The ultimate DIY? A Stax SRM-T2!

[kevin gilmore]

I'll be closely watching for that. I do have examples of the same black over the last 6 months

and i can't tell the difference. At least its a bottom panel which would never be visible anyway.

[Craig Sawyers]

.1% on the power supply is more than sufficient, but hey go for the better part.

In other news the anodizer found the 4 missing panels. That he never anodized...

Well that is truly great news!

And so very like the chaos at every anodiser I've known.

[kevin gilmore]

I did the numbers, and if any of you really want the titanium knobs, i can do some.

They will be $200 each. It would be about 6 to 8 weeks before i have the time to

do them.

[nattonrice]

This is a bit of a long shot but does anyone have 4 extra of the 5pF/1kV C0G ceramic caps that they could send down to AU?

[Craig Sawyers]

This is a bit of a long shot but does anyone have 4 extra of the 5pF/1kV C0G ceramic caps that they could send down to AU?

On 19th June, Inu said he had a ton of them spare at 15 cents each plus postage.

[nattonrice]

Excellent =)

A mailing I'ago~

[struts]

This is a bit of a long shot but does anyone have 4 extra of the 5pF/1kV C0G ceramic caps that they could send down to AU?

I have a pile. More than happy to send you some, PM me your address if so.

If you want a buffer stock you could also check out this fleabay seller.

[kevin gilmore]

Just got the call that the anodizing is done. I could force the issue and get it today

but i think its best to wait for the guy to deliver monday morning. So i will be

shipping the stuff on monday and tuesday.

Unless there is a hurricane, or 24 inches of snow.

[Dusty Chalk]

...or a hurricane and 24 inches of snow.

[nattonrice]

I have a pile. More than happy to send you some, PM me your address if so.

Thanks Struts!

I had already flicked Inu a pm and he is sorting me on them.

Dear god that's a lot of caps for one man... I'd need to be in on all 63 runs of the t2 to make use of them hehe O.o

[Craig Sawyers]

Wife opened the credit card bill with the casework and a bunch of other stuff to finish the BH.

[spritzer]

At least you aren't doing meth... which would probably be cheaper and less harmful then all this high voltage...

[nattonrice]

Surely in the welcome pm it says not to use joint cards for purchases

[morphsci]

^^^^ This should definitely be in the welcome PM.

[kevin gilmore]

Someone just asked again. the 2sc3381-BL's work just fine. That is what i'm using.

[kevin gilmore]

4 chassis packed up and will ship today. tracking numbers in a few hours.

The knobs are less than acceptable, and i will be replacing them

at my cost. Will be drilling and tapping the small end to put a screw

in it for the anodizing. Then no dings on the face.

[kevin gilmore]

4 chassis shipped. Only 45 minutes for the wonderful united states postal service to do 4 packages.

(all of which were international) you would think that being able to type would be a requisite for the

job...

I'm going to make a few more tops and bottoms (have everything else) and then the next

batch goes off for polishing and finishing. Hopefully the anodizer can actually count this time.

Birgir should have his knobs soon

[nattonrice]

Your a legend for standing in line for so long with that much stuff.

... I hope you had a trolley of some description =S

[kevin gilmore]

So i got cussed out by this guy who needed at least 10 more feet from my open door to pass me with his 10 year old van, throwing

me the finger et all. In the designated loading/unloading area. I did take my persuader out of the trunk, but decided not to go after

him. At 40 lbs per package, the car definitely did not handle right (2 in the trunk, 2 in the right passenger seat) or at least not

what i was used to.

[justin]

4 chassis shipped. Only 45 minutes for the wonderful united states postal service to do 4 packages.

(all of which were international) you would think that being able to type would be a requisite for the

job...

I'm going to make a few more tops and bottoms (have everything else) and then the next

batch goes off for polishing and finishing. Hopefully the anodizer can actually count this time.

Birgir should have his knobs soon

Endicia + Eltron LP2844 on eBay = easy USPS shipping

[Craig Sawyers]

So i got cussed out by this guy who needed at least 10 more feet from my open door to pass me with his 10 year old van, throwing

me the finger et all.

No-one needs that sort of shit.

I've chased SOB's that gave me the finger from the safety of their car before now - but we don't have easy access to guns in the UK, so the risk is not high. One guy ended up so worried after I chased him for 5 miles he drove into his open garage and closed the door before I got out my car to confront him. Bet he was reluctant to poke a gratuitous finger after that. The bastard.

Feisty, me?

[spritzer]

Endicia + Eltron LP2844 on eBay = easy USPS shipping

The Lp2844 is a nightmare. We have one in the bakery and the fucking thing is haunted...

[digger945]

If anyone that missed out on this would be interested in taking over mine then gimme a pm. I have yet to take delivery/pay for the chassis. Boards have nothing soldered yet. I have a handful of resistors and all of the hard-to-get silicon parts with teflon tube sockets and pins for KG's teflon stax sockets. Also have 3 different quads of EL34s.

[kevin gilmore]

The problem with internet postage (i have a suitable printer) especially with stuff going outside the country

which all 4 of these did, is all the customs forms, and the weight. I know my scale is accurate, as it matches

the one at work, and the package really is 39.5 lbs. But i got lucky and got the really messed up scale at

usps which weighed the packages at 33 and 35 lbs (they are absolutely identical in contents) and therefore

saved a few bucks. So now in total (not counting gas) but counting everything else including bubbles

and the packaging for the boards, i'm down to a loss of a little less than $8.

Fedex seems to be in the other direction. Their scale always weighs over the real weight. I wonder

if that is deliberate. At least fedex inside the usa is going to be only about $40 instead of the package

to Australia which was $235. And fedex international is way out of line price wise. Birgirs package

was even higher priced.

[nattonrice]

Yes the only place more expensive than Australia for everything seems to be Iceland.

Artificially offset scales would not surprise me given how dodgy fedex is over here.