Why would you go to all of that trouble just to have the thing fly apart because you thought it would be perfectly balanced?A cement block on top would have done the trick.
I have an old Leslie taken from a Hammond Aurora that is identical to the 'Cheesewheel' Leslie you have mounted on the wall. As you know In the big Leslie cabinets, the treble horn spins counter clockwise [I think. . .] the the bass spins clockwise which boosts the Dopler Effect of the sound. I am now using a DC motor with an electric train transformer which controls the speed beautifully from 0 to 255 write me George if interested: YosarianCat22@gmail.com
... stuck a 12" speaker in front of this death trap and we were good to go! When it got up to about 200rpm the metal disk let go!!! The military would have been proud of this as a weapon... how it never decapited anyone is a miracle I am still grateful for. I seriously never considered anyone could be as foolhardy as moi... but you proved me wrong George. Great stuff! I now use a Leslie in a small box that sits on my organ (painful)... its call a Ventilator :)
Yup... hilarious and potencially highly dangerous! I am older and wiser now, but when I was 19 and a keyboard player in a fledgling band I heard the Hammond/Leslie sound and wanted some it! I caouold not afford a Leslie and to make my Vox Continental 'swirl' I thought I would make one... easy eh! Well not understanding the law s of physics at 19... I cobbled together an old washing machine motor, made a 12" metal disk suspended on a bearing/shaft at 45% & connected to the motor.
Thanks, and happy out-whipping! The speakers are 3" "wide range" Auratones. They're mounted in PVC adapters for joining 3" pipe to 2" pipe. You can do what I did and just run the treble through them, run the bass through the regular speakers, it'll still sound nice and swishy.
From a fellow DIYer, good job man. Think I'll whip one of these up for my guitar amp. Out of curiosity what kind of speaker did you use? Looked pretty small to be a guitar-voiced speaker...
dragongoff Well, not really a fail... It was fun as hell to build, it's funny-looking (in its new protective cage) and it sounds great!! I'm not looking to go into manufacturing...if I succeeded, I'd...well, I'd be in manufacturing. Eww!
Kept waiting for Johnny Knoxville or Ashton Kutcher, to pop his head in on this with a thumbs up and serious actor's fees. Only Don Leslie got it right for all the rotating speaker designs through the decades. This is reinventing the wheel that other not so popular rotating speaker designers already came up with, but failing.
Someone already mentioned this, but on a real Leslie (the kind you usually hear on a Hammond organ) the speakers don't actually revolve for the high frequencies. Instead, they use a high frequency speaker that fires into a horn, which rotates much like the baffle you are using for the low frequencies. That's a much more reliable system than trying to keep the wires connected while the speaker is turning, although I'll admit your method with the TRS plug was pretty ingenious.
I run the Hammond through an old stereo tube amp my dad made. I run the ceiling fan leslie (now in a cage for safety) through one channel, full treble. Combined with the "real" Leslie on the other channel, full bass, it's a beautiful, beautiful sound, and the "speed-up-slow-down" pattern is different from any other Leslie.
I have always had a passion for the tone wheel Hammond's and the Leslie, I found it odd that Leslie never actually worked for Hammond, unless indirectly, when he converted Hammonds from 50 Cycle to 60 (Hz A.C.) and was getting paid by Pacific Gas & Electric to do so when they switched to the now standard 60 Hz.. I imagine his junk bin led (Leslie) to invent the rotating baffle that bears his name.
The psycho acoustics between digital verses actual need to be heard real time... cool stuff man
Things like that kinda make you wonder, don't they? I mean...when I run into contradictions like that, I disassemble my whole world view and ask myself, "What information might I be missing here?" Anyway, thanks for caring! :)
Why would you go to all of that trouble just to have the thing fly apart because you thought it would be perfectly balanced?A cement block on top would have done the trick.
paulj0557 2 weeks ago
Your slow speed isn't working because you have it horizontal.
luvchoclabs 5 months ago
I have an old Leslie taken from a Hammond Aurora that is identical to the 'Cheesewheel' Leslie you have mounted on the wall. As you know In the big Leslie cabinets, the treble horn spins counter clockwise [I think. . .] the the bass spins clockwise which boosts the Dopler Effect of the sound. I am now using a DC motor with an electric train transformer which controls the speed beautifully from 0 to 255 write me George if interested: YosarianCat22@gmail.com
YosarianCat22 6 months ago
sounds kinda crappy
kevykev38 6 months ago
6:12 epic fail
c130galaxy 1 year ago
Death trap fever thats what i can that leslie dont hang it in my ceiling. lol
Denvermorgan2000 1 year ago
Part 2...
... stuck a 12" speaker in front of this death trap and we were good to go! When it got up to about 200rpm the metal disk let go!!! The military would have been proud of this as a weapon... how it never decapited anyone is a miracle I am still grateful for. I seriously never considered anyone could be as foolhardy as moi... but you proved me wrong George. Great stuff! I now use a Leslie in a small box that sits on my organ (painful)... its call a Ventilator :)
Jammoko 1 year ago
Yup... hilarious and potencially highly dangerous! I am older and wiser now, but when I was 19 and a keyboard player in a fledgling band I heard the Hammond/Leslie sound and wanted some it! I caouold not afford a Leslie and to make my Vox Continental 'swirl' I thought I would make one... easy eh! Well not understanding the law s of physics at 19... I cobbled together an old washing machine motor, made a 12" metal disk suspended on a bearing/shaft at 45% & connected to the motor.
Jammoko 1 year ago
Thanks, and happy out-whipping! The speakers are 3" "wide range" Auratones. They're mounted in PVC adapters for joining 3" pipe to 2" pipe. You can do what I did and just run the treble through them, run the bass through the regular speakers, it'll still sound nice and swishy.
GeorgeandJeri 1 year ago
From a fellow DIYer, good job man. Think I'll whip one of these up for my guitar amp. Out of curiosity what kind of speaker did you use? Looked pretty small to be a guitar-voiced speaker...
gloriouspeanut 1 year ago
pink floyd used a LOT of leslie. amazing sound :)
tetavo 1 year ago
very cute girl
mandaltby 1 year ago
dragongoff Well, not really a fail... It was fun as hell to build, it's funny-looking (in its new protective cage) and it sounds great!! I'm not looking to go into manufacturing...if I succeeded, I'd...well, I'd be in manufacturing. Eww!
GeorgeandJeri 1 year ago
Kept waiting for Johnny Knoxville or Ashton Kutcher, to pop his head in on this with a thumbs up and serious actor's fees. Only Don Leslie got it right for all the rotating speaker designs through the decades. This is reinventing the wheel that other not so popular rotating speaker designers already came up with, but failing.
dragongoff 1 year ago
Someone already mentioned this, but on a real Leslie (the kind you usually hear on a Hammond organ) the speakers don't actually revolve for the high frequencies. Instead, they use a high frequency speaker that fires into a horn, which rotates much like the baffle you are using for the low frequencies. That's a much more reliable system than trying to keep the wires connected while the speaker is turning, although I'll admit your method with the TRS plug was pretty ingenious.
redoctoberff 1 year ago
Where can I get a Leslie spinning deathtrap of doom for my guitar?
rb204 1 year ago
Execution does not always involve death, in fact it can lead to a better mouse trap. I must ask however what were you thinking?
Pretty entertaining none the less
CTOL1 1 year ago
:)
I run the Hammond through an old stereo tube amp my dad made. I run the ceiling fan leslie (now in a cage for safety) through one channel, full treble. Combined with the "real" Leslie on the other channel, full bass, it's a beautiful, beautiful sound, and the "speed-up-slow-down" pattern is different from any other Leslie.
GeorgeandJeri 1 year ago
I have always had a passion for the tone wheel Hammond's and the Leslie, I found it odd that Leslie never actually worked for Hammond, unless indirectly, when he converted Hammonds from 50 Cycle to 60 (Hz A.C.) and was getting paid by Pacific Gas & Electric to do so when they switched to the now standard 60 Hz.. I imagine his junk bin led (Leslie) to invent the rotating baffle that bears his name.
The psycho acoustics between digital verses actual need to be heard real time... cool stuff man
CTOL1 1 year ago
Why do you call yourself "Fat Man"? You're not even fat, dude. You're just an ugly skinny guy. And as for the girl, she's way too hot for you, dude!
chumpthedog 1 year ago
Things like that kinda make you wonder, don't they? I mean...when I run into contradictions like that, I disassemble my whole world view and ask myself, "What information might I be missing here?" Anyway, thanks for caring! :)
GeorgeandJeri 1 year ago 2
omg!!!! lol!!!
pocketdrummer84 2 years ago
What an idiot. Buy a Leslie or get a life. Any wonder third world countries think we are all fools
tonybranton 2 years ago
this is hilarious
angie4josh 2 years ago 2
I ripped one out of an old cheepy hammond and rebuilt a chassis for it.
angie4josh 2 years ago 2
thats cool and since i'm with sirens that reminds me of one
stormsirens2 2 years ago
I NEED ONE OF THOSE LESLIE SPEAKERS
cheetawolf 2 years ago
dumb ass. lol
ChicagoBubba 2 years ago
"its like a bath in your mother's cooking" awesome
hotlanta71 2 years ago
a feslie lol not leslie get it lolol
Jillz500 2 years ago
Shoulda greased it after ya drilled it!
tel0p 2 years ago
i see u used a casablanca fan motor that was a casablanca 4 seasons.
thfanman 2 years ago
At least there is a good looking girl on this video.
ytmachx 2 years ago