[treffynnon]

Here is my build with the Fred_fred2004 PCB into a Hammond 1590XX enclosure. Surprisingly it's quiet even with my octapus like wiring on the tube sockets.
 

 

 

[Amatsu]

That looks like a nice heatsink. Does it still get hot with that thing? 

 

[treffynnon]

Yeah, it still gets pretty toasty - bearable to touch. It's a 100x~100 and cheap.

http://uk.farnell.com/fischer-elektronik/sk-04-100-sa/heat-sink-100mm/dp/4621529

 

[aemos]

I would like a board as well. Will PM you the details now.
 
Thanks!

 

[Ocean7]

Fred I would like to purchase two boards please. Just sent you a PM.
 
Thanks

 

[lybbert]

PM sent about pcbs
 
0dd

 

[Fred_fred2004]

In answer to all the questions, yes I have boards available
 
cheers
FRED

 

[aemos]

I just got the PCB by mail to Denmark. Looks perfect. Thanks a lot!

 

[Amatsu]

Yeah I got mine today as well. Time to work.

 

[Amatsu]

It feels so good soldering in one of these...Doing a p2p build the first time was a good learning experience but I'm never doing that again.

 

[Ocean7]

Just got the boards and they're very nice. Thanks Fred Fred!

 

[Ocean7]

It feels so good soldering in one of these...Doing a p2p build the first time was a good learning experience but I'm never doing that again.

Something went wrong? I really enjoy building P2P. It's like a challenging 3D puzzle and you can be very creative solving it.

 

[drabina]

  Here is my build with the Fred_fred2004 PCB into a Hammond 1590XX enclosure. Surprisingly it's quiet even with my octapus like wiring on the tube sockets.

That's what I wanted to ask about here on this forum. I need to add wires between tube sockets and PCB (about 2" long). Can I just add single wires or they should be twisted in pairs (or all)? Also, once in the enclosure, the wires are not going to be stretched but cramped. Would that cause a problem?

 

[Ocean7]

That's what I wanted to ask about here on this forum. I need to add wires between tube sockets and PCB (about 2" long). Can I just add single wires or they should be twisted in pairs (or all)? Also, once in the enclosure, the wires are not going to be stretched but cramped. Would that cause a problem?

There is no need to twist the wires imho. Cramped wires are not a problem neither. It's going to be easier to build all together if you use stranded wires.

 

[treffynnon]

I braided them to make it neater and spread any physical load over more than one contact point to the PCB. As you can see the enclosure I used is quite small in terms of height so all that wiring you see under the tube socket is simply crammed in. I had expected there to be noise and to have to re-do it, but it's nice and quiet.