Got the rest of the parts for it, along with some parts for the little race car. Turns out I have a steering linkage angularity problem that requires a more elegant solution than what I previously came up with, which was just a longer ball-stud on the servo to get things to line up better.
And since Grandma #2 (aka "Nana") is down with a really, really, really bad cold, we've had The Little Guy during the day while Nana recuperates.
He "helped" with the bread last Sunday, but decided right off the bat that he didn't like playing with squishy bread dough, so he mostly just watched. He got a real kick out of watching the dough hook rotate and orbit in the mixing bowl, though.
Be back later.....
This is the input stage and driver stage (dual triode tube) of the little Supro amp:
I've replaced all the capacitors (they were leaky) and all of the resistors. The resistors, doing as 1/2 Watt carbon compositions resistors like to do, had all drifted high in value to outside their marked tolerance. I also changed the physical location and connections of several of the parts to eliminate ground loops, and give all the signal grounds a "Common Point Ground" connection. The new parts have higher ratings and tighter tolerances than the OEM parts, so once this is finished it should be good for another 50 years.
The new grill cloth arrived, and tomorrow I'll use the old one as a template to cut the new cloth. I'll scrub up the cabinet and replace the handle and hardware before I staple the new cloth into the cabinet. Then I'll mount the new speaker and the cabinet will be put aside for final assembly. Cleaning the cabinet will also involve some "rework" of the covering material. I can buy new, matching material to completely recover it with, but I'd like to preserve some of the originality of it. Think of this as being a "RestoMod" type of project and you're pretty close. New under the skin, but doesn't look a day over 60!
I hate when capacitors leak and then farads are all over the place, and they're sticky and hard to wipe up and then ... well, you know.
ReplyDeleteYeah, and I'm all out of Farad Solvent!
DeleteWill replacing the caps and resistors and new tubes change the tone and sound of the rehabbed amp?
ReplyDeleteProbably. There's a market on eBay for used parts like the type I removed because some people believe they sound "better".
DeleteTwo of the three tubes were completely shot. They had shorts between the elements, rendering them useless. The filter capacitors were also shot (very leaky), along with a couple of the coupling capacitors.
The speaker might have worked, but the terminals to connect it to the amp were broken off, and crudely twisted together and covered in Scotch tape. The cone was also brittle and cracked in a couple of places.
Just for grins, I'm going to list the speaker on eBay, and it wouldn't surprise me if it sells.....
Nice solder job! And will be curious how well it sounds when you get it all done!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I should have it done this week, All I have to plug in to it is a microphone, but I'll also run some audio in to it from a radio and see how it sounds.
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