I piss myself off

[lord preset]

So I was just about to finish all of the chassis drilling and cutouts on a Princeton-ish clone. Then I notice that I reversed the tube and transformer holes with respect to the front panel. I may very well be the first person to do this.


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New chassis ordered.

While I wait I think I will go fling some poo.

[EtherealWidow]

Haha. I literally just did this last night. I'm gonna run with it though. Luckily I only messed up on the placement of 2 preamp tubes. I could use them to run the PT wires through, but I don't think they make idiot sized grommets.

Also, I meant to drill a small hole for a little 120V lamp for a pilot light, but messed up and thought it was the spot for the input jack. It's way too big and now I'll just have to use the 6.3V lamp I have on hand and save the 120V's for a later build.

A princeton-ish clone? What era? I'm doing a very stripped down, cathode-biased 6G3. Chassis is SUPER small. Hope everything fits.

[Reeltarded]

Oh no not me ever I've never done anything like that.

Ok, maybe 30 times in my life, but not in the last couple days that I know of... yet.

Newark, you are on the air with Larry King..

[lord preset]

A princeton-ish clone? What era? I'm doing a very stripped down, cathode-biased 6G3. Chassis is SUPER small. Hope everything fits.

I'm using the Ceriatone Prinzetone design with SS rectification and a deluxe OT. It was going in a 16x8x2 dirty dawg chassis, plenty of room, but no more of those available . Now it's going in a 13 x 7 x 2 Hammond for complex reasons that make my head hurt.

[Jana]

What a dumbass. I have never done anything like that! Oh wait--I was looking in a mirror--never mind.

Email RJ. He might have a chassis about the size you are looking for.

[darryl_h]

But what if you've even installed the valve sockets and grommets, before realising the chassis is a throwaway.

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I detest cutting holes for IEC connectors, so having to repeat that process is particularly galling.

[Dr-Joned]

I would never do that either! Or at least not on an inexpensive chassis. Save the screwups for the expensive stuff!!

[xtian]

Yea. Me too. Hopefully only once. Nope, did it twice. So far.

[NickC]

What's a few extra chassis holes? Not such a big deal. Consider this: Those extra chassis holes are a badge of honor. They prove you kept working at it until you achieved perfection. No-extra-chassis-holes could be interpreted as a sign of laziness.

[skyboltone]

What's a few extra chassis holes? Not such a big deal. Consider this: Those extra chassis holes are a badge of honor. They prove you kept working at it until you achieved perfection. No-extra-chassis-holes could be interpreted as a sign of laziness.

I happen to agree strongly with this here. I've got a "D" HRM build that I tried to build tubes up. Oh man, it still ain't right. Someday I'll get back to it and make a JT45 out of that mess.

[drew]

But what if you've even installed the valve sockets and grommets, before realising the chassis is a throwaway.

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But wait, you're in the Southern Hemisphere! Doesn’t that make it OK?

[darryl_h]

But wait, you're in the Southern Hemisphere! Doesn’t that make it OK?

Does it? That means all my other amplifiers must be wrong. [IMG:22:18]http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr333/valvetone/smilies/cry_1_zps859a493f.gif[/img]

[Leo_Gnardo]

What's a few extra chassis holes?

Ventilation, man, ven-ti-lation! Amps NEED ventilation to be cool! And to let the smoke out...

[Structo]

But what if you've even installed the valve sockets and grommets, before realising the chassis is a throwaway.

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But wait, you're in the Southern Hemisphere! Doesn’t that make it OK?

That's not a mistake that is a stereo!

[Reeltarded]

RoFL!