https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150530695774552.482954.403563559551&type=1&l=b6463ba041
let me know if that link works
Works, and I wish I had a shop like that, though with more woodworking tools.
thanks man
Fukn hell dude!!! Right on
ill put some captions up tonight for further explanation
I'm a shop/grease monkey. I know what's goin down
Quote from: RAGER on November 06, 2011, 08:44:30 PM
I'm a shop/grease monkey. I know what's goin down
if i didnt have the mill or iron worker my life would suck.
Rad that you fold your own chassis and stuff...
That's awesome. Yeah good machines make all the diff...cheers man
Quote from: SunnO))) on November 06, 2011, 08:47:25 PM
Rad that you fold your own chassis and stuff...
actually i do not fold it, thats a 100$ Weber chassis I mod up to get what I need. Mostly holes for big cap cans and front/back panel shit. I only do full chassis work on shit that I cannot find a suitable initial chassis 4
Link works, Also, I'll be harrassing you via facebook from now on. ;D
Also, their is a machine that people use to bend flashing and make gutters, you think that would bend steel/aluminum? their not as expensive as some of the shit you got. But If I were you I would go to auctions to get that kinda stuff on the cheap.
That's rad as. Thank's for sharing
Quote from: SpaceTrucker on November 06, 2011, 11:42:10 PM
Link works, Also, I'll be harrassing you via facebook from now on. ;D
Also, their is a machine that people use to bend flashing and make gutters, you think that would bend steel/aluminum? their not as expensive as some of the shit you got. But If I were you I would go to auctions to get that kinda stuff on the cheap.
Yes it would be cheaper to do it from raw materials but a ton of extra work and vigilance to make perfectly measured out holes. The best solution for me would be to have a custom laser cut chassis made by a local shop but the quantity required is soo large and given my custom work it would be difficult to make everything fit one 100/200W chassis. I am still contemplating this tho as I usually mod this exact same chassis for all 100W builds
I see you have already trolled my pic, good good. Glad someones paying attention to my shit. The turret board came out fuckin mint!
Added captions for further enhanced learning
I think I can speak for all of us here. we are glad that you have arrived. Another knowledgeable attribute hugely appreciated. 8)
hope i am useful for learning shit. Ill post more photos into that album as the amp comes together
very nice, lots of acreage to spread out too.
have you ever rummaged through like mcmaster-carr or one of those industrial supply mega-places to se what kind of metal boxes they have that may be suitable for amp building? we used to do a lot of NEMA stuff for the guv'ment and for special processes in explosive atmospheres. man did engineering have a ton of different boxes and stamped metal enclosures for R&D
an engineering trick, which i use constantly, is to see if something exists in super mass production for another industry that you can steal and use with minimal modification in your industry. i'll walk around home depot or the killer hardware store, just looking at everything and the suitability for maybe other things i'm pondering at the time.
or browse online through some topic.
an example: PC power supplly. MINT precision supply for really retarded cheap, considering how nice it is.
stamped metal parts are dirt cheap once the tooling is made. stamped boxes are easily made too.
i'm looking at everything?lunchpails? toolboxes? see..that stuff isnt too far out of line for cabinets..anyway, tangential thinking...
The 2nd thing u mentioned is something I normally do. I buy webers 100W chassis then slightly mod it for my own purposes.
on side note, the influx of likes wouldnt be from all yall checkin my shit out would it?
Quote from: RAGER on November 07, 2011, 07:21:47 AM
I think I can speak for all of us here. we are glad that you have arrived. Another knowledgeable attribute hugely appreciated. 8)
When's the wedding? ;D ;D ;D
Quote from: SunnO))) on November 07, 2011, 03:42:50 PM
Quote from: RAGER on November 07, 2011, 07:21:47 AM
I think I can speak for all of us here. we are glad that you have arrived. Another knowledgeable attribute hugely appreciated. 8)
When's the wedding? ;D ;D ;D
all legal in CT, come on down
They get all the power restored up there?
Quote from: SunnO))) on November 07, 2011, 03:59:18 PM
They get all the power restored up there?
Not yet, no. Lucky tho at UCONN we have our own power plant.
Nice to see that board came out right side up. We don't need a resident Amp guru to get jolted with that much amperage. I bet it was too much coffee, yeah, too much "Coffee". ;)
Quote from: SpaceTrucker on November 07, 2011, 04:07:43 PM
Nice to see that board came out right side up. We don't need a resident Amp guru to get jolted with that much amperage. I bet it was too much coffee, yeah, too much "Coffee". ;)
I just goofed on the picture, board is the wrong way if looked at it from perspective of drill mask but no it was not coffee that shit taste fucking awful. I just spent 2 days doing all the work, with many interruptions (driving gf to work cuz she got a flat tire) and helping my dad do assorted farm tasks.
That board is pretty much bulletproof. the drill bit I was given to tap the turret holes leaves the turret really snug even before you flange the end over. I got big double turrets to fit the damn huge leads Sozo caps have
Quote from: dunwichamps on November 07, 2011, 04:11:17 PMand helping my dad do assorted farm tasks.
Best explanation ever.
Assorted farm tasks of many different natures
Heres some idea of what I am talking about
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10100224484927291.2563685.9033443&type=1&l=3e53444617
Hooray for horses!
Best farm tasks ever.
Now, to find a way for farming and amp building to be combined...
Quote from: At_Giza on November 07, 2011, 04:40:52 PM
Hooray for horses!
Best farm tasks ever.
Now, to find a way for farming and amp building to be combined...
Animal Amp Farm. I only visit there on weekend when I am away from school to do work.
dude, you ever scare the horses with your loud ass amps?
I'd imagine that your dad must barge in and say "I almost broke my back cause your squeelin' amp sent Precious on a rampage!". And I'm just messin' no need to explain to me. I understand getting sidetracked. Its the story of my life.
Quote from: SpaceTrucker on November 07, 2011, 05:10:05 PM
dude, you ever scare the horses with your loud ass amps?
I'd imagine that your dad must barge in and say "I almost broke my back cause your squeelin' amp sent Precious on a rampage!". And I'm just messin' no need to explain to me. I understand getting sidetracked. Its the story of my life.
actually i dont play them there but i probably could rip as loud as I want. I just dont bring gear there
Might be able to find somewhere that does water jet cutting to get small runs of cutting cheap. I've been suing a place my dad found that bought a cutter for making boxes, but only ran it 3 days a week. Persuaded them to start cashing in on the other two days, made scratchplates and such
(http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b69/Incarante/Rickplates.jpg).
we got cnc mills and lathes here, waterjet cutter too, plasma cutter, you name it ....
Im not sure at what point it becomes more economical to have your chassis made as opposed to buying em. I would imagine that cost is passed along to your customer anyway?
You build one amp at a time or is there an assembly line of sorts?
Horrible business person here...
Quote from: Chovie D on November 07, 2011, 05:56:17 PM
we got cnc mills and lathes here, waterjet cutter too, plasma cutter, you name it ....
Im not sure at what point it becomes more economical to have your chassis made as opposed to buying em. I would imagine that cost is passed along to your customer anyway?
You build one amp at a time or is there an assembly line of sorts?
Horrible business person here...
Cost would be transferred to the customer. A custom made chassis would just make my life easier really. If I had all those hole already drilled and the chassis say already painted then I could just buy it and boom not have to worry about drilling tons of shit. Of course this requires some standardization of design so thats where it can be a problem for custom work. I build one offs, sequentially more or less. The reason u see 2 chassis's in that photo set is that I am building a concurrent prototype amp along with the customer build
Quote from: dunwichamps on November 07, 2011, 04:41:39 PM
Quote from: At_Giza on November 07, 2011, 04:40:52 PM
Hooray for horses!
Best farm tasks ever.
Now, to find a way for farming and amp building to be combined...
Animal Amp Farm. I only visit there on weekend when I am away from school to do work.
I was more thinking of an amp that could double as a combine harvester, but that's cool. I have a place in the woods, but we rent it out. Wish I could just hold up there. I like it out there.
Quote from: RAGER on November 07, 2011, 07:21:47 AM
I think I can speak for all of us here. we are glad that you have arrived. Another knowledgeable attribute hugely appreciated. 8)
Yep, yep, and I'm good for one of those FB "likes", absolutely.
Quote from: dunwichamps on November 07, 2011, 04:38:12 PM
Assorted farm tasks of many different natures
Heres some idea of what I am talking about
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10100224484927291.2563685.9033443&type=1&l=3e53444617
Wash your hands before you build anything for me plz
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee74/spicoli420_2007/Equine-Artificial-Insemination-5.jpg)
Quote from: RAGER on November 07, 2011, 07:45:51 PM
Quote from: dunwichamps on November 07, 2011, 04:38:12 PM
Assorted farm tasks of many different natures
Heres some idea of what I am talking about
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10100224484927291.2563685.9033443&type=1&l=3e53444617
Wash your hands before you build anything for me plz
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee74/spicoli420_2007/Equine-Artificial-Insemination-5.jpg)
well we dont have cows and when we did we weren't breeding them, just killing them for food eventually
Fresh turret boards in the morning
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/312906_10150533322489552_403563559551_11773200_1388204780_n.jpg)
(https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/378917_10150533323284552_403563559551_11773208_1094297192_n.jpg)
Goddamn. How would you feel about reworking a Hiwatt Lead 50R into a Custom 50-type build?
Quote from: the diddler on November 09, 2011, 10:43:52 PM
Goddamn. How would you feel about reworking a Hiwatt Lead 50R into a Custom 50-type build?
Is that one of the newer Hiwatt models with 2 channels? (the 50R)
From the '80s, PCB build- not much like the standard idea of what a Hiwatt is. But yeah, 2 channels with reverb- the dirt channel seems pretty shitty and the clean is ok, but I should retube. Figured I'd look into making it something cool before trying to sell it off
Quote from: the diddler on November 10, 2011, 04:35:39 AM
From the '80s, PCB build- not much like the standard idea of what a Hiwatt is. But yeah, 2 channels with reverb- the dirt channel seems pretty shitty and the clean is ok, but I should retube. Figured I'd look into making it something cool before trying to sell it off
I am fairly busy, probably couldnt happen for a couple of months given my current schedule and this is going to be a little pricey, its more or less a fairly big tear down and rebuild
Quote from: dunwichamps on November 10, 2011, 10:14:16 AM
Quote from: the diddler on November 10, 2011, 04:35:39 AM
From the '80s, PCB build- not much like the standard idea of what a Hiwatt is. But yeah, 2 channels with reverb- the dirt channel seems pretty shitty and the clean is ok, but I should retube. Figured I'd look into making it something cool before trying to sell it off
I am fairly busy, probably couldnt happen for a couple of months given my current schedule and this is going to be a little pricey, its more or less a fairly big tear down and rebuild
No real rush on my part. I may have Verellen take a look at it. If and when your schedule frees up a bit, keep me in mind
Quote from: the diddler on November 10, 2011, 10:22:02 AM
Quote from: dunwichamps on November 10, 2011, 10:14:16 AM
Quote from: the diddler on November 10, 2011, 04:35:39 AM
From the '80s, PCB build- not much like the standard idea of what a Hiwatt is. But yeah, 2 channels with reverb- the dirt channel seems pretty shitty and the clean is ok, but I should retube. Figured I'd look into making it something cool before trying to sell it off
I am fairly busy, probably couldnt happen for a couple of months given my current schedule and this is going to be a little pricey, its more or less a fairly big tear down and rebuild
No real rush on my part. I may have Verellen take a look at it. If and when your schedule frees up a bit, keep me in mind
No problemo man