Nobelium

[Erik S]

I’ve joined the cult!

I don’t play much bass, but it sounds nice as a DI with my baritone.

Keepin it DIY with some tricky drilling and Posca pens as usual. The lighting in my shop made the color look all screwy, but it’s regular Tayda cream with a matte clear coat.

So far I’ve been running it off one of the 500ma 9v outputs on my voodoo lab 3plus. Recommended minimum is 600ma…

I think I could run it on the 12v 1a, or pull one of the tubes if I’m just running the xlr to lower the draw, but I need to do some more reading to try and figure out the best option.

 

[vigilante398]

Looks great!

12V 1A is going to be a better option than 9V 500mA, but obviously if you're not using the 1/4" output then removing V2 is also an option.

 

[Erik S]

Looks great!

12V 1A is going to be a better option than 9V 500mA, but obviously if you're not using the 1/4" output then removing V2 is also an option.

Guess I don’t have to do some more reading after all. That was faster than asking chatGPT!

Thanks Nathan.

 

[Aleph Null]

This looks great! I'd love more details on your drilling process: was it all drill press, or did you do some machining?

 

[Guardians of the analog]

This turned out great. Welcome to the cult

 

[Erik S]

I'd love more details on your drilling process: was it all drill press, or did you do some machining?

Oh yeah, tons of respect for the folks drilling rows of holes and filling them into slots by hand, but I’m doing it the easy(ish) way with an old manual mill.



For this little batch of c2ce stuff I set table stops to cut the longest slot, then spaced off the stops with a series of gauge blocks to cut the smaller slots. It wasn’t bad once I got in the flow, but I did mess one up and then tried to make it look intentional.



The diamond shapes was my plan for a simpler design after doing curved slots in my last one.

 

[Harry Klippton]

Oh yeah, tons of respect for the folks drilling rows of holes and filling them into slots by hand, but I’m doing it the easy(ish) way with an old manual mill.

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For this little batch of c2ce stuff I set table stops to cut the longest slot, then spaced off the stops with a series of gauge blocks to cut the smaller slots. It wasn’t bad once I got in the flow, but I did mess one up and then tried to make it look intentional.

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The diamond shapes was my plan for a simpler design after doing curved slots in my last one.

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Yoooooooooooo
Also I have that same Kennedy tool chest on top

 

[Erik S]

Also I have that same Kennedy

Classic 7 drawer! Can’t beat it.

I even made an attempt at re-felting that one.

 

[Harry Klippton]

Classic 7 drawer! Can’t beat it.

I even made an attempt at re-felting that one.

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I've got a bottom unit for mine too. I'll send you a picture tomorrow. I'm it going out there now