Almost Completed Kaiju

[BenjaminSmith]

I'm ecstatic with the way the kit has gone together.  It's almost there; I'd be listening tonight if I hadn't done something stupid and vaporized the two LEDs on the A side of the C4S D side board...

The build here is 20s retro/Greene and Greene. Chassis is of barrel stave oak (the color is from the inside of the barrel), ebony and rosewood. More glowing and underside pics when it's complete.

 

[Paul Birkeland]

That looks great!

 

[ArtnShit]

This looks crazy!

How did you integrate the VU Meters into the circuits? Is there any change on sound because of them?

 

[Karl5150]

Looks like some interesting design elements on the chassis plate, not to mention the base as well.
Karl

 

[Paul Birkeland]

Driving VU meters off the speaker outputs wouldn't be too bad.

 

[Paul Joppa]

That's a beautiful amp!

 

[Doc B]

Lovely, Ben!

 

[rsmiii]

Please, what are the black boxes around the transformer and the plate chokes?
Do they have a function?

 

[Paul Birkeland]

They are transformer covers and are used for cosmetic purposes.

 

[Tubegopher]

Ben, for a mechanical engineer, you are a darn good artist! It looks great!

 

[Thermioniclife]

Sweet!

 

[johnsonad]

Beautiful work!

 

[debk]

beautiful!!

 

[hpleung]

Wao…how does one hook up the meters? Can you share.
The instructions? The wood work is outstanding.

Thanks.

 

[jgarr4714]

My next build will likely be a SEX amp, and I am contemplating changing the look of the facade by adding covers to the transformers/chokes and a little bit more.  Are there any thermal considerations I need to be aware of before adding covers like these?

Jim G.

 

[Paul Joppa]

I haven't measured it, but the plate choke gets pretty warm. That's one of the reasons it's on top.

 

[Paul Birkeland]

The big consideration with covers is that you're almost always going to need a custom top plate.