This morning's rainstorm seemed like a good excuse to finally fix up this old boombox that someone left by the bins, a Hitachi TRK-7200E that needed a few parts and a thorough cleaning. Once again sings like it did in 1981!

#diy #repair #trashtotreasure #hifi #retro #vintage #cassette #boombox

I pulled this #lampshade out of my neighbor's trash pile. Frame of this size & style can run $50-$75. I removed the old nasty beige fabric, which was thin & glued to dry rotted plastic. I cleaned the wire & soldered a break. Wrapped it in red bias tape, which I used to sew through.

Yes. No glue. All hand sewn.😂

I need to wire up a light socket for it. I already have some #vintage -style black cloth-covered twisted wire.

All I bought for this was the trim.

#FiberArts #sewing #TrashToTreasure

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#TrashToTreasure #ElonMusk #Batteries #EnergyStorage #Climate #Innovation #TheInternetOfThings #Meta #Google #Apple #ElectricCars #Transportation #TheFuture #Futurism #Technology

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My $20 SF flea market purchase from 20 years ago, rewired and installed. #opalglass #fleamarket #trashtotreasure

Haven’t posted here in a while:

I’m off work for the holidays, so I figured it was a good time to make a #USB joystick for my AIO emulation TV.

My main design goal here is to exclusively use parts I already have. In this case, it’s the electronics from a very cheap USB controller that came in a pack of 2 for $5. I’m housing it in the storage case from a Sony Betamax video tape, with a microswitch joystick, buttons, wires, and breadboards leftover from other projects.

I have the parts tested and working, and now I’m dremeling out the holes, and mounting the rest of buttons and circuits on the bread board. The dremeling sucks because Sony went overboard on this case. Aside from protecting a tape, I’m pretty sure this thing could stop a bullet. 😆
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#retrogaming #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #emulation #joystick #videogames #sony #betamax #trashtotreasure #retroaesthetic #1970s #1980s #1990s