6g3 'deux' - lux build(s)

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6g3 'deux' - lux build(s)

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Folie à deux...

While I wait on valves for the 6g2 I thought id get started on the 6g3 deluxes I have parts for.

Im going to try building two at once /economies of scale / Henry Ford / Jane Fonda etc

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Making bespoke boards for these ones.
was annoyed to find that the correct drill bit for turrets is a 7/64th bit or 2.78mm. I of course had 2.5mm and 3mm.
Off to the hardware store.
Good result tho. I think I can just squeeze the filter caps on the main board too.

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Sick leave can be so productive :wink:

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Oh man the amount of cool amps being built on the forum at the moment is outrageously cool!
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jeremyb wrote: Thu Nov 14, 2024 4:35 pm Oh man the amount of cool amps being built on the forum at the moment is outrageously cool!
These are mere sculptures until current flows!

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Some progress on the main boards last night

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You getting high on the lead fumes?

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Jay wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 6:42 am You getting high on the lead fumes?
Solder has nothing on sevoflurane.
Jops wrote: Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:46 am Spring is the comic sans of reverbs anyway.

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robthemac wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 7:04 am
Jay wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 6:42 am You getting high on the lead fumes?
Solder has nothing on sevoflurane.
Yuck sevo. I stopped using nitrous many years and have almost managed to get away from sevo completely. paeds inductions sometimes…
Andy’s a big sevo fan boi

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StrummersOfThunder wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 7:11 am
robthemac wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 7:04 am
Jay wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 6:42 am You getting high on the lead fumes?
Solder has nothing on sevoflurane.
Yuck sevo. I stopped using nitrous many years and have almost managed to get away from sevo completely. paeds inductions sometimes…
Andy’s a big sevo fan boi
Shot of whiskey and a bit between the teeth works.
Jops wrote: Sun Sep 18, 2022 7:46 am Spring is the comic sans of reverbs anyway.

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robthemac wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 7:26 am
StrummersOfThunder wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 7:11 am
robthemac wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 7:04 am

Solder has nothing on sevoflurane.
Yuck sevo. I stopped using nitrous many years and have almost managed to get away from sevo completely. paeds inductions sometimes…
Andy’s a big sevo fan boi
Shot of whiskey and a bit between the teeth works.
This your take on anaesthesia or courtship ?

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StrummersOfThunder wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 7:30 am
robthemac wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 7:26 am
StrummersOfThunder wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 7:11 am

Yuck sevo. I stopped using nitrous many years and have almost managed to get away from sevo completely. paeds inductions sometimes…
Andy’s a big sevo fan boi
Shot of whiskey and a bit between the teeth works.
This your take on anaesthesia or courtship ?
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Does my handkerchief smell like chloroform?
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Both main boards populated now


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jeremyb wrote: Fri Nov 15, 2024 9:05 am Does my handkerchief smell like chloroform?
:lol: :lol: :lol:

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