheat sheets were allowed in school?
Hell, we were lucky to be able to use a slide rule!

I know, what's a slide rule? (an Analog Computer :D )
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Thu May 10, 2012 1:21 am

I understand everything here!
School memories ... :)
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Thu May 10, 2012 1:31 am

Petitlu wrote:School memories ... :)
At this point I was going to say "I wish I had paid more attention in Physics class instead of ogling the ladies", then I remembered there wasn't a single girl in that class :roll:
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Thu May 10, 2012 1:34 am

The professor had sexy can be ?

:D
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Thu May 10, 2012 1:38 am

Petitlu wrote:The professor had sexy can be ?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I have NO idea what you mean, but thank you google translate for some light hearted whimsy in the morning :D
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Thu May 10, 2012 2:28 am

jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:
Petitlu wrote:School memories ... :)
At this point I was going to say "I wish I had paid more attention in Physics class instead of ogling the ladies", then I remembered there wasn't a single girl in that class :roll:
Sounds like my physics class, except my instructor was a joke. I learned plenty about welding and diesel engines. I don't ever recall him mentioning a thing about Newtons Laws.

It's exciting to see this thread come one step closer to launching the Mini Boy! :D
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Thu May 10, 2012 2:59 am

HunterT wrote:It's exciting to see this thread come one step closer to launching the Mini Boy! :D
With these dimensions, that board is not going to fit in the miniboy.

Assuming I do use the board... hmmm...

MrC, can you fit an AAA battery between the threaded rod and the body cavity? Probably not. Failing that, look at the list of button cell sizes - which is the biggest that fits?

What about AAAA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAAA_battery
42.5 mm long and 8.3 mm in diameter
hectmarr wrote:You have to make many weapons, because this field is long and short life
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Thu May 10, 2012 6:23 am

You could probably get away with removing the threaded rod and using a small amount of adhesive.
Or creative use of a few small grub screws, for a more sophisticated approach.


Just a thought, dewey-1, could there be some way to use a capacitor with some sort of voltage regulator to mimic a small low capacity battery ?
Still button cells will probably be more compact anyway...
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Thu May 10, 2012 6:31 am

al-xg wrote:You could probably get away with removing the threaded rod and using a small amount of adhesive.
That would make life a lot easier :)

About the circuit, this is what I'm pondering - what if I assembled it "in the air", just connecting things together as opposed to to the board, then put the resulting "christmas tree lights just coming out of storage" circuit into a mould and poured it full of epoxy?

I realise that maintenance would then be impossible, but I guess testing it before pouring the epoxy would suffice...
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jackssmirkingrevenge wrote:
Petitlu wrote:The professor had sexy can be ?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I have NO idea what you mean, but thank you google translate for some light hearted whimsy in the morning :D
Lol I spit on my monitor

It's more less like This is what the valve
Bad-------Black
Boys------Brown
Rap#-----Red
Our-------Orange
Young----Yellow
Girls------Green
But-------Blue
Violet----Violet
Gives-----Grey
Willingly-White
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Thu May 10, 2012 8:04 am

That is the main reason.

Actually, in the original version, the word Bad was Black.
Over the years that was was changed for apparent reasons.
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Thu May 10, 2012 8:08 am

dewey-1 wrote:Over the years that was was changed for apparent reasons.
Politically correct resistors, who would have thought.

What do you think about this:
what if I assembled it "in the air", just connecting things together as opposed to to the board, then put the resulting "christmas tree lights just coming out of storage" circuit into a mould and poured it full of epoxy?


I would naturally not pot the coil.
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Thu May 10, 2012 8:20 am

Parts layout is some what critical when dealing with RF circuits.
Not saying that it can't be done, just that it may be a lot of trial and error by anyone not familar with RF circuit design.
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Thu May 10, 2012 10:15 am

Parts layout is some what critical when dealing with RF circuits.
Is it really? I do know some high frequency circuits won't work on a breadboard... but this?
some what
It's somewhat - spelled as one word - yeah I know I am a wan###
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