There are plenty of pics on my website (see my sig) but this one isn't on there yet.
This is a work in progress, a scratch-built Pete Millett hybrid. I've spent aboput 100 hours engineering the case machining and circuit board layout. My goal was to build the amp in the Olde School Way with Sprague Orange Drops, Atoms, Carbon Comp resistors and other old parts. I even thought about point-to-point but I'm not THAT crazy. The other goal was to capture the look of motorcycles built by
Russell Mitchell's Exile Cycles (as seen on TV!) Just a raw, muscular, no bull**** piece of machinery that does it's job well and happens to look good at the same time.
The case - a Hammond 1590N1 die-cast aluminum. Lots of machine time here. Finish is brushed aluminum covered with matte clear. Earwax - Hammond Cast Boxes Rawk!
The Mock Up:
The big cap in the back has it's plastic coating cut off and lightly brushed with a scotchbrite pad. The knob is Davies, the jack is Switchcraft. The gloss black-painted covers over the buffers+heatsinks are drawn steel boxes from LMB (Mouser).
The Back Side:
Power switch, power jack, Nickel-plated Swicthcraft jacks.
The ****:
The board is designed so that the tube sockets mount to the copper side. The side in this view will be populated with the above-mentioned Olde School parts. The board is held on by battery nuts and stainless-steel button-head screws.
The Board:
LOTS of layout time in this one (which is the second version - don't ask) and then three attempts at etching the board before I got Press-N-Peel Blue to work. Note the violet LED's in the middle of the sockets - should make 'em look like gas tubes!
The Parts:
Nothing fancy here!
Hope to populate the board this week - I'll let you know.
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