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I think those black vents actually suit the amp, a point of difference too. They're growing on me, but I need to print some new corners, the originals are pretty scuffed. Or I could just accept it the way it is lol Yeh youd hate to have scuffed corners. You could make corner protector protectors. I...

sizzlingbadger wrote: ↑Thu May 30, 2024 5:50 pm I think those black vents actually suit the amp, a point of difference too.

They're growing on me, but I need to print some new corners, the originals are pretty scuffed. Or I could just accept it the way it is lol

Still waiting for the tolex to dry properly in places, hence the lumpy air pockets in a couple of the pics. I usually let it settle for 5-7 days before releasing into the wild

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I knew I was setting a trend .... snap..right down to the alnico blue https://www.nzguitars.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27986&hilit=vox+tolex+rimu&start=30 I would agree but I didn't recover the lead lined casket, I recreated using toan inducing pine with properly made joints, thus re...

Dang, how they should have been from the factory! Mine was a real boat anchor, have you weighed it in the new cab Beeg? Seat of pants weighing scale has reduced the weight by 500%. Batteries have run out in my scales :D I remember carrying it down 4 flights of stairs last week and having to rest ha...

I knew I was setting a trend .... snap..right down to the alnico blue https://www.nzguitars.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=27986&hilit=vox+tolex+rimu&start=30 I would agree but I didn't recover the lead lined casket, I recreated using toan inducing pine with properly made joints, thus re...

After creating a new headshell for Ben last year covered in Green Tolex, I had a wanting to do my AC15. As I'm currently unemployed/unemployable - though there was an advert for a Trolley Collection Assistant at Pak 'n' Save Richmond yesterday - I thought it was time for me to actually do the deed. ...

I think I’ll have saved a whole kg or two at the end of this. But it’s way better looking and I reckon tone is in the pine

WellyBlues wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 4:46 pm very cool BG. I want to know what tunes you had blasting away while you were working!

Today I was listening to Terry Pratchetts Moving Pictures….

Tomorrow I’ll be hitting some Rory though

Or some greeny

Trial baffle fit, bit of work to do on the piping, but all fits so happy with that!

With it being for my vox, there is no frame under the grille cloth, so the t-nuts are counterbored. Fender and Marshall style would be to have a shallow frame around the outside to hold the cloth away from the actual baffle. No counterbore needed. Top tip, spray your t-nuts black else they will shin...

Found some unemployed time today to progress further

Here’s how I do a baffle - this is a Vox style

3 passes does it, I hold the router in place and slowly turn the baffle, there is a nice big chunk of sacrificial wood underneath

Miza wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2024 1:56 pm I guess if you buy a rod of 6mm dowel, you can make em as long as you want!

I used a pack of pre-made 6mm fluted dowels. They only come in the one length (30mm long).

if you make them, its best to put some flutes in them with a saw...