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I've had a look but it means nothing to me.... Oh Vienna That sounds.....wonderful.... or something.... is there a decoding wheel available? Thx Rob

@Stub Mandrel Thanks. I'll check the Apple store. I thought you had an iPhone.

@SpondonBassed Apologies. I was going to ask you "who did I speak to then?" But that would be stupid so I won't.

Spent the last hour trying to work out if I have a problem or not. A kind basschatter has sent me eight Goldwood 1016 tweeters. I tested them all with a tone generator on my MacBook using the headphone socket as the output into a small cheap amp and then into cables. As I put a tiny bit of power in, I can hear a high pitched signal, not loud but something is there. I get the same signal when I connect into the Omni 10.5 speaker cab with the main speaker disconnected. Since I have no idea what a Goldwood should sound like, its entirely possible that this cab is working fine, that my ears are rubbish beyond about 5Hkz (too much deep scuba diving?) and I've spent the last eight weeks worrying over something that's working fine. I did see that @SpondonBassed had some sort of frequency analyser on his phone at the SW Bass Bash. If he reads this, can he let me know what he was using as it seemed very good. I'll then check the output and see what the cab is outputting. Thanks Rob

These were brought for an Ender 3 Pro which I no longer have. Bowden Tube Kit Its never been used and has a length of decent Bowden tube, a cutter that cuts at right angles (seriously very important, do not use a X-Acto blade), some springs and various Bowden connectors. Replacement Ender 3 Pro hot end Might fit other Creality printers. Free, just pay P&P, which is probably £3 for each. Thanks Rob

Paul, You are welcome to them all. Let me work out postage and I'll let you know. If you are in NW North Yorkshire, you are welcome to pick up. Do you want to PM me your address please? Thanks Rob

These were given to me for free but aren't really my music so I'm passing them on for free. They are all complete though the RHCP cover is a little creased. Would much prefer to send them all as one lot to somebody but suspect that's not going to happen. I'll send each of them for P&P costs which is probably £3 or so each. You are of course welcome to collect for nowt, from Clapham, North Yorkshire, and I'll even make you a decent coffee or brew of tea.

This is a second psu that I just found in the cellar. It's brand new and never been used. It's the genuine MS 65W 1706 model, comes with the cloverleaf lead and UK plug and the stupid Microsoft dedicated power connector rather than the USB-C that the rest of the world uses, apart from Apple and Microsoft. I think it works, but no longer have a Surface Pro to test it on. It's never left the delivery box so I'm 99.9999% it's fine. I can't just fling it in recycling as it works. It has a massive number of ports, no I'm lying, it has a single USB-A 2.0 port. You can connect a mouse, wow, just wow. These are approx £11 on eBay new, I'll send it for the absolutely nothing simply to get rid of it. Amazon has it for the extortionate price of £14. Here's the Amazon link to it https://amzn.eu/d/bsMPodm Rob Now gone

Oh wow. That is so cool it should be illegal...

Brought a book, well packed, no issues at all, easy to work with. Many thanks Rob

This is when 3d printing can help. My knowledge of flared ports is even less than my knowledge of unflared ports. However it costs very little to print different versions out and try them and see. I've been playing with different ways to construct guitars and testing out options. TBH, they didn't work, but I now know they don't work. I can print up to 220mm in external diameter, the actual port would be somewhat less (190mm+), but I suspect that's a massive port. Thanks Rob

Phil, Get another hobby, what can possibly go wrong The offer is there if you wish to take it up. The design is done, so its easy to change as needed. The printing time is dependent on the size but it's not excessive TBH. I tend to print in terms of 8-14 hours, so a few hours here or there is nothing, so if you want to test out different configurations, very happy to help. e,g, Put a straight chamfer on the inside of the pipe vs a rounded edge (bull nose) or having the output bigger than the pipe (no idea why you'd do that but it can be done). Very happy to help as one day I may manage to find the time to build a speaker Rob

Phil It's relatively easy now as I parameterised everything, so it's a case of plugging the right numbers into it and its automatically updated. So if the wall thickness of the pipe goes from 2.5mm to 3mm, I change a singe parameter and thats it. In some respects every print I ever do is bespoke. Printing 5,000 of these on a 3d printer would not be cost effective as you could tool up to do this using better methods. Printing a few dozen identical ones probably would be cost effective as there are no tooling setup costs. Printing individual ones would certainly be cost effective as the design is done and it's just plugging numbers in and then sending them to print. No need to tool up. I wouldn't print all of the port, just the flange as it's cheaper to buy piping. However if you wanted a hex port or an elliptical one or a triangular one, that's very simple to do as the methodology is the same. If you want a one off, let me know. I'll do it for nothing, your speaker shoot out was great and this is one way to pay for that Rob

Just in case it helps, I'd be happy to print a port up for you to play with. This is a cross section of a 125mm port. The purple is the drain pipe (or whatever, it's simply there to show where it fits), the red is the flange that the pipe connects to. It's all parameterised so I just made it 50mm as opposed to 125mm. It even has your name on it I've added chamfers in but no idea if they help or not. Rob

That was my second thought, TBH. Astonishing that Barry Gibb, Barry Manilow and Barry White are all from your home town... Along with @Stub Mandrel four legends all from Barry. Fixed that... Rob

@stevie I am tryimg to remember which cab you brought over and plugged the Gnome into, I think it was the middle, the Monza. is that right? It sounded great with a Tonex or Mod Dwarf into the Gnome. Thanks Rob

Astonishing that Barry Gibb, Barry Manilow and Barry White are all from your home town... Three legends all from Barry. You must be very proud.

Its certainly lovely and if I I'd realised it was in the "quiet room", Id have loved to have tried to hear it and possibly play it under somebody expert tutelage.

The morning after the drive after the bass chat the day before... What a great day, so many people, so many great basses and sounds. Can't thank the organising team enough, fabulous food and on-demand tea and coffee. Lovely people to talk to as well. If I missed saying "thank you" to anybody yesterday who did all the organising, my apologies and "thank you". @scrumpymike and Mrs Scrumpy were brilliant. I wasn’t 100% certain on who all the various scrumpettes were but thanks to all them. Thanks to @Phil Starr who conclusively proved I cannot tell the difference between six different speakers. My appointment with the hearing aid specialist is on Friday. Thanks to @stevie on allowing me to plug a six string into one of his very, very nice cabinets. We'll talk later I have no doubt., Lovely to meet @Rosie C, I would have loved to have tried your double bass, perhaps next time when I bring a gnome along. @Chrs seemed to be the only person who has the slightest interest in my Strat and for that alone, thanks. I have no idea what @Woodinblack was doing with what appeared to be an etch o sketch screen but it looked interesting. Also the only person to show any interest in my ToneX and Mod Dwarf. @Stub Mandrel for having the good grace to at least look slightly embarrassed at winning a short scale purple metallic guitar. Great to talk to you. @Chienmortbb Really nice to meet you and happy I could help with a guitar stand. Did you donate a cable to the raffle? @neepheid won it and we thought it might be on one of yours. @Richard R Nice t-shirt to match the avatar. Some interesting and great chats during the day. Feel free to chat if you are looking at getting a 3d printer, always happy to help. @Mottlefeeder You sensibly set up your stand adjacent to the tea and coffee, diametrically opposed to myself in the hall and so never really talked about your briefcase amp. One day, he says yet again. @Nos and I talked a lot and I still have no idea what your name is. Apologies for being not asking. @MichaelDean and @Rosie C for saying nice things about my 3d printed bass. The cheques are in the post. I never managed to talk to everybody, but thank you all for making it such a great day. Rob

@neepheid and I have just arrived back at Chez Clapham. 278 miles, one stop. Four hours and 30 mins. Thanks to all. Great day out. More thanks to follow when brain is working properly.

@neepheid and I are now in Taunton. We'll be checking out the dodgy clubs, pubs and houses of ill repute til early hours or until one of us needs to get to bed, so around 2100 for me.

HI, I've just found a brand new PSU for the MS Surface pro in a box in my basement. It looks like its never been used. @synthaside if you still want it, its yours. Rob

I may have a spare roll of PLA+ but all the above is fire engine red.

I may have over-ordered on the filament....Thats eight boxes which is 32 rolls and there's another 16 rolls elsewhere. I may have ordered twice by mistake. That should see me for the next 6-8 months, so it's actually good I ordered it when it was cheap. I'll keep telling that to myself.