Pee-Wee's Big Adventure Bike
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KansasJack
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When I paint, I hang the frame from a tree limb in the back yard. It works well when the weather is warm and the paint dries before any bugs land on the frame. I even tried to replicate the Schwinn baked enamel finish on a couple bikes by keeping the freshly-painted frame in the back seat of my car for several days in August. Outside temps were about 102 degrees but with the windows rolled up, the inside of the car became like an oven and hardened the paint nicely.
Edward H
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Kxazbug... You beat me to it... here is the link...
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creebobby
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Tiger-Tone Amplifier
Man those are nice bags!
Great work, painting and taping - is it mylar chrome tape or aluminum duct tape?
I wanted more power out of my sirens, and my idea was to mod one to make it an I-pod dock / mini amplifier.
I had an extra body front and head I got from KansasJack, so I built a prototype X-5 Tiger-Tone mini-amp this week.
I started with my Danelectro Honey-Tone practice amp. Took it apart to find that the circuit board is too deep to fit in the stock box. (Too deep for the bigger box, too, I think.) The circuit board is exactly 4" wide, which is a perfect (tight) squeeze in the small box.
I built a new backplate from scratch using chipboard. I glazed the chipboard with super-glue on both sides, sanded it and then sprayed it with enamel.
I dremeled out the mouth of the tiger and hot-glued the 2 watt speaker inside the head. I soldered in longer speaker wires and the whole thing fits together just great. I painted the head with clear sparkle-silver nail polish over black, to match my electric uke. The head looks like an old Gretsch duo-jet. I Dremel sculpted irises into the center of the eyes, since it's all one color.
It rocks as a little guitar amp, and it's pretty loud as an i-pod dock.
I plan to put a screw-mount on the bottom so I can put the amp on top of a mic-stand for live shows.
If I were to fit this rig into a bicycle, I would try to patch in the siren by wiring the speaker wires coming off the siren guts to the input plug on the amp - with dual power boost the siren would Roar! Though it could blow Marty McFly style.
Seems like I'm building everything Pee-Wee Bike Except for a Pee-Wee bike!
Man those are nice bags!
Great work, painting and taping - is it mylar chrome tape or aluminum duct tape?
I wanted more power out of my sirens, and my idea was to mod one to make it an I-pod dock / mini amplifier.
I had an extra body front and head I got from KansasJack, so I built a prototype X-5 Tiger-Tone mini-amp this week.
I started with my Danelectro Honey-Tone practice amp. Took it apart to find that the circuit board is too deep to fit in the stock box. (Too deep for the bigger box, too, I think.) The circuit board is exactly 4" wide, which is a perfect (tight) squeeze in the small box.
I built a new backplate from scratch using chipboard. I glazed the chipboard with super-glue on both sides, sanded it and then sprayed it with enamel.
I dremeled out the mouth of the tiger and hot-glued the 2 watt speaker inside the head. I soldered in longer speaker wires and the whole thing fits together just great. I painted the head with clear sparkle-silver nail polish over black, to match my electric uke. The head looks like an old Gretsch duo-jet. I Dremel sculpted irises into the center of the eyes, since it's all one color.
It rocks as a little guitar amp, and it's pretty loud as an i-pod dock.
I plan to put a screw-mount on the bottom so I can put the amp on top of a mic-stand for live shows.
If I were to fit this rig into a bicycle, I would try to patch in the siren by wiring the speaker wires coming off the siren guts to the input plug on the amp - with dual power boost the siren would Roar! Though it could blow Marty McFly style.
Seems like I'm building everything Pee-Wee Bike Except for a Pee-Wee bike!
lostcasket
Active Member
A thundering roar!
Now you can play big adventure's soundtrack while peddling.
Or even rock on the guitar while riding your bike! portable Rock N' Roll.
That's defiantly something id love to see.
Good job.
Now you can play big adventure's soundtrack while peddling.
Or even rock on the guitar while riding your bike! portable Rock N' Roll.
That's defiantly something id love to see.
Good job.
kxazbug
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Cree thats a sweet idea, i had a similar one also. the chrome tape i used is just from home depot.. think its for holding ductwork together. it sticks well and is thin enough you can work it into the corners with a nylon bonetool. i had to put several layers on though to get it how i wanted and also cut it into thinner strips to conform better. i thought it would take me 15 minutes for the tape and it actually took me about 4 hours to get it done.
lostcasket
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lostcasket
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It looks great splurge,
you should defiantly ride by, shaking your fist.
I'm planning on making my way to the Alamo hopefully later this summer.
Grey suit and all, we should go in numbers. Storm the Alamo demanding to they should install a basement.
you should defiantly ride by, shaking your fist.
I'm planning on making my way to the Alamo hopefully later this summer.
Grey suit and all, we should go in numbers. Storm the Alamo demanding to they should install a basement.
