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I haven't made anything out of wood since about 30 years ago in high school shop, but I borrowed some tools and gave it ago. It's far from perfect, but perfect from far!

It cost me about 150 CAD and a bunch of borrowed tools. $18 for a 1X8 pine, 50 for a couple of router bits, 50 for finishing primer, stain and gloss and the rest on odds and ends like handle, legs, piping, sandpaper peavy rubber feet, ampex bonedog handle.

I did the finger joints with a router and a jig thanks to the power of youtube demos. I used a large chop saw for the cuts and a scroll saw to cut the windows. I did all the sanding by hand, but I would buy an orbital sander before I did that again.

I screwed up the front panel on my first try with a hand jigsaw that ended up cutting on an angle so I found an old piece of pine laying around and re-cut it with a scroll saw to much better results and the wood there is a darker colour which looks good.

I screwed up the bottom window on the back panel - I made it about 1/4 inch too high. Measure twice and cut once, but next time do both measures before the cut! Close enough.

I finished it with oil based products - primer/sealer then 'golden oak' to make it look aged and then 3 coats of super gloss by brush. I used oil because I read it deals with heat better.

There's some chips and a few little gaps and things like that, but at the end of the day I'm super happy with the cab and the amp itself. It was a great experience. Next spring I'm going to build a matching 1X12 cab for it to sit on (it's winter now and my work shop is the back yard).

Excuse my cheap tablet camera.

Pretty nice!!

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Stephen
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Awesome. I just bought a Tramp head kit, plan to make the cab myself like you did. Can you pass on woodworking details like the dimensions (inside or outside), thickness of wood, etc. I think I'm going to get a set of dado blades for my table saw for the box joints. I tried a router table setup (youtube), and it tended to tear out. Either way seems acceptable, not sure. My woodworking skills are about like my electronics skills... better than some but not near good enough!

Email if you want our plans.

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Stephen
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