Latest Project Completed

Here's a pic of my latest project, I'll have more info coming, for now please enjoy the picture:

"The Moral Implications of Craftsmanship"

"We tend to think of organized religions as the source of human morality, and yet, the crafting of an object is an expression of moral structure that likely predates any commandment or moral precept. Objects are made with care or they are not. Objects are made with an eye toward useful beauty, or they are not. Objects are made to last, or they are not. If we were truly concerned about building a society in which people care for each other, there is no better way than to engage our children in craftsmanship."

-Doug Stowe

This made me think.

New Toy

Well, after a fair bit of work, it's finally done! My newest toy:



This is my efforts reporducing an 1959 Fender Deluxe guitar amp. This amp is revered by many as being a "tone machine", and I would agree. My guitar has never sounded so good. I procured the amp in kit form from Trinity Amps along with a Tone Tubby 12" Alnico speaker. The circuit board needed to be populated, all the components soldered into place, and installed into the chassis. The kit was first rate, and that part went fairly fast. Then I needed to build the cabinet. That part was a little more involved because that was my own design. But it went reasonable well. The finish is one that I borrowed from Peter Galbert who writes the Chair Notes Blog.

Here's a few more pics:

Are you afraid of heights?

Here's a neat little video of a repairman climbing a radio tower. Now here's the thing, I like climbing. I like heights. This made me feel queezy.

I'm serious, I started feeling dizzy. I'd like to say "Sure, lemme at it, I'll do it!" But watching the video, I'm not so sure.

A New Toy

Hey, here's my newest toy. I built it over the past few days, bit by bit. It came in kit form, from Trinity Amps in Toronto. It's a clone of the '57 Fender Deluxe guitar amp. Now all that's left to do is to build a cabinet for it to be in. But for now, testing is more or less complete, and I love the tone. Here's the pics:







Please ignore the mess, remember, I was working. I love the pic of the tubes glowing... ahhhhhhhhh.