View new posts | View your posts Attn: Sanyo ICC-808D owners. Help needed on Belt Gizmo

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Alright. Here's what I would like to do. I am planning to etch a better belt gizmo board replica (hopefully fo sale), where builders can actually solder components onto the board securely. I'm not a big fan of the alternatives (printing out the design onto wood or card, or the plastic castings where you have to draw the leads on). I would like to make something that is as close to the real thing as possible.

Here's my criteria for the build.
1. The board will be the "transistor" version (with the transistors running down the side instead of IC's), as this seems to be the most accurate board type. I'm open to discussion here.
2. The board will show the proper front side of the calc board. I found it trick to put together a mirrored board, as it never seemed to look right during assembly (because it was backwards).
3. The board will be double sided, so that builders can properly solder from the reverse. I had a single sided etching, and it was very difficult to solder components on. I will just be making the pads on the reverse side (not the full design. That would be pointless).
4. I'm not concerned with the material the board is made from. I found that the board can be painted with glass paint, and then rubbed off of the leads. This has a good, if somewhat ghetto, look to it.

So here's what I need some help with. I'm looking for some high resolution ref photos of the calculator board, as well as some measurements for scale. I will be recreating the board in AutoCAD (I've designed boards and other things in AutoCAD before). Where components are in the way, I will probably be winging it, but the better the photos I can get, the better board I can make.

I hope I can get some help with this. I haven't seen many busters with Belt Gizmos, and I hope to change that.

Here's the reference I used: http://s136.photobucket.com/albums/q185/jackdoud/Ghostbusters/Belt%20Circuit/Reference/ for my build: http://www.angelfire.com/pa5/jdoud/gbbeltcirc.html

PDF on my page above prints out to what seems like the right scale.

Those pictures really need to find their way to the Belt Gizmo page in the equipment section...

I got them all off the boards here, I just put them all in one place.

I'm still looking for photos. Specifically, I'd like some up close photos, as I can't make out some of the details on the few usable pictures I have found.

The Belt Gizmo page has been recently updated with new pictures:

http://www.gbfans.com/equipment/uniform ... uit-board/


...as well as the thread about the real Sanyos that Vincenzo330 and JoeLuna33 recently aquired: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=27195

Wow. Those are some great, clear shot. A few more of those, and I'll have what I need. Thanks a bunch for pointing that out to me. I must have missed the thread in my search (the Equipment page one is great as well).

Here's a few. Very detailed and high-res. Hope these help.




Here's a replica I made from these exact reference photos.



Here's a link to my prop page.
http://www.gbfans.com/fans/props/other/5399/13/

Thanks a bunch.

Here are a few more shots of JoeLuna33 and my 808D boards...

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=27195