Saturday, January 31, 2009

More Parts Arrive

More parts arrived this morning from Weber Speakers which can be found here: http://www.tedweber.com/

I ordered the 5F2 chassis which is basically a Fender Princeton chassis, a Weber Power Transformer (W022772), and a couple of caps/resisters - Zoso cap which is a correction to the book. The cap on the tone control is supposed to be .0047uF which is what I ordered.

The chassis appears to be top quality. I thought I was going to have to go out and buy a deburring tool, but all of the edges feel as if they have already been deburred. However, the chassis kit did not come with mounting hardware (screws/bolts etc...) so I will problaby carry the parts over to my local ACE hardware store and see what I can find.

I also have to place one more order for the output transformer (OT), a switch (out of stock for first order), another 1Meg Ohm pot, and one more tube socket (I forgot to update the quantity before I ordered). I'll order these from Antique Electronic Supply.
Here are some pics of the parts that arrived today.











Friday, January 30, 2009

Beginning of 2 Stroke Amp Project

This amp project comes from Dave Hunter's book, "The Guitar Amp Handbook" published by BackBeat Books 2005. There is a kit available for this amplifier and it can be ordered from Victoria Amps via http://www.myspace.com/twostrokeampkits
I did not order the kit. Instead I ordered the parts pictured here from Antique Electronic Supply found here: http://www.tubesandmore.com/

Yesterday I received the first shipment of parts for this amp project.
The parts have been placed into a holder to help keep them a little organized.

The chassis kit and some other parts are scheduled to arrive tomorrow.

Here is a close up shot of the Sprague Atom Cap.