Time for new project. Got a "Little Rebel" 2W ss amp kit around 6 months back. Thought it would be time for some soldering practice. Got it together - and in theory working too. More of that later.
Chassis kinda large, but thought it wouldnt matter as the speaker will need some room too.
Here´s the rebel itself.
Box is going to be something like this, albeit smaller and slightly simplified construction.
Leftovers from a lounge cabinet project last year. Pine.
Fakir Mustache wrote:The corners went over the top on the original, but I do see the logic of what you did: you built the cab around the chassis.
Looks nice.
Exactly. Top and bottom are ~2mm wider than chassis, height is only relevant to looks and required baffle size, which was tiny in this case. Chassis is gonna be screwed through side walls, two screws each side. It weighs very little, easy to fasten.
Quick sanding and laquer, plus repeats. Good enough, polishing will further smooth it out too.
Time to fit speaker. Small and light.
Changed 386´s to JRC´s for that true vintage pre-war sound
It works. Had a tiny issue with volume. Was amateurish and misread schematic, fit regular jack to speaker out. It grouded to chassis. Now its a proper one and everything sounds ok. Can´t wait to put the thing together, lo mids are gonna be great from that wood box!
It sounds ok. It is very quiet, but goes crazy at max volume, feedbacks and stuff. I changed the chips to milder specced ones (forgot what they were, its been years) and I think it must be way under one watts of output. Would perhaps choose the Uraltone mini amp kit over this one if I started now, they are fine designs. The VHT micro 6 is superior in all civilised ways to this one; like comparing a tweed champ to a bassman.
Use it in my flat, no worries about disturbing the neighbours. Looks ok too. Blonde has yellowed a lot. Handle stays white.
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Pens wrote: ↑Sun Dec 04, 2022 4:18 pm
I'm pretty impressed with the woodworking. It's become my latest obsession. You did a good job here.
Thanks, I really appreciate your kind words.
Woodworking projects for me are something that I tend to start with excitement, yet panic about what I’ve thrown myself into, and then just try to survive with all fingers. Sometimes the results are all right, sometimes bad, yet always learning a lot. I’m slowly realising that it will be a modest 80-120 years for me to be really really good on a regular basis. There are no threads about the ones that flew in the bin .
But learning is great; my biggest challenge is lack of patience, and woodworking and especially finishing have been a great help in that regard.
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