Hi Guys, so here is my DIY Mic body beeing finished, most of the hard labor has been done for a while actually :, still need to drill some holes had to finish the grill, and i did that today, by hand, pretty happy with the result, i just need to add a fine mesh at the back, and epoxy glue or solder paste, as seen on Youtube Neumann U87 build, we will see.
The body has been made by a very good friend of me that helped me out with this one, he is a great Lathe and Mill worker, no CNC here, the process was not that hard having such a guy with me, really, thanks to him, but some tools were a little old for that kind of job, or not adequate, but everything went ok so far no surprise, and my drawings were ok .
All the material was taken from spares in my friends place, boy he had it all ;D.
I opened some Mics here and there to get myself an idea of how to, and did some research on prodigy and everywhere that could lead me to here. Didn't wanted to make it look like a Mic that was on the Market, so there was a little, and i say a little thinking around that, because all in all it's still looking like a Microphone no?
The nylon part is done by me, not bad for a rookie .
PSU is from Modushop, the Aluminium handles fixings are done by me, with the attentive eyes of my friend, i was getting a lesson on the Mille , it was a while i haven't worked with that kind of machine, funny how things gets back as driving a Car.
Thanks to Franck for the front and back panel.
I actually wanted to propose this design here in a small quantity about a year ago, but the quotes i had from Germany and France were a little too high for making this worth, maybe one day who knows, but i've learned a lot in the process, and i'm very very happy with the result, so what else?
Yes one thing, get myself two of Skylar's Mic body ;D, man you rock, i admire your perseverance, can't wait to build one mic on your Bodys.
Anyway here it is, thanks to Zebra50 for his help, to Gustav for the project, Franck for the engravings, and to all of you guys in this Forum that motivated me in a huge manner, because i've never tought of building such a thing two years from now, so thanks to Prodigy forum and members.
The body has been made by a very good friend of me that helped me out with this one, he is a great Lathe and Mill worker, no CNC here, the process was not that hard having such a guy with me, really, thanks to him, but some tools were a little old for that kind of job, or not adequate, but everything went ok so far no surprise, and my drawings were ok .
All the material was taken from spares in my friends place, boy he had it all ;D.
I opened some Mics here and there to get myself an idea of how to, and did some research on prodigy and everywhere that could lead me to here. Didn't wanted to make it look like a Mic that was on the Market, so there was a little, and i say a little thinking around that, because all in all it's still looking like a Microphone no?
The nylon part is done by me, not bad for a rookie .
PSU is from Modushop, the Aluminium handles fixings are done by me, with the attentive eyes of my friend, i was getting a lesson on the Mille , it was a while i haven't worked with that kind of machine, funny how things gets back as driving a Car.
Thanks to Franck for the front and back panel.
I actually wanted to propose this design here in a small quantity about a year ago, but the quotes i had from Germany and France were a little too high for making this worth, maybe one day who knows, but i've learned a lot in the process, and i'm very very happy with the result, so what else?
Yes one thing, get myself two of Skylar's Mic body ;D, man you rock, i admire your perseverance, can't wait to build one mic on your Bodys.
Anyway here it is, thanks to Zebra50 for his help, to Gustav for the project, Franck for the engravings, and to all of you guys in this Forum that motivated me in a huge manner, because i've never tought of building such a thing two years from now, so thanks to Prodigy forum and members.