New amp build

djn · 9th October 2010, 08:50 PM

Hi all, I just finished the chassis work and now going to assemble it starting tomorrow.

Organ amp chassis taken from stock to humped to painted. Tubes will go on the humps.

6LR8 compactron SET. Maggie PTX and OPTs

The OPTs under the chassis with the PTX and Chokes (stacked) on top.

HollowState · 10:02 PM

I guess I'm way too traditional 'cause that's bizarre.

Interesting paint job none the less.

smoking-amp · 9th October 2010, 10:44 PM

"'cause that's bizarre"

Maybe should put the two pyramid tubes on the front panel, then it'd have hot t_ts!!!

djn · 9th October 2010, 11:11 PM

The two big holes in the front take a Oil Pressure gauge and a Oil temp gauge....no t-ts there.

More pix

nic6paul · 9th October 2010, 11:39 PM

What did you use to get the honeycomb effect?

djn · 9th October 2010, 11:44 PM

We have a whole box of doylies and the like. I just grabbed one and that is the one I grabbed. I thing it was a fish net stocking. And of course, the others are spider webs from a holloween costume.

DualTriode · 10th October 2010, 06:58 AM

Hello djn,
Hey I teach welding. Those aftermarket t*ts are not very beautiful but they will take a beating and not fall off.
DT

djn · 10th October 2010, 01:20 PM

Hey DT, you should have seen them before. In the spirit of being a junk amp, I did a super bubblegum weld on them. It took me two days on looking at it to decide to smooth them out. I just took a tig tip to them so they are way over heated....but yes, they are not going anywhere.

Mickeystan · 10th October 2010, 06:01 PM

Hey djn,

I give you 100% for;

An original design that looks cool!
Not being afraid to do something different!
Great looking paint job!

Hope the amplfier turns out well and sounds as good as it looks!

All the best.
Mickeystan

9th October 2010, 08:50 PM	#1
djn diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004	New amp build Hi all, I just finished the chassis work and now going to assemble it starting tomorrow. Organ amp chassis taken from stock to humped to painted. Tubes will go on the humps. 6LR8 compactron SET. Maggie PTX and OPTs The OPTs under the chassis with the PTX and Chokes (stacked) on top.

9th October 2010, 09:51 PM	#2
HollowState diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Taxland, New Jersey	I guess I'm way too traditional 'cause that's bizarre. Interesting paint job none the less. __________________ "The supercomputer is technologically impossible. It would take all of the water that flows over Niagara Falls to cool the heat generated by the number of vacuum tubes required." ~ Professor of Electrical Engineering, New York University Last edited by HollowState; 9th October 2010 at 10:02 PM.

9th October 2010, 10:44 PM	#3
smoking-amp diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Hickory, NC	"'cause that's bizarre" Maybe should put the two pyramid tubes on the front panel, then it'd have hot t_ts!!! __________________ Ohms Law V = I R

9th October 2010, 11:39 PM	#5
nic6paul diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Minnesota	What did you use to get the honeycomb effect? __________________ - Nic

10th October 2010, 06:01 PM	#9
Mickeystan diyAudio Member Join Date: Jan 2008	Very interesting approach! Hey djn, I give you 100% for; An original design that looks cool! Not being afraid to do something different! Great looking paint job! Hope the amplfier turns out well and sounds as good as it looks! All the best. Mickeystan

9th October 2010, 11:11 PM	#4
djn diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004	The two big holes in the front take a Oil Pressure gauge and a Oil temp gauge....no t-ts there. More pix

9th October 2010, 11:44 PM	#6
djn diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004	We have a whole box of doylies and the like. I just grabbed one and that is the one I grabbed. I thing it was a fish net stocking. And of course, the others are spider webs from a holloween costume.

10th October 2010, 06:58 AM	#7
DualTriode diyAudio Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Sacramento	Hello djn, Hey I teach welding. Those aftermarket t*ts are not very beautiful but they will take a beating and not fall off. DT

10th October 2010, 01:20 PM	#8
djn diyAudio Member Join Date: Oct 2004	Hey DT, you should have seen them before. In the spirit of being a junk amp, I did a super bubblegum weld on them. It took me two days on looking at it to decide to smooth them out. I just took a tig tip to them so they are way over heated....but yes, they are not going anywhere.

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