LVD

by bonnemichael in Circuits > Audio

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LVD

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This chair is designed to enable deaf people to enjoy music. It can do this by using the speakers I modified in to transucers. This way deaf people can hear with their tactile organs instead of their ears.
People who aren't deaf can experience the music through the symbioses of both senses

Welding the Frame

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Step one is to weld the frame that will hold the spine, seat and armsrests

Armrests

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Here you can see the holders of the armrests mounted in place.

Spine

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Then you bend the spine, wich consists of two 4mm thick metal bars, and attach it to the folding mechanism of a car seat

Bending the Wood

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Here is my woodboiler, that I used to bend the backframe, the armrests and the curves of the sitting element, on this MDF mold, that has armoring rods (for concrete) as spacers

Wood in Place

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The wood is bent into the armrest, seat and back

Seat

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I tried to find the ideal sitting curves so I just used my bum as a mold, with Poly urethane foam, aluminium and finished it with polyester.

the bottom of the seating compartiment ( last photo) has the sliding rails of a car under it.

Transducers

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I tried several designs for the transducers, to maximize the freqeuncy range.



Finishing

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Connecting a velleman kit to 3 pairs of light bulbs (UV colour-coded) through opto-switches so the audio source can be monitored visually as well.

Hooking all the speakers up to three 4-channel amps and you are off to go.