Building valve amplifiers
Building Valve Amplifiers is a unique hands-on guide for anyone working with tube audio equipment--as an electronics hobbyist, audiophile or audio engineer. This 2nd Edition builds on the success of the first with technology and technique revisions throughout and, significantly, a major new self-bui...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London
Newnes
2014
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| Edition: | 2nd ed |
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- The CAD solutionChecking and centre punching; Drilling round holes; Preventing relative movement; Lubrication; Correct drill speed; Drilling very small holes; Drill selection for metal; Handheld taper reamers; Deburring; Screw heads and why to avoid countersinking; Screw threads and tapping; Screw choice; Shortening screws; Washers; Sheet metal punches; Deburring holes made by sheet metal punches; Using a sheet metal punch to concentrically enlarge an existing hole; Making small holes in thin sheet; Sawing metal; Sheet metal and saws; Chain drilling and why to avoid it
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- AestheticsParts having specific problems and solutions; IEC mains connectors; Modern mains transformers; Examples; Power amplifiers; Meters and monitoring points; Sympathetic power amplifier recycling; Output-transformerless (OTL) amplifiers; Pre-amplifiers; Umbilical leads; Personality; Power supplies; Regulator positioning; Regulators and heatsinks; References; Recommended further reading; 2 Metalwork for Poets; Lighting; Artificial lighting; General lighting; Bench lighting; Machine tool lighting; Personal protective equipment (PPE); Marking out; Measurements; Marking out manually
- Sawing blind holes by handSawing with a power saw; Making large round holes without a chassis punch; Making holes in perforated sheet; Sawing perforated sheet to size; Sawing, filing, and deburring; The traditional folded chassis; Making a chassis from extruded aluminium channel and sheet; Cutting extruded channel; Corner pillars; Fitting the pillars; Making the picture frame with mitred joints; A fiddly butt joint (but easier than a mitre); Fitting the top plate; Fitting carpet-piercing spikes; If you don't have access to a lathe; If you have very limited tools/patience; Finishing
- Recommended further reading3 Wiring; Tools; Soldering irons; Tips; Portable irons; Solder and flux; Soldering and wetting; Shrink-back; Solderability; Solder tags; Binding posts; Flux, defluxing and surface leakage currents; Desoldering; Hand tools; Static electricity and ESD; Cutters; Wire strippers; Pliers; Tweezers and fine work; Screwdrivers; Flat-bladed screwdrivers; Phillips, Pozidriv, and Supadriv screwdrivers; Hexagonal keys and drivers; Nuts and associated tools; Scalpel; Mirror; Hot-air gun; Marker pens and cameras; Lighting; Magnifying lamps; Binocular magnifiers
- Front Cover; Building Valve Amplifiers; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Construction; 1 Planning; Chassis layout; Electromagnetic induction; Coupling between wound components; Shielding; Transformers and the chassis; Beam valves and mains transformers; Heat; Modes of cooling; Valve cooling, positioning, and cooling factor; Using the chassis as a heatsink; Cold valve heater surge current; Wire ratings; Unwanted voltage drops; Electrostatic induction; Valve sockets; How electrostatic screening works; From left to right; Input sockets; Mechanical/safety; Acoustical