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That’s a good point. I wonder what kind of tolerances were needed to make the original records? It probably wasn’t terribly tight, but still necessary to make a
by mbreese 5y ago
That’s a good point. I wonder what kind of tolerances were needed to make the original records? It probably wasn’t terribly tight, but still necessary to make a playable record. Versus a simple microcontroller that can play any number of songs and very limited physical tolerances.
The electric version might actually be cheaper to produce.
- Jtsummers 5y ago"any number of songs" = 10, in this case, and up to 16 but the extra 6 can't be delivered since there's no update mechanism. Versus the original which could play a much larger variety of songs based on the records themselves. Presumably using a music box like mechanism, not a vinyl record style mechanism, which greatly loosens the quality constraints on the records (based on listening to a recording of the original).
- pronoiac 5y agoThe original is very similar to a music box. It's likely doable to make your own disc for the original using 3D printing.
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- Symbiote 5y agoYes, [1] is an instructable from some years ago. It should be achievable on a recent hobbyist printer nowadays, e.g. [2]. [1] https://www.instructables.com/3D-printing-records-for-a-Fisher-Price-toy-record-/ https://www.instructables.com/3D-printing-records-for-a-Fish... [2] https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4648393 https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4648393