Horn rotor

Hello all,
Marco has kindly built us a horn rotor for the treble speaker. It is unlike any rotor from leslie; instead of having two, with one dummy, it has only one, that is very short, with a counterweight on its side.
Here are some photos of the beginning and the end.

Best,
Marco D.
Chris M.
Sasha I.

Power input

Hello all,
We've just finished building the power input to the Leslie, that will work similar to a vacuum cleaner (you pull as much cable out as is needed). We have also dismantled the audio system for our Leslie, but unfortunately, the power button broke in the process.
Also, we finished building the bass rotor which will be used in our Leslie.
Best,
Chris M.
Marco D.
Sasha I.

Motor System

Hello all,
We have discovered exactly how the motors of the Leslie work.
The motor is either on or off, spinning fast when it is on (440rpm).
In order to spin it at Slow speed, a metal pin of about 1.5cm in diameter is dropped onto a rubber lined disc that is on the motor. This creates rotational friction that slows the motor down to 45rpm.
We are going to use a different system, made up of gears in order to spin our Leslie.
Best,
Chris M.
Marco D.
Sasha I.

Leslie 760!

Hello all,
I am delighted to announce that we have finally found a working Leslie for our project. A fellow in northern Germany is selling his studio Leslie 760 for a very reasonable price to us, and we are going to pick it up on Wednesday the 26th of October.
I would never have thought that even buying a Leslie is a feat in this area. There are people who are willing to sell, but are not capable (either it is broken or too far), there are people who have but do not want to sell, there are people who want to sell, and then suddenly decide not too, there are people who are willing to sell, but at a price much above the norm, and there are people who just don't want anything to do with us. But in the end, patience brought us a great Leslie that will fulfill our needs.
Best,
Chris M.
Marco D.
Sasha I.

Leslie Sources

Hello all,
We've had many problems finding Leslie, broken or not, but finally we have found someone who can ship from Germany.
Best,
Chris M.
Marco D.
Sashia I.

Second hand Leslie

Hello all,
We've found someone in the Gland area who has a second hand leslie with some broken parts. The audio system in it is broken (both the amplifier and the crossover) and the axle of the bass rotor is bent. This is  ideal, because we can reposition everything to our liking for a low price, but the seller isn't sure whether he wants to sell it or to fix it, so we have to wait and see.
In the meantime, we've found several people in the neighboring countries (France, Italy and Germany) that are selling Leslies and we're still looking.
Best,
Chris M.
Marco D.
Sashia I.

Update 1

Hello all,

We are trying to build a Leslie Speaker but it will hopefully be better than the original.

We are trying to ameliorate two aspects of the Leslie: we hope to make it smaller and with a novel design.

Here are a few photos of our progress with the main cabinet (the slits are on the side).

We are facing some key issues that will be hard to solve. What motor system do we use? What speaker system do we use? How do we mount it all in a way that it will be stable and not squeak? How can we cut down on the size without changing the sound? 

We might have to start from scratch again, but we will end up with a working Leslie at one point or another. 

Best,

Chris M.

Marco D.

Sasha I.