I keep referring to the new amplifier as the 6V6 “Curly Maple” Amplifier. But is it really?
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Tag Archives: Chassis
6V6 “Curly Maple” First Assembly
The chassis has all its coats of oil finish and things started coming together today.
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I managed to steal a little time over Easter to do a some work in the shop. The chassis for the new 6V6 “Curly Maple” Amplifier is coming along nicely.
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After some delay I have managed to finish all the metal work for the Marblewood Upgrade Amplifier. Hereafter referred to as the 6V6 Curly Maple Amplifier.
Continue readingUpdate on the Marblewood Upgrade Amplifier
After getting some chores out of the way this weekend, I got an opportunity to do some chassis work. The project is proceeding well.
Continue readingAn Update, Update, Update?
We got some unseasonably nice weather here today. Clear blue skies and about 72° outside. This meant I got some time in my shop to move projects forward.
Continue readingAn Update on the Update
I haven’t talked about the new amp in a while so I thought I’d share current progress.
Continue readingMany Delays
I’ve been pretty busy for the last month. But things are starting to move forward again. I’m still working on the project page for the Source Selector Unit and something new as well.
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As it turns out, there is a crew working on painting the exterior of my house today. Since I can’t work on many of my outdoor projects around the house, I thought I’d take the opportunity to get a little done on the source selector unit.
Continue readingCompleted Tube Assembly
I got some time today to finish out the vacuum tube assembly of the source selector unit.
Continue readingSignal Sections Fully Wired
Yesterday I was bottling mead but today I got a chance to wire up the buffers and tie in the coupling capacitors. This completes installation of all the signal chain components. All that’s left on the assembly is the final power supply wiring.
Continue readingSource Selector Chassis Wiring Complete
I had the opportunity today to sit down and finish up the wiring on the source selector unit chassis. It has been a productive week for this project. Now that the chassis is in good shape, I’m free to move on to the assembly and wiring of the vacuum tube circuits.
Continue readingSource Selector Chassis in One Piece
This morning after installing the selector switch and all its pigtails in the chassis, I decided to install the base plate. The chassis in now all in a single assembly.
Continue readingSelector Pigtails and Chassis Wiring
I made some progress today on the Source Selector Unit. The twelve twisted pairs are all soldered to the selector switch and I managed some chassis wiring as well.
Continue readingWiring in Technicolor
So what does one do when needing to keep twelve signal paths clearly separated and easily identified in a chassis? Actually the answer is remarkably simple.
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