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Post by **Allynmey** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 4:16 pm

Hi all Just got my boards (from Dana) populated. Here's a pic of the Power/Bias and Preamp board. Hopefully I'll get my chassis this week and my Cabinets should be done by Friday.

Allynmey

hot_tube_tone · Post by **hot_tube_tone** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 5:29 pm

Thanks for the info.

Post by **Allynmey** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:44 am

Hi all...progress made! My cabs are finished. I will drill my faceplates and do some kind of woodburning design. Here are some pics!

Allynmey

Jeph · Post by **Jeph** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 4:22 am

Wow Allyn, those cabs look GREAT! I'm waiting on my chassis to arrive from Nik before I put mine together. Hopefully it'll come out half way as nice as those look, although my table saw and I are both mitre-challenged

Post by **Allynmey** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 6:06 am

Jeph, two ways to do it and both are easy. One is called a "V-Fold" You cut 45 degree miters on 4 pieces of wood. You put tape on the outside of the joint and line the 4 pieces up in a line. You put glue in the joints and "foldup" the cabinet. Tape the final untaped "outside" joints. If your 45's are square, the cab will be square. The second choice is to cut the 4 sides, and use biscuits to put together. Either way is more than strong enough for this amp. I'm probably going to do a large run sometime in the near future.

Allynmey

Chris G · Post by **Chris G** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 1:38 pm

Hi Allyn,
The Cab's look Great!!!

What type material did you use for the logo's?
Chris G

Post by **Allynmey** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 2:14 pm

Hi Chris, thats just a printed piece of paper for perspective. e-mail me for details.

Allynmey

rhinson · Post by **rhinson** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 4:56 pm

hello there, allyn those look absolutely great. like jeph said, both my saw and myself are miter challenged. waitaminute-----i see under your name your from mass.------you didn't contract norm abrams to do these did you?

rh

Jeph · Post by **Jeph** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:04 pm

I can get the gluing down ok with the 90deg clamps I have, but getting the mitres cut right at 45deg is an entirely different story. I did have them cut nicely, but then decided to do some inlay. After sanding the inlay my mitres no longer looked great, so it's back to the saw, etc... my cab has a few "interesting" modifications made since I didn't plan well enough.
rhinson, I'm in MA too, but Norm refused my calls for help

Post by **Allynmey** » Thu Mar 16, 2006 5:08 pm

I may be from MA but I can't bring myself to watch Norm's show due to the "Yankee" in the name

Allyn

Post by **Allynmey** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 4:59 am

Hi all, a little update on our project. I have just test fitted my chassis with unfinished faceplate to my cab. I through a paper logo on it for perspective. Man... I better learn to woodburn quick!

I really can't wait to finish but, I really want this one to be perfect.

Allyn

fzfwyv · Post by **fzfwyv** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:09 am

That is great work!! It's beautiful to look at!

-Rich

keithrick · Post by **keithrick** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:44 am

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Omar · Post by **Omar** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 1:46 am

Allyn,
Looks awesome. Looks like you've got Francesca's twin sister!

Omar
PS. I can't stand the Yankee's either. Go Tribe!

Post by **Allynmey** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 2:03 am

keithrick wrote:This is my first post on this forum. Your chassis looks great and so does the cab. My only issue is why copy the trainwreck logo? This is a clone right? Why not put your name on it?

If I built a clone of an amp that is fine. Just like Fender , Marshall and Mesa ect. copied Western Electric circuits, but I wouldn't think of putting someone's elses name on a amp I built! especially if they had nothing to do with it?

Keith, read the post. It is paper! and put there for perspective! If I did put one on my own clone...so what though! Keith if you built a 67 Corvette from the ground up would you put the corvette emblem on it? Or...would you say Henry Ford developed the first production car and Chevy doesn't deserve it?

It's all ridiculous!!!!!

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