Construction question on GK1

Felipe · « **on:** 19 Feb 2006, 04:45 pm »

Hi,

I have made a mistake in drilling the lid holes on my case for the GK-1.
I made them too far apart. (1cm more)

Solution :

- Make a new lid (lots of work...time and money spending

)

- Divide the PCB in 2, cutting it in half. CAN THIS BE DONE ?

From the desing point of view, i dont see any constraints as it seems totaly mirrored...

Thank you for helping
Filipe

AKSA · « **Reply #1 on:** 19 Feb 2006, 08:18 pm »

Ah, Felipe,

Trap for young players!! It is very difficult to get the tube spacing exactly correct; too many holes.

Yes, you can cut the pcb in half. It is configured so that this is possible for unusual layouts. No problem at all!!

Cheers,

Hugh

Felipe · « **Reply #2 on:** 20 Feb 2006, 12:17 am »

Thank you Hugh ... this will save me time and money.
A rather odd look inside the box, but in the outside all remains the same.

I am planning on "rock it on" tomorrow....

Regards

Greg Erskine · « **Reply #3 on:** 20 Feb 2006, 05:59 am »

Hi Felipe,

You could just increase the diameter of each hole by 5mm. You would have to use a file and only take metal from the sides of the holes that face each other.

If the extra 2.5mm around the tube worries you could dress the edge with something that is heat resistant. Off hand I can't think of anything, except wood or lead. They do make fancy tube rings that may hide the error.

regards

Rom · « **Reply #4 on:** 20 Feb 2006, 07:33 am »

Hi Felipe,
If i were you and want to have the PCboard intact , I will use another plate on top of the panel and drill the correct spacing.

It could be, if you have resources, alum plate anodized, even gold plated.

1 cm is quite big, I have similar problem on my current TLP but it was only a few mm off, by having slightly bigger holes can fixed the problem.

I hope that help.

cheers
rom

Felipe · « **Reply #5 on:** 20 Feb 2006, 03:24 pm »

Hi guys,

Thanks for the suggestions, but i am going to divide the PCB.
My top lid is made of WOOD and is 1,5cm thick so....

Regards

jules · « **Reply #6 on:** 20 Feb 2006, 11:04 pm »

Nice woodwork Filipe, should be more of it!

Cutting the board is dead easy. I found a fine tooth hacksaw blade did the job well [although I did it before soldering on the components].

I did the cutting for a slightly different reason in that I want to arrange spacing for knobs and their shafts along with a different approach to displaying the tubes.

jules

bluesky · « **Reply #7 on:** 21 Feb 2006, 11:02 am »

Hi Felipe

Have a look at tv4c, Chung has some tube er......holders that may be a solution.

Here's the link:

www.vt4c.com/shop/program/main/php

Cheers

Bluesky

soitstarts · « **Reply #8 on:** 21 Feb 2006, 11:02 pm »

Oh man... I DID NOT need to see that page...

aurelius · « **Reply #9 on:** 22 Feb 2006, 10:27 am »

I hear ya brother... It was all I could do to stop myself from pulling out the plastic on the spot!

bluesky · « **Reply #10 on:** 22 Feb 2006, 10:31 am »

Yeah, I know, there are just too many nice things that Chung has on his website, those pure silver RCA's sure look good to me, as does the silver wire and, and......

Interestingly I was speaking to Keith Eichmann recently about RCA sockets and my thoughts were that surely these should be high quality if you were going to spend big bucks on interconnects as they are an intergral part of the chain, Keith told me that he uses some from Jaycar. I can't understand the logic here but his system (using his cabling of course) is the best I have heard to date.

Cheers

Bluesky

PS I have bought quite a few bits and pieces from vt4c and have found Chung to be a gentleman of high integrity and highly recommended.

Felipe · « **Reply #11 on:** 23 Feb 2006, 12:42 am »

Jeezz....Bluesky....you got me into trouble

I just CANNOT live without having one of those tube covering rings !!
Do you know what is funny, i 1st saw those metalic rings on a Shangling tube CD player (or was it an Shangling amp ?) and FELL IN LOVE.

I was already making plans to BUILD the rings myself...but for 4,5$ ???? PLEASSSSEEE.....i am placing an order "tout de suite".

But when i checked out the rest of the website, man, he has some serious good looking sh**** there !!
I'll have to look into it....seriously THANKS A LOT !

PS. Do the gold plated tube socket make any difference to the ones supplied by Hugh in the GK1 ?

Seano · « **Reply #12 on:** 23 Feb 2006, 09:55 pm »

Quote from: bluesky

Have a look at tv4c, Chung has some tube er......holders that may be a solution.
www.vt4c.com/shop/program/main/php

Bluesky..........I may have to sue you for providing this link. I could be the only way of getting some sort of cost recovery. VISA are going to kill me!!!

soitstarts · « **Reply #13 on:** 23 Feb 2006, 10:43 pm »

Quote from: Felipe

i 1st saw those metalic rings on a Shangling tube CD player (or was it an Shangling amp ?) and FELL IN LOVE.

Spooky.. I saw the same thing in some HI FI mag some time ago and loved it. I'm pretty sure it was a CD player. That was one nice looking baby, for sure..

bluesky · « **Reply #14 on:** 23 Feb 2006, 10:58 pm »

Hi Guys

Er............I suppose I should interpret this as thanks!

vt4c will be happy at least, Chung travels throughout China and only selects quality stuff, he told me there is a lot of pretty crappy products he has to wade through before finding stufff he would use himself (and sell).

Cheers

Bluesky

KLe · « **Reply #15 on:** 24 Feb 2006, 12:27 pm »

Quote from: bluesky

... Interestingly I was speaking to Keith Eichmann recently about RCA sockets and my thoughts were that surely these should be high quality if you were going to spend big bucks on interconnects as they are an intergral part of the chain, Keith told me that he uses some from Jaycar. I can't understand the logic here but his system (using his cabling of course) is the best I have heard to date....

Hey Ian
Nice to see you quoting me, but, I am not aware of any RCA's that I use, come from Jaycar

Perhaps, if I use Jaycar RCA's my system will sound even better. What do you think

thanks again
KL

SamL · « **Reply #16 on:** 25 Feb 2006, 10:53 am »

Quote from: bluesky

Hi Felipe

Have a look at tv4c, Chung has some tube er......holders that may be a solution.

Here's the link:

www.vt4c.com/shop/program/main/php

Cheers

Bluesky

Thanks for the link. Some of his stuff sure look attractive. Might end up spending more