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Hi Sooner
Nice looking box there pal!
Sorry to hear you have problems with the kit, I guess you have checked the position of the volume potentiometer selection switch on the board, if in the wrong position I think there will be no sound ? Although I don’t think that it would flash the error led.?
I know there was a batch of emulators made that had the optocoupler fitted the wrong way around. (I received a couple of them) But I would have thought that Fabien would have sorted all of those by now but it might be worth taking a look.
In the photo below the pencil is pointing to the optocoupler if you look very closely there is a small circular mark on top of it, this mark should be on the right when viewed as in the photo.
l must say your wooden box does look very professional, you are obviously rather competent in the craft of wood butchery.
Hope you get a quick response from Fabien / Gaëlle and that they are prompt in resolving get your problems.
Cheers Scudie.
I was very tempted to buy it, and try to repair / restore the hideaway unit, the 5220 wallbox has been modified with a large coin box added to the underside.
To accommodate this part of the base of the cover has been cut away to allow the coins to drop from the original coin box into this larger box underneath.
But I think I have enough projects at the moment to keep me busy for a while & only a limited amount of time for my hobbies & also there is the issue of storage space.
So I had to put my realistic head on.
Cheers Scudie
Good Morning Klaatu
I emailed Fabien on the 28th of March with Andrews suggestions,
I actually forwarded to Fabien the email complete with the attachment that Andrew had sent me.
I received an email from Gaëlle thanking me for the information and telling me that Fabien would be in touch once he had had the time to look into it.
I emailed Fabien again on the 23rd of April saying that I had not heard anything from Fabien concerning Andrews suggestions / the Buzzing noise problem.
Again I received a response from Gaëlle explaining that they were very busy & that Fabien would be in touch soon.
So far I have not heard anything from Fabien.
Cheers Scudie.
If anyone fancies a project there is a Wurlitzer 5220 wallbox ( missing its key, and the chrome is pitted) complete with a pair of speakers (again suffering from the damp) and a 1970’s 120 selection hideaway unit (also missing the keys and suffering from damp) for sale on a auction website. Hideaway is full of records, with a reasonable price of £120 or close offer. Didn’t seem bad to me.
Cheers Scudie
Fetched the SC cover back yesterday looks really good with a coat of shiny red paint. Will now have to find the time to reassemble it all. I think this will end up in the kitchen.Although I think I should finish the 3w1 I have started first.
Cheers Scudie
Hi yes have seen a few conversions for both wallbox’s and Jukebox’s but have not seen another like this.
Have you heard anything from Fabien recently concerning the buzzing noise?
Cheers Scudie
Morning folks
Spotted this for sale last night, it appears to use the internals of a 3w1 in a alternative case, don’t know if it is a home built conversion or if they were commercially available to modernise old 3w1’s.
Cant say as I like it but I have not seen one before, am guessing there should be plenty of room inside for a conversion.
Cheers Scudie
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Thanks for the suggestions, I do have a couple of ideas that I will look into. Have not had a lot of time this week what with one thing or another.
Cheers Scudie.
Took a look at the top coin entry casting on the 3w1, looks like you was correct certainly not enough room for a standard push switch.
Cheers Scudie
Oh by the way the photo above of my test rig, its connected to a Wurlitzer 5250 not the Seeburg 3w1. I would really like a set of speakers that Wurlitzer produced to fit on the top of 5210 & 5250 Wallboxes but they are apparently very rare & therefore demand a hefty price tag. There is currently a set on a well known auction site with an asking price in excess of £600 .
I intend on building another similar set up but want to make the box disguised or at least more aesthetically pleasing.
That’s a very good question that I honestly do not have the answer to at this moment. I will have to dig out the coin entry top casting & take a look. If there’s not enough room I will just remove the little bracket that resets the credit switch. Have been concentrating on the working side of the unit hopefully during the next week I will be able to devote sum time to the visual aspects of the box.
Cheers Scudie
Was considering putting a switch on the 3w1, my sc1 has no credit unit fitted, I found it’s simpler that way, plus it freed up some space to fit the LED contol unit + remote sensor.
Cheers Scudie
Hi Steve, on your video of one of your Sc1 boxes it shows you pressing a coin that’s in the coin entry area to receive a credit, what type of adhesive did you use ? I am guessing that you glued a coin to the button of a momentary switch.
I have found the 3w1 is very simple to work on, there is obviously less to it than a SC1 and as there is no complicated credit unit a doddle after looking at a V3wa.
Cheers Scudie
Have done a SD card configured for the 3w1 with 100 selections on it, ( no random stuff) & printed the selections list, and connected it up to a test rig I built, this has speakers in it. So far so good it’s playing each selection as it should.
Cheers Scudie
Thanks Steve. I will be definitely having a chat with my mate to see if I can get a set over here, if a speaker weighs 2 1/4 lb and the centre unit less than that he should have no problem weight wise. It wouldn’t matter to me if he brought pieces back over three trips.
Had a couple of hours on the 3w1, I removed the buttons & the illumination Perspex piece, also removed and cleaned the contacts of the letter & number switches. Cleaned and polished the buttons & the Perspex illumination plate this was scratched & very dull, apparently it does not distribute the light well if dull so I have given it a polish with some glass polish which cleaned it up a treat. One of the mounting holes was broken off so got the super glue & powder out again which although black seems to have come up trumps again.
Touch wood everything appears to be working so far, have bought a refinishing decal for the instruction plate that sits at the bottom of the selection pages, also need to get the green plastic select lense as this is missing. Will try to get it hooked up to a wb2mp3 unit this week to see how it goes.
Cheers Scudie
Thanks for the photos, yours looks to be of a different design to the ones I have seen on EBay. I guess that back in the day there would have been many different makes / models of drive in speakers. Your speakers look about 6 inch square is that correct?
Will have a chat with my pal & check if he’s willing to bring the parts back home in his luggage. Excluding the pole approximately what would you think it weighs?
Cheers Paul
Hi Steve, Was wondering, from looking at the photos the central box on top of the post looks to be the largest part of the drive in speaker assembly, if this part can be dismantled approximately how large / big would the indervidually sections be.
Thinking if my mate could bring one back in pieces over a period of trips to Los Angeles?
Cheers Scudie
Hi Yes I had a look allready, and have seen the company you mentioned, the problem for me buying from the States is we have to factor in the price of the merchandise + import tax + the price of postage from the states (which only gets it to the Royal Mail facility at Gatwick airport London) + Royal Mails charge for handling to its destination. + VAT at 20% on all of the above total.
It can make things rather expensive.
I wasn’t intending to fit any of the conversion components into the 3w1 but into a separate unit, Of my own design.
cheers Scudie
