Small Tube Amp Build - Tip Series (Build Your Own Composite Board)

[@SkyscraperGuitars]

Thank you for stepping through that process. I've worked with resins and cloth, but never in a measured thickness and always with a ton of surface finishing waiting for me when the resin dried. This technique will produce much more predictable results.

[@sheep1ewe]

This is the best tutorial i seen on the internet so far.

[@elams1894]

Thanks heaps, really glad it was of use, cheers

[@sheep1ewe]

I think it´s the whole concept that make those so sucessfull, from the beginnging, making the boards, laying out the wiring with perfection, crafting stuff from pieces of wood, making Your own carbonfibresheets and stuff, it´s more of living a lifestyle to me to watch, but showed by a person who know exactly how all those things shall be done. Those are not just amplifiers to me, each one of them is a pice of art and dreams. (Sorry for my terrible English, it´s not my native language...)

[@knowmusicman157]

What adhesive did you use to glue your glass to your boards on your mold?

[@elams1894]

I used epoxy resin. I tried to etch the glass a bit and it worked pretty well. My next mold in going to use MDF to which I'll screw thicker glass. Gluing glass is not recommend I think. It worked ok but not ideal. Cheers.

[@knowmusicman157]

@@elams1894 I am also looking at MDF. To screw glass to MDF, would you need to drill holes in the glass? or just use some kind of metal framing to hold it in place? thanks from Texas.

[@elams1894]

@@knowmusicman157 Metal framing is probably the easiest approach. I was going to use alloy 10-20mm right angle. Then I was going route a cavity to accept the alloy. That seems like it would do the job nicely. Screwing would need holes and it could be too tricky. I have some thick glass with holes in it already, but I may use that for something else now. Cheers.

[@sgtrutters5892]

Have any sources of where to get the materials for this? Or maybe just the terms to look for while shopping?

[@chokkan7]

I appreciate your videos, as well as the work that clearly went into them. I do have a question on this: is there any real advantage to the home-made fiberglass boards as opposed to a substance like Richlite? The latter strikes me as a very cost-effective, readily-available solution, but I could be wrong...

[@elams1894]

Thank you!! You can use what ever you like as long as it works like you expect it to. I like making my own as I find the board available online too flimsy. I prefer something very rigid and so 3mm fibreglass is great for my builds, cheers!

[@dazzlenconfused]

hey again great video as usual the 20g wire you use wheres the best place to buy it from cheers

[@elams1894]

Hi Clinton! Thanks for stopping by again. The solid wire I use is 'Jupiter' brand. I get it from partsconexion dot com. It's a wee bit pricey, but great stuff. The stranded wire I get from tube depot. It's the military grade 22 guage. It's pretty cheap from memory. Cheers

[@dazzlenconfused]

its not overly expensive I like how it sits in the chassis looks impressive well when you do it hopefully mine looks some what the same lol anyways thanks heaps appreciate the time

[@guitarslf132]

Does that glass cloth stick into your hands like the cleaning brushes do? And ye man, I'm playing drums in a band now, totally obsessed with them :D I'm an engineer as a day job, so it got a bit much to be building guitars out of crap materials in the evenings too! xD

[@elams1894]

Good stuff on the engineering, you can't go wrong there. Sounds a sweet gig with the drums, very cool things indeed, wish I had a sound proof room so I could give it a go. The dry cloth doesn't stick your hands but the freshly resin'd stuff does. Its a bit messy but honestly man, it is the best thing to get into as you can build anything, and I mean anything. Imagination is your only limiting factor; if you can envisage the mould tooling, then its all goood from there on in..

[@guitarslf132]

Hahaha I bloody wish I had the sound proof room too! I only get to play once a week at most xD Will you do another guitar soon?? It was so good to watch :D

[@elams1894]

I have three guitar builds in the pipeline, just time is all thats needed now, hopefully soon for sure. Far out man, drums are so loud, but so cool, awesome!

[@volkwolf2511]

I love you videos.

[@elams1894]

Thanks wolf!

[@volkwolf2511]

I'm always waiting for your new videos and I'll be happy if you subscribe on my channel too)))

[@elams1894]

Thanks Wolf! Done! Beautiful dog, lovely animals indeed!

[@volkwolf2511]

oh maaan, thank you very much!)))

[@jesinbeverly]

Should be careful with carbon fiber. It IS conductive. Probably not great for turret boards..

[@elams1894]

Indeed, that is why I stick to glass fibre for turret boards. Wood can also be very conductive. Careful shielding is needed indeed, well said, cheers!!