[Amps] Building an Amp & Metal Working is an Art.

[Fuqua, Bill L]

There was a day that maybe one out of 5 men were craftsmen of some sort since they had to build a lot of stuff themselves.
My father sure was. Being a carpenter in his youth and being a auto, diesel mechanic and great at body work and paint he learned lots
of skills. It was only natural that many hams had good craftsmanship up until the mid-1960s or so. 
 My built my first transmitter when I was in the 9th grade. A pair of 6146B tubes. They had just been introduced. I was shooting for performance
similar to the Valiant.  Drilled a lot of little holes and filed a lot.  But today that just takes to long for the average person just starting out.

73
Bill wa4lav

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From: amps-bounces at contesting.com [amps-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Bill, W6WRT [dezrat1242 at yahoo.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 6:46 PM
To: amps at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] Building an Amp & Metal Working is an Art.

ORIGINAL MESSAGE:

On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:09:14 -0500, Roger <sub1 at rogerhalstead.com>
wrote:

>It all depends on your goals, be it "will work", "good enough for who
>it's for", "look like commercial", or "a show piece inside and out".
>Unfortunately I tend to be of the latter type when it comes to construction.

REPLY:

I do admire "show pieces", whether amplifiers, restored cars, vintage
aircraft or whatever, but for me, going to the nth degree of
perfection is not a good use of a life that is all too short anyway.
:-)

73, Bill W6WRT
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