Dave's made from samples benchtop router thread

**kuroguy** · 03-10-2014, 09:37 AM

the last parts arrived this weekend and I finished my guitar amps.

**LeeWay** · 03-10-2014, 10:00 AM

Very nice, Man! You gotta be proud.

**kuroguy** · 03-10-2014, 10:04 AM

that bottom one is a gift for my nephew. he's 14 and has been playing for about 9 years. he's pretty good (who am I kidding, he's amazing). he told me he wanted an amp with tubes that showed. I started building it about 9 weeks ago and he hasn't seen it or any of the progress pictures. I think he's gonna like it.

**LeeWay** · 03-10-2014, 10:13 AM

Oww! Man! A gift like that could spoil the kid for life.

I look forward to hearing his art.

I used to play drums and bass. I sliced my hand on a job with some sheet metal. It severed a nerve and I lost feeling in my left hand. For awhile that is. It is mostly back now, but I still don't play worth a hoot.

Pump him up every chance you get. The World is lacking in real musicians.

**kuroguy** · 03-16-2014, 11:12 PM

A couple videos of the boy and his new amp...

**kuroguy** · 04-15-2014, 03:01 PM

Working on my next piece of stereo equipment: a line pre-amp with a built in DAC. here's the panels I made on my machine. this component will match my mini-amp.

**CarveOne** · 04-15-2014, 04:09 PM

Very nice looking panel Dave. Keep it up.

**kuroguy** · 04-16-2014, 06:58 PM

Now with sides...

**kuroguy** · 04-18-2014, 11:07 PM

It only took 6 months but I finally ordered a switch for this computer case.

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**kuroguy** · 05-03-2014, 06:15 PM

The preamp is alive. Time to write some code for it.

**kuroguy** · 05-15-2014, 07:47 PM

I'll cut a top for it this weekend and then it's done. Next up is a matching cd player.

**kuroguy** · 05-27-2014, 08:19 AM

here's the latest component for the homemade stack of stereo components: a cd/mp3 player. still needs about 3 hours of work to complete the case and about $2 worth of parts from mouser.

**CarveOne** · 05-27-2014, 10:17 AM

Looking good.

**kuroguy** · 06-18-2014, 09:11 AM

CD player is alive. just need to put a top on it and I'm on to the media player component.

**kuroguy** · 12-23-2014, 08:37 AM

been a while since I posted. I've been working on pinewood derby cars for my boy. At his age, the parents do all the work with the power tools and the kids help by sanding and painting. I cut the profiles and wheel wells with the CNC and added curves with a belt sander and foredom rotary tool with the reciprocating chisel handpiece.

**kuroguy** · 12-23-2014, 10:51 PM

Wheels on the mustang.

**nlancaster** · 12-24-2014, 06:51 PM

Sweet.

Wish I had a CNC router when I did pinewood derby.

**LeeWay** · 12-24-2014, 07:47 PM

That is a keeper for sure. Good luck with it. It looks like a winner just sitting there.

**kuroguy** · 12-31-2014, 07:58 AM

some more photos of the cars and bus. Still need to add some lettering to the bus and now my daughter wants me to make a BMW Z4 for her so there's going to be one more car....