Joe Popp's VTA ST-120.
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Joe Popp's VTA ST-120
joepopprocks- Posts : 4
Join date : 2017-12-14
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Dave_in_Va- Posts : 443
Join date : 2013-04-02
Location : Mid. VA
Whew, neat wiring!
bbqjoe- Posts : 98
Join date : 2018-12-03
I had seriously considered drilling a new hole for the choke on the left, but didn't see it as viable.
Glad to see someone do it.
That made me kinda nutty looking at it.
Glad to see someone do it.
That made me kinda nutty looking at it.
pichacker- Posts : 103
Join date : 2016-08-01
Age : 59
Location : Near to London - UK
Incredibly neat but would still have liked to see grommets where the wires come through the chassis. That would have been the icing on the cake so to say....
Almost a shame to put a soild bottom on it and cover up all that hard work.
Well done.
Not specifically aimed at this build but from a European perspective I cannot get my head around the way that the power cord has a knot for strain relief by design not to mention one side of the line cord switched and the other side fused. Goes against all my years of training.
Is it my OCD showing but I just had to make my Triode/Pentode switches the mirror image of each other.
Almost a shame to put a soild bottom on it and cover up all that hard work.
Well done.
Not specifically aimed at this build but from a European perspective I cannot get my head around the way that the power cord has a knot for strain relief by design not to mention one side of the line cord switched and the other side fused. Goes against all my years of training.
Is it my OCD showing but I just had to make my Triode/Pentode switches the mirror image of each other.
bbqjoe- Posts : 98
Join date : 2018-12-03
Yes. Also just a fantastically neat job!
If I had to build another, I would spend a whole lot more time on routing.
I have a tendency to leave a bit more wire than I should in case of needed rework.
If I had to build another, I would spend a whole lot more time on routing.
I have a tendency to leave a bit more wire than I should in case of needed rework.
joepopprocks- Posts : 4
Join date : 2017-12-14
Dave_in_Va wrote:Whew, neat wiring!
Thanks Dave!
joepopprocks- Posts : 4
Join date : 2017-12-14
bbqjoe wrote:I had seriously considered drilling a new hole for the choke on the left, but didn't see it as viable.
Glad to see someone do it.
That made me kinda nutty looking at it.
I couldn't take that angles choke so I drilled it!
joepopprocks- Posts : 4
Join date : 2017-12-14
pichacker wrote:Incredibly neat but would still have liked to see grommets where the wires come through the chassis. That would have been the icing on the cake so to say....
Almost a shame to put a soild bottom on it and cover up all that hard work.
Well done.
Not specifically aimed at this build but from a European perspective I cannot get my head around the way that the power cord has a knot for strain relief by design not to mention one side of the line cord switched and the other side fused. Goes against all my years of training.
Is it my OCD showing but I just had to make my Triode/Pentode switches the mirror image of each other.
I wish I put grommets in there as well.
Good tip on the switches.
Thanks for the complements!
pichacker- Posts : 103
Join date : 2016-08-01
Age : 59
Location : Near to London - UK
I suppose you could always use a grommet with a single cut in it and slide it in. If it were the right size the join would not be noticable.
Makes me want to order another kit and see if I can get it as neat as yours. Mine got a little bloated once I added my tweaks.
Steve
https://photos.app.goo.gl/cuFvHi4rciQM6En99
https://photos.app.goo.gl/jJP8rdDg3mvKSgd57
Makes me want to order another kit and see if I can get it as neat as yours. Mine got a little bloated once I added my tweaks.
Steve
https://photos.app.goo.gl/cuFvHi4rciQM6En99
https://photos.app.goo.gl/jJP8rdDg3mvKSgd57
stewdan- Posts : 231
Join date : 2010-03-07
Age : 85
Location : Houston Texas
Neatest wiring (in more ways than one) that I have ever seen. Outstanding!!!
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