A nice piece of cabinet making bro'......... and then to build an amp.........maybe when the kids are older and i have time i'll give it a crack myself... well done....
I'll take some pics from the front The control panel isn't finished yet. I still need to mount a LED and a good pot. As I said, I'll be making a PCB layout of this amp and build a separate head (I'll use is as my back-up amp.)
Make sure your PCB is thick enough to hold the valve bases securely. And it goes without saying be very careful with the voltages in there. Even small valve amps have lethal voltages stored in the capacitors even when the amp is unplugged from the mains
I'd like to see the FRONT of the cab ... that fabric is making me crazy not seeing it from the front and how the control panel is finished off....
As requested...
quote:Originally posted by Jeff242
And it goes without saying be very careful with the voltages in there. Even small valve amps have lethal voltages stored in the capacitors even when the amp is unplugged from the mains
I got a shock while I was working on this amp. Isn't exactly a nice feeling!
I got a belt as well working on the Musicman combo earlier this year...not a nice feeling at all,i was tired and had been working on the amp for a few hours...my advice is if your feeling tired go a chill for a while and have a coffee etc.... especially when changing caps............
Forgot to switch it off. The ground wasn't connected so good, so it fell of. Witloofboer became ground for a second. I was lucky that time, so I'm quite careful with those things now. I could still feel it the next day.
My mistake was i installed a cap the wrong way around and it blew.. and when i went to change it i forgot to discharge the one beside it and got a nice belt for my trouble...scared the s**t out of me... i learned a valuble lesson...when your tired,give it a break for a while..otherwise you can make stupid and dangerous mistakes...
Small tube amps
Posted - 11/15/2009 : 22:30:27
..... and then to build an amp....
.....maybe when the kids are older and i have time i'll give it a crack myself... well done....
and how the control panel is finished off....
The control panel isn't finished yet. I still need to mount a LED and a good pot. As I said, I'll be making a PCB layout of this amp and build a separate head (I'll use is as my back-up amp.)
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...except the grillcloth