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Amp Stuff => Tube Amp Building - Tweaks - Repairs => Topic started by: TIMBO on December 27, 2025, 04:17:06 pm

Title: THE HOWLER
Post by: TIMBO on December 27, 2025, 04:17:06 pm

Hey guys,
My Christmas project....
"THE HOWLER" PCB (https://www.aggh.net/discussion/index.php?topic=53811.0)
6AQ5 valves are getting hard to find, so I rebuilt a project to accommodate 6BM8s.
I'm liking the timber look cabinets for home use and found some 6" pine tongue and groove pine flooring to construct cabinets from. 

Title: Re: THE HOWLER
Post by: TIMBO on December 30, 2025, 08:55:09 pm

Hey guys,
Had some leftover offcuts of pine flooring
And chopped them up into 600 long pieces
(https://i.imgur.com/YG17DOZ.jpg)
Made a jig to clamp them together
(https://i.imgur.com/bxub90A.jpg)
A couple of wedges to hold them together
(https://i.imgur.com/YtxFPaR.jpg)
Then the process of putting them together
(https://i.imgur.com/LbrAcF9.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/TlqL4CV.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/XuOH18d.jpg) (https://imgur.com/XuOH18d)
Round overs done and holes filled
Ready for sanding...
The boards are $14/m new, so about $60/ combo cab