Hello from The Netherlands, my name is Florian, I'm currently located in Arnhem. I'm into repairing electronics, mainly Walkmans, MiniDisc players and Gameboys. I also own 2 3D-printers and I already tried to make a missing battery cap. My favorite Walkmans are those from the 80's because of their design, I'm currently working on a WM-R202, 2 WM-FX20's and a WM-17. Most music is played through my modern NW-A55 but when I'm relaxing I usually use my other WM-R202 or WM-GX688
Hello Florian, Welcome to Stereo2go. Have you completed designing/ 2d Printing any walkman part yet? Please share your experiences / ideas.
Hi and thanks, currently on my second version of a battery cap for an MZ-E70 but it needs a few changes. I'm also trying to get an R202 to work but this is a confusing one, something with the direction/gear mechanism which causes the orange gear for playback to not come in contact with the big capstan gears. After I finish these I'm going to work on either the gear ring or a replacement battery compartment for the WM-R202 and F100/F100II. Currently have an F20 and an F100 that need a new gear ring. I work as a mechanical engineer so I have some experience with SolidWorks 3D-modeling. I'll post to the forum once I'm done or making progress, I'd be happy to share the files once done so we can all keep our machines running
Yes, welcome to the forums! 3D printing missing battery door covers and such pieces is always going to be in demand. There are a number of 3D printed parts regularly available on e-bay for Walkman and Discman. Getting those "middle gears" for certain Discman players was essential and I ordered 3 so far. During the height of my fevered delirium in Discman land... I was going to get into 3D printing. Literally just to make 1 part: For Discman players, there was this rare external battery holder that took 8AA, called the EBP-360. (Also one called EBP-380 that had 8 AA in series for 12v out for older models) EBP-360 was 2 sets of 4 AA batteries connected in a row, both rows in parallel, so the output voltage is 4x1.5 Volt = 6 Volts. A big pack that fits under older Discman's like the D-15, D-25, D-555 but with user fillable AA's. Instead of their lead acid BP-100 and BP-200. Today we would use Eneloop AA and it would be a practical and easy alternative to rebuilding lead acid packs. Getting hold of an EBP-360 and re-creating it in 3D printed parts was the Holy Grail of 3D Discman accessories to my fevered brain. I doubt anyone else would want one though
There's a pretty good brain-trust on the forum, if you run into any issues post them and hopefully the members can help out. Hyperscope, I've been in your boat, stupid little parts that cost a few cents when new but now are unobtainium. I watch a ton of YouTube Videos for lots of different equipment, it does seem we are getting closer to doing more manufacturing at home then ever before and there's some companies that advertise they can make parts for you for cheap.
Yeah and having a 3D scanner to scan in those complex plastic shapes would be amazing too. There are places around locally that can do that, I have checked it out already...
A couple years ago I saw a home brew one using normal paper scanners, it was cheap to assemble and it worked, you might want to search out that project.
