Mar 7, 2010
Waiting on Parts
Work has stalled on the amp. I spent all week trying to track down a missing package of parts that the US Postal service lost. another shipment is on the way and should be here Monday or Tuesday.
Feb 26, 2010
Tonight I worked on adding a few more comonents and some of the wires to the turret board. I'm still waiting on the big caps.
I found the green/white striped wire from an eBay wire seller. The other teflon wire I had left over from the previous amp builds. All the wire that needs to flex is Aircraft Quality Teflon coated 600v tinned stranded. I Love working with the teflon wire it is so much easier to solder and deal with. The Jumper wire is good ole Radioshack 20 gauge solid. Oh and I'm using 4% Silver solder.
I found the green/white striped wire from an eBay wire seller. The other teflon wire I had left over from the previous amp builds. All the wire that needs to flex is Aircraft Quality Teflon coated 600v tinned stranded. I Love working with the teflon wire it is so much easier to solder and deal with. The Jumper wire is good ole Radioshack 20 gauge solid. Oh and I'm using 4% Silver solder.
Feb 22, 2010
Started Filling the Turret Board
Tonight I didn't have much time to devote so I started pre-populating the turret board with the resistors and capacitors. I then realized that I forgot to order the big capacitors so I ordered them tonight. The laylout template that I used from the AX84 site could use a some work and a little more strategy with component placement.
Feb 21, 2010
Started a New Amp Project. This one is for my father.
It's been a while since I've last posted. I've been busy running a Vacuum Tube Business selling on eBay for now. There's a link to my eBay store off my website http://www.vintageamptubes.com/.
This past Christmas my stepmother and I told my father that we were getting him a guitar but that he had to pick it out. He ended up picking out a Yamaha Acoustic/Electric cutback guitar. I told him I would build him an amp for his new guitar. Since then I've been pondering on what to build him.
I knew that it didn't need to be very loud as that would most likely cause some marital and neighborhood tensions. I also wanted to showcase my evolving woodworking skills so my searched ended at two websites.
The first website was called Electric Wood Inc. They make some of the most beautiful wood combo amps that I've seen.
For the amp itself I found this website http://www.ax84.com/. The basic version of this tube amp is about 5 watts which will be perfect. The site also has additional ways to add more power and features to the basic setup. That way my father can add all the bells and whistles that he wants.
Today I finally cleared out my work area so I could start building this amp. Thanks to the AX84 website I was able to print out a turret board template. Here I taped the template to the turret board material for drilling.
I pick up most of my amp parts from Doug Hoffman over at http://www.hoffmanamps.com/. Doug has the best customer service I've seen. Since Doug is located just a few hours away, I get almost instant gratification of having parts delivered in a day or two.
A drill press really makes the job a lot easier. The little turrets need to be straight up, if you tried to drill it by hand the turrets would all be leaning every which way and it just wouldn't look good. Remember it's all about the looks, because some day someone actually might look at the guts of the amp.
Here is the Turret Board with all of the Turrets Installed. I covered how these Turrets are installed in a previous amp build, just click on this link to Turret Installation.
This past Christmas my stepmother and I told my father that we were getting him a guitar but that he had to pick it out. He ended up picking out a Yamaha Acoustic/Electric cutback guitar. I told him I would build him an amp for his new guitar. Since then I've been pondering on what to build him.
I knew that it didn't need to be very loud as that would most likely cause some marital and neighborhood tensions. I also wanted to showcase my evolving woodworking skills so my searched ended at two websites.
The first website was called Electric Wood Inc. They make some of the most beautiful wood combo amps that I've seen.
For the amp itself I found this website http://www.ax84.com/. The basic version of this tube amp is about 5 watts which will be perfect. The site also has additional ways to add more power and features to the basic setup. That way my father can add all the bells and whistles that he wants.
Today I finally cleared out my work area so I could start building this amp. Thanks to the AX84 website I was able to print out a turret board template. Here I taped the template to the turret board material for drilling.
I pick up most of my amp parts from Doug Hoffman over at http://www.hoffmanamps.com/. Doug has the best customer service I've seen. Since Doug is located just a few hours away, I get almost instant gratification of having parts delivered in a day or two.
A drill press really makes the job a lot easier. The little turrets need to be straight up, if you tried to drill it by hand the turrets would all be leaning every which way and it just wouldn't look good. Remember it's all about the looks, because some day someone actually might look at the guts of the amp.
Here is the Turret Board with all of the Turrets Installed. I covered how these Turrets are installed in a previous amp build, just click on this link to Turret Installation.
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