Kinda O/T CD player in the shop..how do you guy's keep them clean so they still work?

This is kinda off topic, but i'm sure you guy's have cd players in the shop too..so i have to ask.

Both here at home and at our shop we have cd players, and after a short time with working around them, they stop reading the cd's. I've tried covering them etc..but they still fuck up.
Nither one are cheep unit's, but with grinding, sanding etc sooner or later the laser decides to go on lunch break.

Do you guy's have them in some sort of cabinet??
Just looking for an idea so i don't keep ruining these thing's.. I'd rather spend my money on my car and not sterio's.

Thanks.
Tony

 

I've got a portable job that plugs into the radio. When I'm not using it I keep it in a ziplock bag.

 

The best way to do this is to put all of the electronics in another room and run longer speaker cables. You could build an enclosure for the electronics that has a fan that draws air out of the enclosure.

When you clean the speakers, use a vacuum, not an air hose.

The computer also needs to be in another room.

Dave Mann
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MP3 player plugged into a receiver! dust ain't an issue, and you can program in a whole days worth of music if you desire.

 

thats a great question. i have a Denon disc changer in the garage that quit working over a year ago because of all the dust. wish i could get that to work again.
i even have it in a cabinet and it still died.

 

I picked up some school lockers and is hidden in there it works great I love PORN, sorry, KORN when I am working.

 

Mine have always been on a high shelf.
Never had any problems, but I probably don't grind in the shop as much as some do.

 

I've never tried to play CDs in the shop, it's a waste of time....not just because they get dirty, but because you have to change it every 40 minutes.

I used to listen to the PBS classical station, then I finally got into mp3s, converted all my music CDs to mp3 files, put them on an old comptuer in the garage, and listen to that (plugged into an old stereo with bigass speakers of course). Now I have a brand X ipod, got on ebay cheap and fixed it, and I use that instead of the computer, it's easier to get started up.

 

Ive gotta build a case or something around my tv/satellite receiver. They pick up everything. I have them sittin' on top of the shop fridge, but afraid I am going to speedup their demise if I don't keep 'em outta the crap in the air.
C/D player took a crap a couple years ago.

 

I once had a high-end CD deck out in the shop, (key words: "once had") 'til I threw a few sparks at it. It ate my favorite Stevie Ray Vaughn CD. I had to do an autopsy on the damn thing to get it back. Yeah, it died alright but it was an honerable death nonetheless.
I do the cassette thing out in the shop now. The grit doesnt seem to bother a vintage cassette player quite so bad.

 

Glad to know i'm not the only one messing up thier electronics...

I've actually ruined 2 nice cd players here, and we just killed the one at the shop, which is why this question came about..

Thanks for all the input, gave me a few different idea's to go for.
I don't have anything mp3, maybe i'll buy one at some point..i guess i'm stuck in the dark ages..
I even have a cd burner on this pc and have yet to burn one...i've only had it about a year now..LOL
And i HATE our radio stations here. We used to have an oldies station, but the're gone now...not a big loss to be honest, that one sucked too.
I can't tell you how many time's they played Sonny and Cher crap!
Sorry, i CAN'T STAND Sonny and Cher ANYTHING!! Haha

So, cd's are my only escape.

Thanks again fella's..

Tony

 

Satellite radio.... forget cd's. Best $10 a month you can spend...

Brian

 

Thats next on my list without a doubt!!!!!!
Been talking about it for a while, just never made the time to go get it..
Sheesh...you'd think with the cash i've spent replacing these damn cd players i would have got that instead!! Haha

 

People I work with put theirs in a pillow case.

 

Used to work in a garage w/ a terminal in every bay. No shit.

We had plastic covers on the keyboards, and would hang rags over the computers. Didn't use CD's very often, but the HDD and floppy drives seemed to hang okay.

-bill

 

I've got a $50 little boom box that I've had for nearly 10 years. It's lived in the shop all it's life, even in the booth when painting. I keep a tack cloth wrapped over the top of it. It's survived welding, grinding, fiberglass dust, you name it. Maybe I'm just lucky, but I keep the tack rag over it all the time.

 

You know most buglars put stuff in pillow cases too. You anit confessing to anything are you

 

I only have the speakers in the main shop room... the computer and all the elctronics are in the little office I built...

 

A buddy of mine keeps his in an antique fridge that he took the non functioning compressor out of , I believe he has a computer cabinet style fan sucking the heat out. It seems to work good for him.

 

I'm with the above poster - MP3 player - you can pick them up pretty cheap now adays on Egay or even from a store - and it'll hold a crapload of music depending on what size you get.

And as pointed out - SOLID STATE electronics - no moving parts which = dust proof.

Jon

 

www.garagejournal.com .......douchebag.

 

p.s. satallite radio is awesome. i have 3 receivers. i would have more if it wasnt an extra 6 bucks a month each. i can see paying 20 a month for music but when you need 5 or so receivers (no docking stations and what not arent that much of an option) it gets pricey.

 

I had a denon,it gave up.Except it would play only one CD.Every other CD it would go zip-click-zip-click.Nothing.But when I put in SuperSuckers must have been live.It would play!After the 157th time listening to that CD I went out and bought a new Panasonic,with remote.$59.00 works great.
But all I play is the Supersuckers anyway!

 

I just run cassettes in the 'shop. I've hundreds of them from the eighties and they survive, damp, cold and dust no problems.
Ed

 

Ya know, i joined there too and didn't even think about asking there..
Once a douchebag alway's a douchebag! Hahaha

Thanks for all the input guy's..
I'm thinkin satalite's gonna be next in the "needed" shop tools catagory..
I CAN'T work without good tunes!

Tony

 

My CD player is in an old gas pump i gutted out. ts dust & dirt free been working for years.

 

On the bench by the beer. If grinding dust gets on the top of the can, I dust off the player too. Plays Johnny, Merle, George, Willie, Hankjr with no problems. I do slip on some white cotton gloves when changing discs, never had a problem.

 

amen. that's what i got goin..can't beat it

 

i have a 6 disk Kareoke machine w/ wireless microphone hooked to my 70's special head unit. I keep a wash cloth over the loading door...wipe the unit down every now and again; plus blow it out.

 

If you want to put it in a cabinet and run a cooling fan have the fan blow in and put a filter on the outside so it only has clean air, leave air gaps on other side of cab so air can blow out. Thats what our Touch tunes Juke boxes use, and if you keep the filter clean it works great.