Completed a new amplifier project this week.  I found a few mini wedge speaker boxes in storage and thought they would make good enclosure for a portable amplifier. This is a 15 watt amp with tone controls, dual inputs, and it’s packaged in a extremely rugged and travel worthy box.

The mini wedge amp, ready to rock.

I’m currently building a couple more of these with the extra boxes I have.  If you’re interested in owning one of these drop me a line and let me know.

The control panel close up

More details about this amplifier

Decided to kick off the year by getting the main workspace de-cluttered and organized.  Trying to make room for storage of completed projects and projects that are upcoming.

The electronics lab. Yes, this is clean and organized.

Couple things you aren’t seeing in this photo…. Directly to the left of the camera is my “in progress” stack which is a pile of small boxes that each contain a project that it’s in production.  Directly behind the camera is the music studio.  Drum sets, amps, mixer, mics, speakers, guitars, etc. are set up and ready to record.  Needless to say a lot is in the works…. updates soon.

Dragged these out of the attic a couple weeks ago and have just tested them. Unfortunately, they are DOA. I’ll see if I can bring them back. Anyone have schematics or any other info on these?

Several projects are well under way and I spent some time case building this weekend.  I realized that most of my projects actually start out by visualizing how the completed piece or gear will look.  I then sketch this out and make sure that I order the necessary hardware for the cases.  Often times while building the circuit the controls and layout will change, but I try to stick to the original sketch as much as possible.

I’m trying a couple different case configurations to match my original concept sketches.  Here you can see the Stepped Tone Generator (aka - Atari Punk Console) original sketch and then beginning case build.

Next steps are to sand and finish the wood, Cut, bend and drill the control panel. Then print and attach the lables.  Going to try to accompnish all the this week so I can assemble and complete next weekend.

The Circuit board has arrived for the Weird Sound Generator.  Looking forward to getting this thing underway.  It looks like there could be a lot of potential for some interesting experimenting beyond what is documented.  Notice the “Experiment Kludge Area” on the board…. a very conciderate touch.  I ordered parts from several electronics stores in a mission to see how much cheaper I could build it compared to the $90 price of the full component kit.  It’s around $50 cheaper at this point, without the case.