Hand cut brass DD with clipcord connection

[OwlsDen]

Not a review, just felt like sharing a recent build I mine. I have been building a few DD machines lately and have mostly been doing clipcord connectors as well. I have gone through 4 or 5 RCA cables in the past few years yet have had the same clipcord for 9 years. I am starting to switch back. I have built this all by hand, with the exception of drilling holes. Where needed parts get silver soldered or wired with silver bearing solder. I used a solid brass wire ( insulated with clear heat shrink ) rather than a conventional wire for better durability. The spindle was custom made for me. The motor is Mabuchi an this thing is punchy at 4 volts. I intend to start putting it through the paces tomorrow.

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For a better view. Tapatalk seems to limit the image sizes pretty awful these days.

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[ATS]

Looks great man! Solid and a nice weight I bet.. What stroke is it?

[OwlsDen]

It's a very long stroke about 4.2 - 4.5mm.

[Pinhas]

looks very good
i have the same problem with rca after 1 year start to fail and a pay 30€ for it. a have a clip cord for 5 years and work perfect.
i went too a store for fix my 30€ rca cabe and the man said that 30€ is way to much the can make me one with the same quality for 3€
soo the fix my rca and i by another one for 3€

[OwlsDen]

So far so good. 3.8 volts seems to be the sweet spot. 11 mag and some color blending today. Everything went smooth. http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/02/05/arahe9ap.jpg

Added some flower pedals coming off a rose for a client. Lined with an H&M DD they make quite a pair.

[serial1313]

What stroke & volts are you lining with using the HM DD?

[OwlsDen]

What stroke & volts are you lining with using the HM DD?

Middle stroke and 8 volts

[serial1313]

Thanks!

[OwlsDen]

So I lined with this one ( the machine I built ) today. It lined great. Although a bit to aggressive for me with the long stroke. When I am lining with the H&M DD I have the stroke set back a bit and this seems to even out the lining for me. Regardless I am airily pleased with the machine that I have built.

[bretttattoos]

I want one haha

[OwlsDen]

I want one haha

Well I am not trying to go in to heavy production. But I intend to continue to build machines. If one like this is something you are very interested in then I could build you one.

[bretttattoos]

I may just take you up on that one if these days !

[Directcurrentrotary]

Real nice!

[Directcurrentrotary]

Real nice

[OwlsDen]

Real nice

Thanks