Speaker Cab

[keloooe]

Well the head of my custom amp is only a small practice amp, it runs off only 9-12 volts, I'm planning on chatting with an amp tech nearby to get a good understanding on the wiring!

[AJ]

I did see online last night , a bloke whom does a course for building your own valve amp.. in a weekend and you go away with a small valve amp after the weekend course. think it was the laminigton amp..Was a bit expensive, but he goes into the the basics of theory also.

[lawry]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from AJ on November 8, 2013, 13:03
I did see online last night , a bloke whom does a course for building your own valve amp.. in a weekend and you go away with a small valve amp after the weekend course. think it was the laminigton amp..Was a bit expensive, but he goes into the the basics of theory also.

The guy you're talking about is Grant Willis and he is a bit of a valve guru in OZ. Quite a few years ago I helped a mate build a lamington amp (we called it the 'Tramp' (short for tray amp cos we built it on a baking tray) and it sounded great. We bought nearly all the parts at Jaycar and ratted a few old computer power supplies for the high voltage capacitors. Only a few other bits needed special sourcing but I had most in my stash. It's a great way to build a basic (and LOUD) 15 watt valve amp but BEWARE... the voltages in it can KILL. That being said, have fun ;-)
Go here for the details http://www.valveheaven.com/The%20Lamington.html

[keloooe]

Wait, Can't we just use a simple Mono jack (guitar use jack)?

[lawry]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from keloooe on November 12, 2013, 04:54
Wait, Can't we just use a simple Mono jack (guitar use jack)?

Not sure what you are asking here? Do you mean for the cabinet connection or have I missed something?

[keloooe]

Like where the head connects to the cab, we can just use a simple switchcraft mono jack instead of a fancy locking jack

[lawry]

Gotcha. Yeah, you're spot on there Keloooe. 95% of cabs use a 6.5mm jack.
And I tend to make my connecting cables with common old garden variety 10 amp mains flex. It's tough, cheap and can handle high current (power-wise: around 2400 watts) but keep it as short as possible to avoid wasting power in the cable.

[keloooe]

I'm taking part in a woodwork subject at school this semester, and were are building custom coffee tables, I'm planning to throw one or two speakers in mine for a nice addition, AJ, is it ok if I post my build diary of the table here?

[wokkaboy]

hey Pest is back on the forum ! Good news Pest sounds like a cool idea. Sure Pest leave your build diary here as its non PBG gear.
I've overtaken you as having the 2nd highest forum posts Pest, so lift your game bro !

[keloooe]

I would post more if I wasn't doing VCE Biology this year!

And I see ya have a web page, nice! None of the header links work on Google Chrome though...