[Amps] HB amps - what you can build with no tools

[Gary Smith]

Jeff,

Oh, I'm all for covering up the burn mark on the floor with a rug. I 
just remembered being amazed at the extremes the Shakers went to, to 
be "perfect'. The concept of going overboard when making a homebrew 
amp is all to easy to do and gains nothing in function.

Gary - ka1j

> Gary,
> 
> I didn't mean to disrespect fine craftsmanship.  If I have the time, money 
> and patience - that's the road I would take.
> 
> Rather here I wanted to give an alternative to guys who may be thinking "I 
> can't do the needed basic metal work with my simple tools" - an alternative 
> to doing it in a higher end and more true professional sense - is to use the 
> equivalent of veneer.  Where the trim makes it look externally pretty 
> decent.
> 
> 73/jeff/ac0c
> 
> 
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Gary Smith" <Gary at ka1j.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 12:15 AM
> To: <Amps at contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [Amps] HB amps - what you can build with no tools
> 
> > I was visiting a friend in MA who was doing some repair work to his
> > house which was built by shakers over 200 years ago. There was a part
> > of the inner wall removed showing the infrastructure. He pointed out
> > the detail the craftsmen had done to the innermost parts of the
> > woodwork where no one would ever see them. He explained that to them,
> > that to leave even the inner parts of the construction as less than
> > perfect would be to disrespect the higher power and with that, every
> > piece of wood behind the inner wall was smoothed as if it were sanded
> > with fine grit paper. It was quite beautiful to see.
> >
> > Bet they would have made some beautiful radio gear.
> >
> > Gary
> > KA1J
> >
> >> My amp building elmer told me once...
> >>
> >> A hole that you cannot see is a perfectly drilled hole.  And a jagged 
> >> hole
> >> with trim covering the jagged hole is also a perfectly formed hole.
> >>
> >> A guy can cover up a lot of rough cut sins with this philosophy and only
> >> when a guy takes the thing apart physically would he see it.
> >>
> >> 73/jeff/ac0c
> >>
> >>
> >> --------------------------------------------------
> >> From: "Ryan Foster" <foster.ryan at gmail.com>
> >> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 10:32 PM
> >> To: <amps at contesting.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [Amps] HB amps - what you can build with no tools
> >>
> >> > I second this question!
> >> >
> >> > Also what gauge steel is that?
> >> >
> >> > --Ryan w8cya
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Feb 1, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Roger <sub1 at rogerhalstead.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Very nice job of construction.
> >> >>
> >> >> How did you fold the edges of the channel across the top, just in 
> >> >> front
> >> >> of the tube?
> >> >> And...for the record, with all the anti, this and that I have on here, 
> >> >> I
> >> >> saw no warnings of any problems.
> >> >>
> >> >> 73
> >> >>
> >> >> Roger (K8RI)
> >> >>
> >> >>
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