Hello James,

I need to generate 6v DC and 90v DC from a 12v DC automotive electrical
system to power an RT-70A/GRC surplus military radio. I need about 250 mA
at +6 volts and about 75 mA at +90 volts. I was thinking about using the
guts from an old battery back up but it would be a bit of a kluge. Are
there any 90 volt regulators in the 78xx series? How do I get the voltage
up to where I can get something that I can get the 90 volts from. ...

You can build a step-up or flyback with the LM3478. Tough to solder
though, it's a TSSOP package. Don't know what current you need but just
pick a suitable FET.

For 6V I'd use a buck regulator instead of wasting 50% of the energy in
a series regulator.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

Do it the way the original radio did it -- dynamotor. You can still find
them in the back room at a lot of military surplus electronics junk stores.

Jim

Hello Jim,

Do it the way the original radio did it -- dynamotor. You can still find
them in the back room at a lot of military surplus electronics junk stores.


But then be prepared for some major restoration. The bearings of a lot
of these are nearly shot, mostly from sitting in an attic for decades.
It's like old pond pumps. They run fine for a few weeks and then the
racket increases, some weird noises appear, things get hot and they
seize up.

I restored an old Hammond organ. These generate the tones in a similar
manner. A motor (plus a start motor) and over a hundred pickup coils on
the long secondary shaft. 20 hours of hard work got it going again but
we have accepted the fact that some of the bearings are pretty much over
the hill. So it needs 2-3 starts to coax it to run without that mild
screeching in the background. Getting spare parts from a company that
went out of business 30 years ago just isn't going to happen.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 18:59:56 +0000, Joerg wrote:
Hello Jim,

Do it the way the original radio did it -- dynamotor. You can still find
them in the back room at a lot of military surplus electronics junk stores.

But then be prepared for some major restoration. The bearings of a lot
of these are nearly shot, mostly from sitting in an attic for decades.
It's like old pond pumps. They run fine for a few weeks and then the
racket increases, some weird noises appear, things get hot and they
seize up.

I restored an old Hammond organ. These generate the tones in a similar
manner. A motor (plus a start motor) and over a hundred pickup coils on
the long secondary shaft. 20 hours of hard work got it going again but
we have accepted the fact that some of the bearings are pretty much over
the hill. So it needs 2-3 starts to coax it to run without that mild
screeching in the background. Getting spare parts from a company that
went out of business 30 years ago just isn't going to happen.

So, put the cam thingie on some sort of spindle, with some kind of
depth gauge thingie, (maybe a slide pot and a stick), and map the
disks, and just make the same waveform from ROM?

Good Luck!
Rich

Hello Rich,

I restored an old Hammond organ. These generate the tones in a similar
manner. A motor (plus a start motor) and over a hundred pickup coils on
the long secondary shaft. 20 hours of hard work got it going again but
we have accepted the fact that some of the bearings are pretty much over
the hill. So it needs 2-3 starts to coax it to run without that mild
screeching in the background. Getting spare parts from a company that
went out of business 30 years ago just isn't going to happen.

So, put the cam thingie on some sort of spindle, with some kind of
depth gauge thingie, (maybe a slide pot and a stick), and map the
disks, and just make the same waveform from ROM?


That has been tried many times. Several rather expensive electronic
organs have come out claiming to emulate a Hammond. So far the real
enthusiasts do anything to get their hands on the real thing, knowing
that there will come a day when the last one croaks. IIRC it was Paul
Shaffer (the guy who makes the music at david Letterman's show) who
spent the equivalent of a luxury car to have one restored.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 21:27:31 +0000, Joerg wrote:

Hello Rich,

I restored an old Hammond organ. These generate the tones in a similar
manner. A motor (plus a start motor) and over a hundred pickup coils on
the long secondary shaft. 20 hours of hard work got it going again but
we have accepted the fact that some of the bearings are pretty much over
the hill. So it needs 2-3 starts to coax it to run without that mild
screeching in the background. Getting spare parts from a company that
went out of business 30 years ago just isn't going to happen.

So, put the cam thingie on some sort of spindle, with some kind of
depth gauge thingie, (maybe a slide pot and a stick), and map the
disks, and just make the same waveform from ROM?


That has been tried many times. Several rather expensive electronic
organs have come out claiming to emulate a Hammond. So far the real
enthusiasts do anything to get their hands on the real thing, knowing
that there will come a day when the last one croaks. IIRC it was Paul
Shaffer (the guy who makes the music at david Letterman's show) who
spent the equivalent of a luxury car to have one restored.


Well, tastes vary, but really! Who wants a music box that makes it
sound like you're at a skating rink? ;-P

cheers!
Rich

Hello Rich,

Well, tastes vary, but really! Who wants a music box that makes it
sound like you're at a skating rink? ;-P


Ok, I am not much of an expert on instruments or music in general. But a
Hammond organ can fill a living room with a sound that, with the eyes
closed, you'd think you are sitting in a cathedral. And lots of rock
bands wouldn't use anything else. That is why a lot of Hammonds have
been "sawed in halves" so they can be transported to the next gig. You
could even buy split versions built into professional transport cases.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

"Rich Grise, but drunk" wrote:

Well, tastes vary, but really! Who wants a music box that makes it
sound like you're at a skating rink? ;-P

cheers!
Rich


People like the old Hammond organs like the B3 because the can't go
out of tune. The mechanical tone generator makes sure of that. They
only sound like a skating rink in, get this, A SKATING RINK!

--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 18:59:56 GMT, Joerg
wrote:

Hello Jim,

Do it the way the original radio did it -- dynamotor. You can still find
them in the back room at a lot of military surplus electronics junk stores.


But then be prepared for some major restoration. The bearings of a lot
of these are nearly shot, mostly from sitting in an attic for decades.
It's like old pond pumps. They run fine for a few weeks and then the
racket increases, some weird noises appear, things get hot and they
seize up.

I restored an old Hammond organ. These generate the tones in a similar
manner. A motor (plus a start motor) and over a hundred pickup coils on
the long secondary shaft. 20 hours of hard work got it going again but
we have accepted the fact that some of the bearings are pretty much over
the hill. So it needs 2-3 starts to coax it to run without that mild
screeching in the background. Getting spare parts from a company that
went out of business 30 years ago just isn't going to happen.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

what kind of bearings? - ball bearings are like tubes - thay have
numbers and substitutes. Bronze bearings are routinely made by
machinists. Babbit is hardest as it is poured in place but you might
be better off replacing them with something else like bronze. Bearing
technology is not all that complicated if you poke into the right
group of folks.

I bet you can get replacement
bearings from searching on the web

http://www.mitatechs.com/organcom.html
http://www.tonewheelgeneral.com/
http://www.goffprof.com/