I Meant to Do That
July 11th, 2011The X-1 Needs to Cool Down
I’m making great progress on the Fender Champ/Garnet Herzog cloney thing.
Today I made the screw holes for the power transformer (I already had a hole made for it to sit in), and I installed the rectifier socket and output transformer. I also made a circuit board from scratch.
Sadly, I made a little boo boo while making the socket hole. I have a new unibit that goes up to 1 3/8″, and I was all excited about using it. I fired it up and drilled a pretty nice hole, and then I remembered…the correct size is 1 3/16″.
The hole was bigger than the socket.
I had to spend an hour an a half remembering how to use the lathe. Then I made the little tube platform you see in this photo.
Most people don’t know anything about tube amps. They’ll think there’s a scientifical reason for that platform. AND I INTEND TO LET THEM BELIEVE IT.
It looks very cool, so I’m not complaining.
This thing should be running by tomorrow night, if I can figure out what kind of relay to use for the footswitch. I may have to bypass the footswitch stuff until someone clues me in.
Anyway, it’s beautiful.
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I figured out what the platform does. It repels microfleems that aren’t subradiante.
July 11th, 2011 at 9:27 PM
In machining, a friend tells me you’ve never made a mistake until you’ve run out of material or welding rod.
July 11th, 2011 at 9:51 PM
It looks like it does something, doesn’t it?
July 13th, 2011 at 1:42 AM
Pull that plate out a while, and anodize it. Blue, or Red or Gold.
They’ll be awed by your technoelectrical genius!
But, do sneak a joke in on ’em. Label the plate as a part by ACME.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
July 13th, 2011 at 12:08 PM
Now where did I leave my vast collection of anodizing tools…
July 14th, 2011 at 4:39 PM
Okay then, just go down to Hobby Lobby or such, and buy some Testor’s “transparent (red or blue or gold) model spray enamel. Won’t be able to tell it from anodized.
But, anodizing really doesn’t take much you don’t already have. Some proper voltage, a non conductive tub and the right chemical soup is about it, I think? I’ll dig into Bing and see what I can find.
Still, the spot of color right there would look all gizmoish and techiecool, so it’s worth playing with, at least?
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
July 14th, 2011 at 5:52 PM
I appreciate the suggestion, but I’m going with the natural colors of the materials.