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Emohawk

Post subject: Build thread - Fortis's TC-15

Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:45 pm

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OK - Keith & Stephen suggested I do a thread, so here goes.First, here's a pic of the kit before I went to work...

Those of you with sharp eyes will see I would have to mod this chassis slightly. First one to catch is gets ... well ... nothing really beyond kudos!

Tonight I started the board, and in my usual fashion it ended up fully loaded before I was done.

I don't have everything properly soldered in yet. Some stuff is just tacked there until I add the off-board wiring. That probably won't be happening until the weekend. For a change I actually have a life this Friday!

I have officially decided I prefer turrets to eyelets. Easier to do a tidy job & a tad simpler to mod (or correct!) stuff later IMO. Just personal taste really.

I have also realized that it is impossible for me to take a properly aligned picture!!!

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Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:58 pm

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And so it starts. I know the answer but I'm not telling except it was my mistake.

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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:03 am

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coco wrote:

And so it starts. I know the answer but I'm not telling except it was my mistake.

My lawyers told me not to comment on it until the pending litigation is over :lol:

Tube order was placed. Pretty standard fare...I suspect. Mostly the usual suspects.

3 - 12AX7 Tung-Sols
1 - JJ EZ34
1 - EH EF86

but i tried something different with the EL-84s as opposed to the JJ's I see in everything theses days.

I ordered these...

http://thetubestore.com/mullardel84.html

May not be any different, but hey......be adventurous

Keith

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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:05 am

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....oh, and it is Jeans Day at work today so I am sporting my Trinity Amps shirt at work today

Keith

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Emohawk

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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:19 am

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coco wrote:

And so it starts. I know the answer but I'm not telling except it was my mistake.

meh - no worries bro. Only so many things fit into the human brain at a time. We'll blame it on Keith for waiting until you were insanely busy to place his order!!! :twisted:

Gave me an excuse to hit the tool section after work yesterday too. More tools is never a bad thing!!!

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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:28 am

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coco wrote:

And so it starts. I know the answer but I'm not telling except it was my mistake.

No need to sweat that stuff......besides we need something to prevent Emo from getting the amp completed in one night :wink:

Keith

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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 11:24 am

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Fortis wrote:

No need to sweat that stuff......besides we need something to prevent Emo from getting the amp completed in one night :wink:

I can almost guarantee it would have been done tonight if I didn't have plans!

Tenacity is a family trait. Others usually use terms that aren't qhite so polite!!!

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Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2009 4:30 pm

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I humbly apologize in advance.......

Emohawk wrote:

Tenacity is a family trait. Others usually use terms that aren't qhite so polite!!!

Tenacious E(mohawk)?

Seriously....I apologize......

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Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 4:09 pm

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More progress...to put it mildly!!!

OK - I installed all the hardware yesterday & pre-wired everything that made sense. Unfortunately I forgot to take a pic.

Today I installed the board & completed the wiring. Here's a pic of the guts...

You might notice that I improvised a little with the heater wiring off the PT. The kit was missing the 5-lug terminal strip that's supposed to mount there. I came up with this as a temporary fix until I get a terminal strip. In case anyone is wondering, those single-turret strips are mounted with 1/2" plastic stand-offs so they're nowhere near the chassis.

As you can see I decided to install the crunch/munch switch, the boost switch, and the push-pull volume pot. I figured why not - I was in there anyway & what's a few more solders?

You might also notice that the tube pins are oriented a little differently than shown in the layout. I assume that's because the Belton sockets are not the same orientation as the ceramics Trinity had been using. I noticed this same thing when I built my 2204 using Belton sockets.

Anyway, here's pics of the front & back. Just waiting for tubes. I'd test out channel 2 using tubes I have kicking around but I don't have a rectifier for it.

Overall it was a fun build. Looking forward to firing it up!

Next up...TRIWATT!!! :twisted:

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Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 8:00 pm

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You are a wild man

Tubes shipped out on Friday.........

Keith

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Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 8:52 pm

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HA! I just noticed you location! Hilarious!!!

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Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 2:59 am

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Nice clean build, love the new board for the TC15.
Dave From Portland Oregon US

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coco

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Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 10:59 pm

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You are as fast as AJ from KL. We'll see who builds the TRIWATT fastest.

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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 9:36 am

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Andrew has an advantage though - he's picking his kit up! Mine has to get to Newfoundland first!

Actually, depending on when it gets here I might be delayed getting to it. A friend of mine will be home from the Middle East for a couple weeks late March & early April. Rest assured once I get at the thing it won't take long!

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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:07 pm

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Emohawk wrote:

Andrew has an advantage though - he's picking his kit up! Mine has to get to Newfoundland first!

Emo...you'll have to take some steroids to grow those 2 extra arms you need :lol:

Keith

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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:39 pm

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Hmmm....could this be the TC-15 tube order

Keith

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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:40 pm

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Oh oh, here we go!!

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Posted: Tue Mar 10, 2009 8:49 pm

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Looks like I'll have prizes when I get to the office tomorrow!!!

Hopefully the thing doesn't explode when I fire it up! Have to do some pre-checks first, but with any luck she'll be running tomorrow night.

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Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:17 am

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Now Stephen....how about getting a TC-15 head cab in.....oh I don't know......turquoise tolex

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Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2009 7:24 am

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Emohawk wrote:

Looks like I'll have prizes when I get to the office tomorrow!!!

Hopefully the thing doesn't explode when I fire it up! Have to do some pre-checks first, but with any luck she'll be running tomorrow night.

Sounds like a WFH day (Work From Home)

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