Gyraf G7 Body

[turntable]

Hi guys

Can any one point me in the direction of a company that supplies brass tubes with screw on end caps for the G7 body.

Thanks

[Blue Jinn]

Can you narrow down:

1. your price range
2. your skill/comfort level with your own metal working
3. you approximate location (N. America, Europe, Africa?)

AFAIK, Skylar's EQU47 will work, the TAB Funkenwerk bodies will work, but are expensive.

There are many places that sell brass railing for bars/nightclubs. Location is important as shipping would likely be double or triple the cost.

[dmp]

There are many places that sell brass railing for bars/nightclubs.

I'm just looking at buying tubing and end caps from a site like this:
https://www.buyrailings.com/c-11-end-caps-finials.aspx

And check out this page on building a body linked to on Gyraf's site:
http://www.timcampbell.dk/micfab.htm

[turntable]

Hi guys

Thanks for the help. I'm based in the U.K and have no experience of machining but I'm willing to give building my own G7 body a try. The reason I asked about places that sell screw on end caps is that I feel that doing the threading on the tube and end cap would be a bit beyond my capabilities at this stage. I presume the end cap at the bottom particularly would need to be screw on as the weight of the pcb and capsule would push the bottom end cap out, is this correct?

So yes, basically I am looking for a pre threaded tube with two pre threaded end caps for the top and bottom so all I would need to do would be cut some holes for the capsule windows and drill a hole in the end cap for the connector.

Thanks again

[Blue Jinn]

This is the wrong continent:

http://www.gocrown.com/Brass/Tubing/Tubing.html

see F205 Flat End Cap:

http://gocrown.com/Brass/Finials/Finials.html

But this is basically the kind of thing to look for, and I found this company originally googling "brass bar rails." If you search for brass bar tube or brass bar railing or brass stripper pole you'll probably come up with something similar.

[nashkato]

  So yes, basically I am looking for a pre threaded tube with two pre threaded end caps for the top and bottom

you don´t need two end caps , one for the bottom is enough , the top is mesh.


the body itself


with my second design i went another route to be able remove the headbasket . you´d need a 50mm brass tube for the body , and a second 52x1mm brass tube for the headbasket . the before mentionend method is the easier one .


i still have some bottom endpieces for a 50x1mm brass tube , and mesh in different sizes , however you would have to source the brass tube yourself , which actually should be the easiest part.

if you really wish to do your own body i could help you out with the mentionend parts .

Not so long ago there weren´t that much possibilties to buy manufactured bodies and a lot of people build their own bodies .
now people design pcb´s to fit cheap donor mics.

there must be thread "guerilla mics " or something like that . take a look .

[dmp]

Not so long ago there weren´t that much possibilties to buy manufactured bodies and a lot of people build their own bodies .
now people design pcb´s to fit cheap donor mics.

Yes, as much as I like the idea of building a mic body from scratch, you can get a Apex460 as a donor for $200. Makes for a very easy project. I am going to try a mic body from scratch, however.
Nashkato, I have a G7 body that another member made and sold awhile ago that looks a lot like yours. Looks great. Can you give me some details on where / what to get for the mesh?

[Blue Jinn]

Dave Thomas also has head baskets spares, both the APEX 460 size and his 47 style mic. I am pretty sure the latter is 50mm. The headbasket is the part I'm most reluctant to try and fashion on my own.

[nashkato]

  Can you give me some details on where / what to get for the mesh?

it´s plain brass mesh in two different sizes . i´d have to look through my documents which sizes exactly.
the outer one is 1,9mm x 06mm
where to get it depends very much on your location , i guess.
i ordered from a company here in Austria which specalize on mesh.

[Dr_J]

Hi,

has someone some good links for buying a nice "old style" case for the PSU?
I'm not really happy with the ones I found till now...

ROCK-ON!

[dmp]

Check out Dan in the White Market.
http://www.groupdiy.com/index.php?topic=41963.280
He's making great stuff!