Scratch built Bacharach Sniffer 300

Scratch built Bacharach Sniffer 300#32868

By irricanian - October 25th, 2007, 5:58 pm

- October 25th, 2007, 5:58 pm#32868

Buying a real one is out of the question sooo.....I've started to build a Bacharach sniffer from scratch out of 1/4" and 1/8" MDF. It will have a removeable baseplate to change batteries and a backlit screen and a few LED's for show. Here's my progress so far....

More to come.... What do you think???

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Re: Scratch built Bacharach Sniffer 300#32870

By Spooky - October 25th, 2007, 6:06 pm

- October 25th, 2007, 6:06 pm#32870

Nice man
I've been considering doing a Sniffer for a project just for the heck of it. I had the idea to buy a lab coat put a patch on it and go out as a "research" Ghostbuster or something.

Re: Scratch built Bacharach Sniffer 300#32896

By bradboss12 - October 25th, 2007, 8:38 pm

- October 25th, 2007, 8:38 pm#32896

Nice! Just one of your little toys?? : P So, does a Bacharach sniffer detect Burt Bacharach albums? : ) They are really expensive. Keep us posted. Not like I don't like seeing packs, but I enjoy seeing the oddball stuff being worked on, too!

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Re: Scratch built Bacharach Sniffer 300#33537

By irricanian - November 2nd, 2007, 8:53 am

- November 2nd, 2007, 8:53 am#33537

Update: Getting closer to completion!

Still need to get the labels printed and do the readout.

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Re: Scratch built Bacharach Sniffer 300#33547

By KAD - November 2nd, 2007, 11:08 am

- November 2nd, 2007, 11:08 am#33547

That looks great! A great addition to any Ghostbuster. You don't see too many of those being made. I am interested in working with MDF. Any tips for using this material? What is the white substance used on the corners in you progress photos? Is that wood filler?

Re: Scratch built Bacharach Sniffer 300#33573

By irricanian - November 2nd, 2007, 4:01 pm

- November 2nd, 2007, 4:01 pm#33573

Wear a mask when cutting it! There's all kinds of nasty stuff in the dust you don't want to be breathing in. It sands real easy and yes that is wood filler, Elmers

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Re: Scratch built Bacharach Sniffer 300#356996

By MRblahface - October 30th, 2011, 4:35 pm

- October 30th, 2011, 4:35 pm#356996

I know I am gonna get some flack for Necroposting, but I was searching on the Google for Bacharach sniffers and this came up. I looked around on your profile and couldn't see anything on this. My question is this, Irricanian did you ever finish this? What became of it? It looked good. Sorry for necro posting.

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Re: Scratch built Bacharach Sniffer 300#357079

By irricanian - October 30th, 2011, 10:17 pm

- October 30th, 2011, 10:17 pm#357079

Yes it was finished and sold as I now have a real 300

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Re: Scratch built Bacharach Sniffer 300#5005143

By SuncoastGB Phyl - June 16th, 2025, 6:47 pm

- June 16th, 2025, 6:47 pm#5005143

I’m building one. Where did you find the labels and the what meter did you use.

Are you selling the labels, if so where can I get them

Re: Scratch built Bacharach Sniffer 300#5005155

By Kingpin - June 17th, 2025, 8:01 am

- June 17th, 2025, 8:01 am#5005155

SuncoastGB Phyl wrote: ↑June 16th, 2025, 6:47 pm I’m building one. Where did you find the labels and the what meter did you use.

Are you selling the labels, if so where can I get them

irricanian hasn't been on this forum in 11 years, so unfortunately it's unlikely he will reply.
I suspect (but can't confirm) that he made the labels for his Sniffer. I can confirm that while they were a reasonable approximation to what we knew the labels looked like at the time, we have better reference for them nowadays, so the labels on irricanian's Sniffer replica are very inaccurate.

Here's a better look at the labels on the Bacharach 300: LINK

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