Voltron Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 Awesome knob is awesome. Sincerely, Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin gilmore Posted October 15, 2010 Report Share Posted October 15, 2010 (edited) have a look here and drool... (go thru each wood on the left, one at a time) Woods by Specie: Amazon Exotic Hardwoods I'm going to buy at least 10 different pieces. Edited October 15, 2010 by kevin gilmore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger945 Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 have a look here and drool... (go thru each wood on the left, one at a time) Woods by Specie: Amazon Exotic Hardwoods I'm going to buy at least 10 different pieces. Beautiful stuff there. Their prices seem to be very close on the Lignum Vitea I priced on ebay. Found out while searching that LV was once used for bowling balls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerry Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 They have a really nice selection. I had a local lumber yard that was nice because you could look and feel the wood. Also, they could plane the wood for me to any thickness - great for speakers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Sawyers Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 are Selmers becoming popular? when i was in conservatory it was Buffet, Buffet, Buffet. i always liked the Selmer Signature, when i auditioned them a couple times. Dunno. I've had my Selmer Prologue for around 20 years now. Cost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Sawyers Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 have a look here and drool... (go thru each wood on the left, one at a time) Woods by Specie: Amazon Exotic Hardwoods I'm going to buy at least 10 different pieces. Looks like you've found a local supply at reasonable prices. You'll know if you've got the real mckoy with LV from the perfume. Ones that you have absolutely got to have in your basket are: Burmese Paudauk Cocobolo Macassar Ebony Honduran Rosewood Kingwood Olive Purpleheart Zebrawood Ziricote I keep a small stock of turnery blanks (which is what this supplier provides) for small parts - contrasting through wedged tenons, knobs, decorative inserts, bow tie inserts etc. The thing to absolutely watch about these things is that most are not as stable as LV - many are prone to splitting if you take them straight into a dry heated or air conditioned house. You have to slowly acclimatise them to the humidity in which they will finally be used - reckon on a year or more per inch of thickness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Sawyers Posted October 16, 2010 Report Share Posted October 16, 2010 Beautiful stuff there. Their prices seem to be very close on the Lignum Vitea I priced on ebay. Found out while searching that LV was once used for bowling balls. The other main applications were in golf, where a "wood" used to have an LV head, and ship's propellor bearings. Because of its self-lubricating properties and complete imperviousness to continual immersion in salt water it was used extensively in the days of steam. Better wear properties than brass bearings. It was also use in woodwork for mallet heads because of its density. Of course, that meant that the relatively small global stock of this very slow growing wood is nearly depleted, meaning it is not easy to get hold of in decent sizes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wink Posted October 17, 2010 Report Share Posted October 17, 2010 Griffin Exotic Wood--the high quality exotic wood source! Anyone bought anything from this mob? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wink Posted October 17, 2010 Report Share Posted October 17, 2010 Desert Ironwood from Griffin Exotic Wood Density 0f 1.2 Genuine Lignum Vitae (guiacum officinale from Griffin Exotic Wood The real stuff, not Argentinian. Both are from the link above.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Kevin, have you ever considered the LT1007/LT1037 in lieu of the OP27? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin gilmore Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Just about any opamp will work. With the capacitor fix, even an lm741 will work. Next 4 chassis are done and i'll have them tomorrow morning, and ship probably 2 of them tomorrow afternoon. Then the other 2 on thursday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fing Posted October 30, 2010 Report Share Posted October 30, 2010 Just received the chassis safely and it looks great! Very sturdy and thick, and the heat-sinks are huge! Really impressive work - thanks Kevin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvdunhill Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Kevin, how deep are the knobs you've been making? I'm wondering if 3cm thick piece of material would make a decent knob, and not sure what proportions look right when I mock it up on the screen. I'd say something around 1" diameter and 1" deep is what looks decent, but just wanted to get another data point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin gilmore Posted November 4, 2010 Report Share Posted November 4, 2010 Production knobs are 1.5 inches in diameter, and 1.25 inches deep with a shaft that is 1 inch long. Single machined piece. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin gilmore Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 Someone dropped out so i have one extra chassis/board set available. Can probably ship end of next week. $1472 plus shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blubliss Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 I'll take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin gilmore Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 blubliss gets it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted November 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 Go Andy, go!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blubliss Posted November 10, 2010 Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 oh shit, what have i done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spritzer Posted November 10, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2010 One of us!! One of us!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cetoole Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 oh shit, what have i done You have protected my wallet from a shitstorm. Good man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebby Posted November 11, 2010 Report Share Posted November 11, 2010 You have protected my wallet from a shitstorm. Good man. You too? Thanks for taking one for the team blubliss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin gilmore Posted November 12, 2010 Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 Do to a complete miscommunication on my part, there will be one more chassis/board set available. Sorry al for my mistake. Scaring a high power lawyer, probably not a good thing to do At the rate andy is going, he will probably have his finished in about 2 weeks if he can find the rest of the parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blubliss Posted November 12, 2010 Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 Wow, part sourcing is pretty interesting Could I get some help with a few things. Read the whole thread but could not find an answer. I need a replacement for the 8 fast diodes STTH1512D And I can't find these: 100/3W 71-CPF3100R00FKE14 CPF3100R00FKE14 100K/3W 71-CPF3100K00FHE14 CPF3100K00FHE14 100uf/50v 647-ups1h101mpd ups1h101mpd 8 pin socket ?? I found the FKE14 at Newark but the shipping is not nice and wanted to see if i could combine. Thanks for any help. And Colin/Nebby, watch the wallets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebby Posted November 12, 2010 Report Share Posted November 12, 2010 And Colin/Nebby, watch the wallets You're telling me, I thought I was safe until I saw Kevin's latest post. Must.....Resist.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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