Dieselpunk Preamp of Doom and the Beast with Two Backs
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#91 Re: Dieselpunk Preamp of Doom and the Beast with Two Backs
OK so I'm now in the process of ensuring everything fits together properly.
The base panel with rear sockets fitted (no I didn't do a very neat job of sanding off the paint!):
Front panel and components fitted:
Verifying that the 16x2 display board fits as designed (and is not upside-down):
View from the back with the lid on:
View from the front with lid on, complete with fingerprints (photographing black gear is really quite tricky)
I wanted to see how it would look in the rack under the Garrard:
The base panel with rear sockets fitted (no I didn't do a very neat job of sanding off the paint!):
Front panel and components fitted:
Verifying that the 16x2 display board fits as designed (and is not upside-down):
View from the back with the lid on:
View from the front with lid on, complete with fingerprints (photographing black gear is really quite tricky)
I wanted to see how it would look in the rack under the Garrard:
Deck: Garrard 301 - Audio Origami PU7 - NW Analogue DH3S
Phono: Pete Millett LR, Lundahl SUT, AMB σ22 PSU
Linestage: Bruno Putzeys Balanced Pre + Hans Polak relay mod, LCDuino control
Power amps: 300B PP 'Symmetric Reichert'
Speakers: FF225WK Big Mets
Phono: Pete Millett LR, Lundahl SUT, AMB σ22 PSU
Linestage: Bruno Putzeys Balanced Pre + Hans Polak relay mod, LCDuino control
Power amps: 300B PP 'Symmetric Reichert'
Speakers: FF225WK Big Mets
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#92 Re: Dieselpunk Preamp of Doom and the Beast with Two Backs
Kewl
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#93 Re: Dieselpunk Preamp of Doom and the Beast with Two Backs
Shoddy!
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#94 Re: Dieselpunk Preamp of Doom and the Beast with Two Backs
I have to second that motion !
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#95 Re: Dieselpunk Preamp of Doom and the Beast with Two Backs
Better conform or I'll be in trouble again.
Shoddy, with bells on!
Shoddy, with bells on!
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#96 Re: Dieselpunk Preamp of Doom and the Beast with Two Backs
Thats better.... I'm watching you Cresswell! <points with shaking crooked finger!>Cressy Snr wrote: ↑Wed Sep 27, 2017 9:39 am Better conform or I'll be in trouble again.
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#97 Re: Dieselpunk Preamp of Doom and the Beast with Two Backs
No further progress the last few days - mainly cos Meredith and I have been tidying up the office / workspace where I'm going to be constructing these things. The previous posted pics have been cropped like hell to cut out the absolute tip in the background.
Anyway, after three days we can now move about without knocking half a dozen things over and here is Thermionic Idler's happy place:
Anyway, after three days we can now move about without knocking half a dozen things over and here is Thermionic Idler's happy place:
Deck: Garrard 301 - Audio Origami PU7 - NW Analogue DH3S
Phono: Pete Millett LR, Lundahl SUT, AMB σ22 PSU
Linestage: Bruno Putzeys Balanced Pre + Hans Polak relay mod, LCDuino control
Power amps: 300B PP 'Symmetric Reichert'
Speakers: FF225WK Big Mets
Phono: Pete Millett LR, Lundahl SUT, AMB σ22 PSU
Linestage: Bruno Putzeys Balanced Pre + Hans Polak relay mod, LCDuino control
Power amps: 300B PP 'Symmetric Reichert'
Speakers: FF225WK Big Mets
#98 Re: Dieselpunk Preamp of Doom and the Beast with Two Backs
I want one! I want one!
Seriously, I need a proper workbench. And a magnifier
Seriously, I need a proper workbench. And a magnifier
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#99 Re: Dieselpunk Preamp of Doom and the Beast with Two Backs
"No matter how fast light travels it finds that the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it."
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#100 Re: Dieselpunk Preamp of Doom and the Beast with Two Backs
The two desk surfaces you can see are actually old excess-to-requirements conference room tables that the company I worked for at the time (2015) were going to throw away. I can't remember exactly what I got them for but it was something like 20 - 30 quid donated to a good cause. They weigh a ton, seriously heavyweight metal frames underneath. I don't know what the top layer is made of but it's very, very strong and perfectly flat - I clamped the preamp panels to it before bending them.
Edit: Meredith just told me that acetone doesn't damage the surface, either. Whatever it's made from is very heavy duty.
The magnifier, I bought in 2003, when I build my first amplifier, a WAD 2A3 SE.
Edit: Meredith just told me that acetone doesn't damage the surface, either. Whatever it's made from is very heavy duty.
The magnifier, I bought in 2003, when I build my first amplifier, a WAD 2A3 SE.
Deck: Garrard 301 - Audio Origami PU7 - NW Analogue DH3S
Phono: Pete Millett LR, Lundahl SUT, AMB σ22 PSU
Linestage: Bruno Putzeys Balanced Pre + Hans Polak relay mod, LCDuino control
Power amps: 300B PP 'Symmetric Reichert'
Speakers: FF225WK Big Mets
Phono: Pete Millett LR, Lundahl SUT, AMB σ22 PSU
Linestage: Bruno Putzeys Balanced Pre + Hans Polak relay mod, LCDuino control
Power amps: 300B PP 'Symmetric Reichert'
Speakers: FF225WK Big Mets
#101 Re: Dieselpunk Preamp of Doom and the Beast with Two Backs
Tell meredith to desist in removing her nail polish at the superduper wizzo amplifier building station!Thermionic Idler wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2017 10:43 pm Edit: Meredith just told me that acetone doesn't damage the surface, either. Whatever it's made from is very heavy duty.
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#102 Re: Dieselpunk Preamp of Doom and the Beast with Two Backs
Haha. Actually nail polish remover comes in very handy at times, and it's cheaper than buying a jar of acetone.Ant wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2017 10:58 pmTell meredith to desist in removing her nail polish at the superduper wizzo amplifier building station!Thermionic Idler wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2017 10:43 pm Edit: Meredith just told me that acetone doesn't damage the surface, either. Whatever it's made from is very heavy duty.
Deck: Garrard 301 - Audio Origami PU7 - NW Analogue DH3S
Phono: Pete Millett LR, Lundahl SUT, AMB σ22 PSU
Linestage: Bruno Putzeys Balanced Pre + Hans Polak relay mod, LCDuino control
Power amps: 300B PP 'Symmetric Reichert'
Speakers: FF225WK Big Mets
Phono: Pete Millett LR, Lundahl SUT, AMB σ22 PSU
Linestage: Bruno Putzeys Balanced Pre + Hans Polak relay mod, LCDuino control
Power amps: 300B PP 'Symmetric Reichert'
Speakers: FF225WK Big Mets
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#103 Re: Dieselpunk Preamp of Doom and the Beast with Two Backs
If you buy acetone on eBay in a dispensing bottle, it's really very cheap...Thermionic Idler wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2017 11:53 amHaha. Actually nail polish remover comes in very handy at times, and it's cheaper than buying a jar of acetone.Ant wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2017 10:58 pmTell meredith to desist in removing her nail polish at the superduper wizzo amplifier building station!Thermionic Idler wrote: ↑Sun Oct 01, 2017 10:43 pm Edit: Meredith just told me that acetone doesn't damage the surface, either. Whatever it's made from is very heavy duty.
e.g. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250ml-Acetone ... 1e651eb73d
Nail varnish remover isn't always acetone, and it's generally diluted anyway.
Lots of useful chemicals on eBay - I buy Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA) and other stuff this way too.
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#104 Re: Dieselpunk Preamp of Doom and the Beast with Two Backs
Dave is happy as a pig in shit.
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#105 Re: Dieselpunk Preamp of Doom and the Beast with Two Backs
That looks far too professional