Dec 02 2020
Bike Party – 12-01-20 Bike Party – 12-01-20.zip
Below are some thoughts on the tool paths used to cut the Bike Party 12-01-20 file.
[T2] Score all parts
Tool: 1/4″ Down-spiral Top height: Stock top Bottom height: Stock top – .15
Why: We are using 1/2″ Baltic Birch as our stock. This plywood has …
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Nov 29 2020
I also raised the crossover point on the sub so it has more punch and lets the speakers above work a little less for a given output. – Mike Hatt
Robin jumped in and asked why we settled on the particular head unit we chose. This sent Mike down a rabbit hole of questioning …
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Nov 29 2020
Mike played around with the Bike Party system from 11-12-20 and shared the following thoughts.
From source to speakers
Head unit: All head units clip no matter the quality/price point. While this is annoying, once accepted as fact, it becomes easier to configure amplifier gains and expectations accordingly. Our particular Pioneer unit does not like …
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Nov 28 2020
Mike came up on Wednesday and fooled around with the Bike Party box quite a bit. Based on feedback from him, we have incorperated the updates below.
1) Increased the height by 3.5 inches.
The dimensions of the box are now:
Width: 17 Height: 29.6 Depth: 16.5
2) Decreased the depth of the mechanicals cabinet. …
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Nov 24 2020
Over the last week I have made lots and lots of edits to the design from tiny to rather large. And I have gone to two wonderful birthdays. One was for one of the youngest members of my family, Anzani Mlaudzi, and the other was for one of my dear mentors, Deborah Small.
Life …
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Nov 22 2020
This is all new to me. Here are a some links that have helped me understand battery technology a little.
1) Difference Between Lithium Ion And Lithium Iron Phosphate Batteries
2) Batteries: Lithium-ion vs AGM
The concept of discharge capacity is new to me and something that I had not considered when designing this mobile …
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Nov 21 2020
I would be lost without my Burning Man friends. Special thanks go to Erich Rienecker from Pongo Lounge and Ilya Polyakov of Icarus.
Sulaiman is throwing a weekly social-distancing gig at Lake Merrit with a similar mobile rig and was nice enough to estimate that our system probably pulls about 3amps. Mike was surprised …
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Nov 07 2020
We need three things:
1) An on/off button to cut power.
2) A battery monitor that will cut power when the battery declines to 12v or 50% (for lead-acid).
3) A plug to connect the battery recharger to the battery.
The new Bike Party system contains:
(1) JBL Stage 1210 12″ woofer
(2) …
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Nov 05 2020
Also, 68 million citizens voted to uphold White Supremacy and kill as many people as possible from covid. We are doing what Germany did before WWII.
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Oct 30 2020
Still making a bunch of adjustments but… this Bike Party speaker is going to come in around 70lbs. Heavy Weight Sounds.
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