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I’m an order list kind of guy. Meaning, if I arrange these parts in a sacred mandala shape, the results will be satisfactory.


Online search for:


General Electric #47

Indicator Lamp

Miniature Incandescent

Miniature Bayonet

1-W

6.3V

1-lumen

T3.25

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Miniature Bayonet (BA9s) 

Lamp Socket

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Was easy enough.


(You salvage these out of Dad’s AAF crash boat? The everglowing Detroit Diesel ADD ENGINE OIL alarm panel?).


The next is where I’m likely to take the wrong turn. This is the closest I come.


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Speaker L-Pad Attenuator

Parts Express 260-250 $6.89

15W Mono

1” shaft

8-ohm


(Part of a midrange to tweeter crossover network).


Of course it’s going to need a 1950’s pilot lamp unit from a radio or amplifier to mount in a box. And maybe a more exotic face for the dial.


All aesthetic takes are welcomed. 


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Hobbyist tee-niny smoothed cube sounding “right”. Giant cloth-covered cables entering and leaving.


Glare at car next to you.


Then reach thru steering wheel, right?


(Thx)


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