The Amp Garage

Here's another good one

http://www.nj7p.org/Tube.php

Definitely don't use oil. Definitely DO use gloves, or you wind up with itchy hands for a couple hours after... Trust me on that one. A long time ago I made a drill press just for drilling PCB's using a PWM speed controller and a 24v permanent magnet motor from a big old IBM tape drive. It used prel...

If you're into woodworking you could probably copy this pretty easily.
I made a dirt cheap very simple one out of 4 pieces of wood and six screws.
Search the forums for related threads, and hit google too.

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I agree, it's strange.. I am using rosin core solder. I was skeptical about the acid flux myself. I'm not giving up though.

Hi gang, Here's the scoop. I have a bagful of old stock CTS pots that I've had for a while. They have started to accumulate a sort of "patina" on the lugs. It's a blackish tarnish, and almost looks like what you see on silverware.. Well, I can't for the life of me get solder to stick to the stupid t...

Here's a great place to obtain data for the tubes in that Bogen. They seemed to like to use some oddball tubes from time to time in their PA gear. http://www.nj7p.org/Tube4.php?tube=6av5ga With that lineup of tubes you could make a 25-30 watt amp. The 6av5 is somewhat like a 6v6 as far as dissipatio...

The sound you describe could be your setup picking up the transmit/receive activity from a cell phone or pda.

I have used that transformer in a tweed Deluxe, but it isn't really up to it. It will run a tweed Princeton or a Champ ok, but that's about it. In fact, it's actually too small for the mounting holes in a Deluxe chassis. The one I use in all my deluxe builds is the P-TF41316. It's good for blackface...

Nice work! That head cab is gorgeous!

rutledj wrote:Well, I just won a eminence cannibus rex on ebay. I'll give that a try. Thanks for the suggestions.

I think you're gonna like the Rex. They don't really do anything wrong, and they are LOUD.. very efficient speaker.

Here's a table I found that you all might be interested in.

http://www.powerstream.com/Wire_Size.htm

angelodp wrote:What five tools ( perhaps beyond the usual ones, temp controlled iron, nut drivers, etc ) have made a difference in your building techniques.

Dovetail Jig
Air Stapler
Circle cutting jig
Drill press
Vega rip fence
Common Sense .... (honorable mention)

Old Masco stuff is sweet! I have stumbled across a website somewhere that shows Little Walter with a Masco (ME-27 I think) next to him. I have a couple stashed away to convert to harp or guitar amps one of these days.

You can use the center tap as your HV lead to your standby sw. or to the first filter cap, unless you've already wired up to pin 8 on the rectifier socket, then just insulate it and let it float.

+1 on that. The biggest cause of solid wire failing is when you nick the conductor as your stripping it. If I nick one and there's not enough slack to try again, out it comes. I wish I had the dough to get one of those "hot tweezers" that the cable and harness people at work use. You just grab the w...