Front-Panel-Express

I took the time to finish the chassis wiring on the spud so that I could focus on the top plate. Now comes the tough part.

I took some time this morning, now that the paint is dry on the top plate, to install the mechanical aspects of the amp. The top plate is now fully populated.

I managed to steal a little time over Easter to do a some work in the shop. The chassis for the new 6V6 “Curly Maple” Amplifier is coming along nicely.

I had an opportunity to spend some time on the Marblewood upgrade amplifier. The mechanicals for this project are all coming together nicely.

I’ve been taking it easy the last week and a half in the run up to Christmas. But today Front Panel Express came through with the front plate for the new project. Time to get back to work.

The design of Source Selector Unit/Preamp is coming along and I think I’m going to spring for a professionally made front panel. Today I spent some time with the design software from Front Panel Express and I think the ability to provide custom engravings will be worth it.

One more thing concerning Front Panel Express; with a tie in to the SET project. Just as an experiment, last night I opened Front Panel Designer and duplicated my 6AS7 SET top plate design. Now that I’m familiar with the software it took less than an hour to complete.

When I talked about designing the Dual Triode Test Jig in the “More on Tube Testing” post I mentioned an indulgence. Well the results are in.