Ceiling Fan Leslie Speaker

George shows a Leslie speaker built from a salvaged ceiling fan. The unit flies apart during the presentation and lands in a bucket of empty beer bottles.

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Education

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• George Sanger
• Leslie Speaker
• FMCG

[GeorgeandJeri]

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]

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!

[CTOL1]

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

[GeorgeandJeri]

:)

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.

[chumpthedog]

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!

[GeorgeandJeri]

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! :)

[paulj0557]

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.

[luvchoclabs]

Your slow speed isn't working because you have it horizontal.

[YosarianCat22]

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

[kevykev38]

sounds kinda crappy



[c130galaxy]

6:12 epic fail

[Denvermorgan2000]

Death trap fever thats what i can that leslie dont hang it in my ceiling. lol

[Jammoko]

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]

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.

[gloriouspeanut]

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...