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Re: [Amps] Good amp to buy maybe build?

To: "Roger" <sub1@rogerhalstead.com>, "Ryan Foster" <foster.ryan@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] Good amp to buy maybe build?
From: "Carl" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2010 10:27:35 -0500
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Being a gearhead :

I can weld quite well.
Im a good spray painter.

I have friends with sheetmetal shops and powder coating capabilities.

For the above we often swap services, very little cash changes hands.

This is a high tech area so materials are available new and often surplus a 
short distance away.

Wood is for the fireplace; Im very talented with a chainsaw......

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roger" <sub1@rogerhalstead.com>
To: "Ryan Foster" <foster.ryan@gmail.com>
Cc: <amps@contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 12:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Amps] Good amp to buy maybe build?


>
>
> Ryan Foster wrote:
>> I don't know-- I would pay a premium to get a good case to build; my 
>> metal
>> working is always the worst part of a project BY FAR.
>
> I find metal work to be fairly easy, but wood working?  I can saw a
> board in two, but the sawed ends and still won't get it straight.<:-))
> BTW my woodworking is better than my plumbing jobs.
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
>>  I can wield, but not
>> that great, and because things change, I generally end up with just the
>> ugliest outside cases for all my projects.  I always try to build in
>> something else to make it less embarrassing, and easy for me to look at.
>> Anyway, my point is, I am sure it would be like you said, a price to balk
>> at, but I think it would work as a mail order company.
>>
>> That being said, I don't know how one would make a one-size-fits-all case 
>> to
>> sell.  This may be just an opinion, but I think everyone needs something
>> different for the most part.
>>
>> (ps, I have a l4b with original tubes still running, and it is my primary
>> amp. I've never made a non-ceramic tubed amp, so the instant-on of the
>> 3-500's make it my number one.  One day I will make one I am sure, but 
>> not
>> until I find some very cheap tubes to buy at least the one(s) to put in
>> service and a spare (or set.))
>>
>> --Ryan w8cya
>>
>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com> 
>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Bill,
>>>
>>> I'm going down that road and know others who have been there.  First,
>>> you only build what you cannot buy.  Otherwise it is far cheaper to
>>> buy something manufactured.  Making drilled and punched cabinets for
>>> sale is not as trivial as you may think.  They would be surprisingly
>>> expensive and I bet most hams would balk at paying the price,
>>> preferring to go get some junk item someone is throwing away or a junk
>>> piece of equipment, strip it and use the cabinet.   Anything you want
>>> to build you want to make worth  your time money and trouble right, so
>>> first off, you will want it to be big.  Big as in size among other
>>> things.  Lots of room for components, air circulation, rack mounting,
>>> and room to get in there and make repairs.  Otherwise, if you want a
>>> dinky box then why bother.  Well big also means $$$, so there's the
>>> rub.
>>>
>>> Unrelated to Bill's question:
>>>
>>> L4B i'd put in a different category from the SB220 and TL922.  There
>>> are 220s built in the early 70s still in daily operation on the
>>> original tubes.  Not trying to be contentious at all here but I would
>>> not describe the AL82 as built like a battleship.  Maybe some
>>> broadcast and military gear but to me the AL82 is just typical ham
>>> product.  N.B. I'd make that comment about other amps made for hams
>>> these days too, so I'm not singling out the AL82; for example I'd call
>>> the current Alpha amps which I think are over rated, typical ham
>>> product.
>>>
>>> 73
>>>
>>> Rob
>>> K5UJ
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