How about accidentally melting the insulation off a wire or two, down to the metal, and then burning the hell out of your finger with the same soldering iron?
😡 Yes, and then accidentally melting a different wires insulation while replacing the one you first melted. Freakin' wires always getting int the way.
listening to my wife complain about all the small pieces of wire and solder all over the office/hobby room. I've been pretty much relegated to the garage at this point.
I hate chassis work. I hate having to try to get to my mate's workshop when we both have some free time, and I hate paying money for skilled metal workers to do it. I hate how commercial chassis available are never the correct dimensions for my projects and always too expensive. Hence, many of my amp chassis are scrap mdf/ply wonders.Conrad Hoffman said:
kuroguy said:
I haven't been allowed to solder in the house since I was 10 years old and I melted thousands of solder splashes into the carpet in my bedroom... flick! ;-)
My wife and I now have an agreement that I don't release toxins into the air in the house (except the usual H2S and CH4). If you get too much lead in your body it's a real pain to chelate it out.
Brett (an others):
Use the drills from VT4C and these sockets and socker shields. They cover whatever murky holes you have done and looks really smart.
Use the drills from VT4C and these sockets and socker shields. They cover whatever murky holes you have done and looks really smart.
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Be thankful you live a long way away.soundbrigade said:
Great resource there. Thanks so much. As soon as some of my stuff gets ebayed, I know where the funds will be going. I have several amps to build for my new system, and the chassis were the hold up. Those aluminium plates were exactly what I had in mind.
Cheers!
We are invited to Australia next year to attend a wedding. You can kiss my wife if you want (to get a big fat punch on your nose, that is ...🙂 ).
See ya!
See ya!
If I understood you right, you wanted to know where I bought them??
I buy the plates (and sockets, and drills, and knobs, and RCA connectors, and speaker connectors) from www.vt4c.com .
Great service - you pay with PayPal and get the stuff delivered ina weeks time.
(The speaker connectors can be bought in Sweden but the price is 5 times higher ....)
I buy the plates (and sockets, and drills, and knobs, and RCA connectors, and speaker connectors) from www.vt4c.com .
Great service - you pay with PayPal and get the stuff delivered ina weeks time.
(The speaker connectors can be bought in Sweden but the price is 5 times higher ....)
Psychobiker: Lidl and aldi do have drill bits like that now and again - only about a tenner and they do the job lovely for aluminium.
I have those drill bits, that I bought from VT4C. I broke a couple already, but I'd still buy them again. Don't use them on steel but for aluminum they are good if you go slow.
I am just bummed that they don't have the size needed for neutrix connector holes. They have 1mm too big and 1mm too small. I usually use the too small one and then use a deburrer to make it bigger, but its a pain.
I like to use Neutrix powercons, speakons and XLR plugs....it makes drilling out chassis backplates a cinch.
I am just bummed that they don't have the size needed for neutrix connector holes. They have 1mm too big and 1mm too small. I usually use the too small one and then use a deburrer to make it bigger, but its a pain.
I like to use Neutrix powercons, speakons and XLR plugs....it makes drilling out chassis backplates a cinch.
I've seen those, Fran, I work in Maplin so there's not much I can't get my hands on - what I was wondering was where MAgnus got those lovely hole-dress polished pieces.
EDIT
found them!!
EDIT
found them!!
I hate it when I drop the soldering iron on the rug. One time when I did that, I quick tried to pick it up, but grabbed the hot end and burned my fingers pretty bad.
sbelyo said:
Ah yes! I save myself the aperplexy these days and file the plating off down to the copper/brass.
Further to a much earlier contribution:
Love/hate:
When I turn the amplifier on the first time after weeks of construction, put my ear to the loudspeaker and detect absolutely no hum, hiss or other dreaded noises .........
and then turn up, to also find no music or anything else - the darn thing is not working at all!!