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Finished my build! Yeah!...thanks to everyone.
This build started as a "Pilot" amplifier cage gotten from that famous auction place, with the help from a friend I bent up a new chassis to fit, punched it then had it electro coated in a dull nickel. I used Trancendar Output transformers and a 5H Trancendar choke, initially I was going to use an Antek Toroidal transformer but ran into trouble ( see my previous tribulations in preceding threads) but ended up using the Dynaco.. I tubed it up with a pair of NIB, NOS Tungsol 6550's and a Tungsol 6SU7GTY. It sounds great! I'll post some inside shots as soon as I can stop listening. Thanks Shannon and Tom!

A shot with out the cage, the layout is a little askew due to the transformer issues, but if and when Antek begins stocking the appropriate Transformer I could switch out the Dynaco...or I've still got room on top for an additional 5H Trancendar choke.

Nice and clean, with old school looks. Thanks for the pics!

Shannon

then had it electro coated in a dull nickel

Looks great, nice finish. Was it electro plated or powder coated paint? What was the story on that process?

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20to20 wrote:

then had it electro coated in a dull nickel

Looks great, nice finish. Was it electro plated or powder coated paint? What was the story on that process?

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Yes it's "Electro-Plated"...it's less expensive than powder coating, It was about $80 for the two pieces, that included bead blasting ( The top and bottom was modeled after a Dynaco -70 in construction)...The guy did it for me as a rush job the day before Christmas, I didn't really have time to ask a lot of questions but took a quick spin through the facility, he showed me a few samples and I went with the dull Nickel, ...a caveat though it really shows finger prints..First I tried using "Never Dull' to remove them, that kinda gunked things up, then tried removing that with acetone, finally I used denatured Alcohol and now the prints don't show.

Shannon Parks wrote:Nice and clean, with old school looks. Thanks for the pics!

Shannon

Thanks, Yes Old School was the objective..I left the cage the way I received it with the "funky" gold paint from who knows when..I thought of repainting it but it grew on me.
Cheers!

Now all you need is a custom decal or emblem for the front .

Here are a few construction photos.. Lay out

battradio wrote:Now all you need is a custom decal or emblem for the front .

We just got a 3-d printer at school....Look like a new project!

Back from the Electro-Plater, note the finger prints.