Yet Another Two Stroke build

[PboBSG]

Did one of these myself several years back. Did you know they actually make this as a kit (they call it a Maggie): https://www.tedweber.com/maggie-c-kt/

It comes with a very beefy upgraded OT, as well as a 8"/10" speaker combo. Looks like they finally updated the layout to get the screens on the right tap. I've always had good luck with Weber. I live reasonably close, so I usually go pick my stuff up when it's ready, and they're always great. Good luck on your build!

I have used Weber chassis and speakers in all 6 of my Tweed Fender clone builds and I used their speakers in other projects. The folks at Weber are 1st class and so are the products I have used.

[PboBSG]

The weber drawing is correct. You want to fuse then switch the Hot wire (usually black in the USA). Ideally, you would switch both hot and neutral if you are using a captive power cord, but I wouldn't worry too much about that.

Good advise for captive mains cords! And you might add that the mains ground wire (usually green in the US) should have it's own dedicated chassis ground (Weber chassis have a copper threaded post welded to the chassis which I like very much for this purpose. Also, most electrical codes will require that the ground wire be longer than either the neutral (white) or hot (black) wires. The theory being that If you pull the cord out of the chassis the last wire to break will be the ground wire so you're likely to blow a fuse and/or the mains circuit breaker before the chassis is unsafe.

[PboBSG]

Kit arrived today from Weber. Now the fun begins..... First step is shellacking the cabinet.

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A word from someone who has screwed up this procedure. There are two ways to go. One is spraying the cab with nitrous lacquer and letting it go dark of its own accord. The second one is to use shellac but don’t use the recommended amount on the on the jar use about half that or less so the coats are much thinner.

I'm sure it's too late and the project turned out great. But thought I might share my process for tweed. I found that Zinsser Bulls Eye Sealcoat works great out of the can for the first (1-2) coats on tweed covering, no blotching and no dark seams. I generally put a couple of light coats on to seal the fabric. Then I use Minwax Polyshades "Honey Pine" one or two coats sanded in-between to give me the color hue I want (aging/relicing is the current buzz word), then I finish with clear satin Minwax sanding between coats...it's a lengthy process.

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Finished drilling/enlarging the extra holes in the chassis. The switch I bought for the voice/boost function was larger than an input jack, so had to enlarge one of them. Also needed a hole for a 2nd output jack, and 1 more to mount the OT. Test fit (again) into the cabinet with the OT mounted to make sure the speaker fits. Close, but success. Also finished wiring and soldering the eyelet board. Next to dry fit everything and cut my leads and OT/PT wires to length, before final assembly.
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Looks great! And, it would appear you found a larger OT, or is that just photo perspective?

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I wonder if BLO would work. Penetrate the tweed then harden. Works on canvas, so maybe. Anyone tried it?

[jer_vic]

Looks great! And, it would appear you found a larger OT, or is that just photo perspective?

Sorry for the delayed response, haven't been logging in much lately. Thanks, the build came out well, and I quite like the sound of it. I'm almost finished building a Mojotone 5E3 kit I bought during their Halloween sale last year. I bought their aged tweed cabinet as well, which is quite nice, and pretty much the exact colour I was hoping for when I shellacked the 2-stroke.

As for OTs, yes, it's a bit larger. The Weber 5F2A (which I ordered) comes with their W022913 OT, while their Maggie kit, which seems to be their version of Dave Hunter's 2-stroke, comes with their MASSIVE WSE25 OT. I chose their WSE15, because it matched the spec for DH's 2-stroke and I figured the WSE25 would be too big. Seeing the WSE15 in place, the WSE25 would definitely have been too big.