Iggy
Sr Member
The Drinkman is a Walkman lookalike. It is very close in size and even has the fake buttons. When I got mine, I had to open it up to see what the inside looked like.
Here is what it looks like next to a WM-3.
Here is everything dismantled:
Inside shot:
I thought, wow. There is alot of room in this thing. Let's put something in it to make it play music! I had this tiny MP3 player sitting in my junk drawer. I took it apart and this is what was inside:
I sanded the Drinkman logo off so I can put the Sony and Walkman logos on.
So I wired it all up with a bunch of long wires. I even took the SMD red led and wired that up so I could put it on the "Walkman"
I then drilled holes in the Drinkman's side.
The switches didn't reach the edge, so I back drilled the Drinkman, then my drill bit grabbed the part and went to town...
I repaired the switches with some plastic poxy.
I thought about the sound again and wanted it to act like the Walkman with two options for the headset...so I grabbed a 3.5mm headphone splitter and drilled holes to fit that in.
To fit the little MP3 player and have the SD card and power still accessible I had to add more holes...
Then comes the paint. I sprayed silver over the whole Drinkman.
I then sprayed it with Duplicolor blue.
Set the MP3 Player and a quick hit of silver spray again.I am thinking of going back over the front to clean up some of the lines.
Add the top switch:
Put the sticker back on the front that came with the Drinkman.
Little orange paint to the top:
I cleaned up the orange top button with some green stuff modeling putty and smoothed it out a bit more, then repainted.
It works!
Both 3.5mm jacks, the little light on top when you turn the switch on. The side buttons control all of the MP3 player features, and I even have it loaded with the Awesome Mix Vol. 1!!!
Let me know what you think. I have a few more Drinkman's on the way to convert. This one was a ton of fun.
Then, you add labels, clean up the side, add a belt clip, and even add a better sticker to the front that includes the Awesomemix Vol 1!
Finished Pics:
How does it hold up against a WM-3?
Great!
Here is what it looks like next to a WM-3.
Here is everything dismantled:
Inside shot:
I thought, wow. There is alot of room in this thing. Let's put something in it to make it play music! I had this tiny MP3 player sitting in my junk drawer. I took it apart and this is what was inside:
I sanded the Drinkman logo off so I can put the Sony and Walkman logos on.
So I wired it all up with a bunch of long wires. I even took the SMD red led and wired that up so I could put it on the "Walkman"
I then drilled holes in the Drinkman's side.
The switches didn't reach the edge, so I back drilled the Drinkman, then my drill bit grabbed the part and went to town...
I repaired the switches with some plastic poxy.
I thought about the sound again and wanted it to act like the Walkman with two options for the headset...so I grabbed a 3.5mm headphone splitter and drilled holes to fit that in.
To fit the little MP3 player and have the SD card and power still accessible I had to add more holes...
Then comes the paint. I sprayed silver over the whole Drinkman.
I then sprayed it with Duplicolor blue.
Set the MP3 Player and a quick hit of silver spray again.I am thinking of going back over the front to clean up some of the lines.
Add the top switch:
Put the sticker back on the front that came with the Drinkman.
Little orange paint to the top:
I cleaned up the orange top button with some green stuff modeling putty and smoothed it out a bit more, then repainted.
It works!
Both 3.5mm jacks, the little light on top when you turn the switch on. The side buttons control all of the MP3 player features, and I even have it loaded with the Awesome Mix Vol. 1!!!
Let me know what you think. I have a few more Drinkman's on the way to convert. This one was a ton of fun.
Then, you add labels, clean up the side, add a belt clip, and even add a better sticker to the front that includes the Awesomemix Vol 1!
Finished Pics:
How does it hold up against a WM-3?
Great!
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