DIY Reamp

[ballpein]

thanks everyone for the scanning, posting, sharing, and loving. I'd be happy to help in this process however possible.

[peterc]

Thanks for the post

Peter

[GravityRobert]

No problem, I'll have a picture report up next week (that's when I expect to receive my parts) of the build.

Hmmm all I need to get right now is soldering tin/removal kit, wires and some heat shrinking wire cover. What's that stuff called?- I cant think of it right now.

[brianroth]

Heat shrinkable tubing? I use a lot of that myself <g>.

Bri

[GravityRobert]

I got my parts from mouser, now waiting on casing and traffies.

Anyway, I got this one part I'm not sure about how to mount it ie whether I need to drill aditional holes. Both of my switches have these washers with a edge to them as seen here

Does that mean I have to drill another small hole in the box for it? -Like with the potmeter's keepers?

Heres the order on which its screwed on:

nut - teethed washer/grip washer - washer with edge ^^ - nut

I assume I should mount them like this


nut - teethed washer/grip washer - washer with edge ^^ - Casing - nut

[djimbe]

You are correct, Robert. That little washer deal is a sort of keeper like the ones that are fixed on VR1 and VR2. I use such things for pots, since I don't like having the pot loosen and rotate in the mounting holes. You'll notice that I did specify keeper holes for the pots but not the switches. For switches I think the keepers are darn near useless, and I toss them...

[GravityRobert]

I have another question, Djimbe.


I do not understand what the other part I noted ?? is for.

[Babaluma]

thanks for all this info - i'm gonna have a go at building one too!

[brianroth]

I have another question, Djimbe.


I do not understand what the other part I noted ?? is for.

That fourth wiring lug is connected to the "chassis" of the connector. In most situations, it should be tied to the adjoining pin 1 pin of the connector.

Bri

[GravityRobert]

Hello, if any of you gentlemen would be so kind to check if my wiring I did today is ok. I havent received my transformators just yet (damn you UPS, last time I'll use their service, it should be overnight shipping and they're late, they're due next week...) so that's all theres left to do, rest of the wiring should be done. I've also used heat shrinking tubing to cover up the resistor, I'm not sure if that's a good idea or anything but I enjoyed working with that fabric so much and I inhaled too much of the plastic fumes

Here's the link, I hope the pictures speak for themselves

http://s135.photobucket.com/albums/q130 ... %20wiring/

and here's the schematic:
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q130 ... /page4.jpg

[GravityRobert]

Whoops, the transformators I received have 3 stabs on each side

[djimbe]

Yeah...more little details I've clearly missed. Sorry. The way I wrote those directions, the top row stabs marked 1 -4 (even though #3 is clearly missing) correspond to what I have written; meaning if I wrote "top row stab #4" then connect to the top row stab marked "4". Bottom row stab #1 would be the one marked on the transformer as "5" (the first stab on the bottom row) and bottom row stab #4 would be the one marked "8" (the 4th stab on the bottom row).

These little details and some of the confusion around them are one of the reason schematics were developed in the first place. Take the text out of the picture. Putting the text back into the picture can be a way of complicating things, but sometimes it's the only way to get an idea across to those that can't read the schematics...

[GravityRobert]

Oh no worries, these papers you made have helped me a great deal. I'll try and make something nice out it, picture wise.

Everything is clear right now so thank you for all the effort

[DryCounty]

I'd love to see updated pics for this. How is it going?