Join me on a magical journey: Metro Plexi Superlead Build

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duesentrieb":1f7phe3u said:
Sure.
With the DPST and no IEC
or with DPDT and IEC?
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DPST and no IEC.

Also, someone on the Metro board just posted this. Does it seem right?

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duesentrieb":1vbpbiff said:
If black is L then it is correct.
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Thanks! I'll have to cut all my zip-ties now and rewire this thing. :)
 
Turret board is in! I've decided not continue until I get some more wire-ties. I had to remove a few to rewire the power section to modern standards so I don't die. :) And I've added a few ground wires (I'm doing a hybrid style of grounding - check out the pots). So, I'm not going to go any further so I can tidy everything up first. And it'll give everybody a chance to look it over and see if anything is wrong. I don't want to have to pull the board up.

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Just double check your solder connections. It only takes one bad one and it's a pain to trouble shoot.
 
Lp Freak":s2qn9uhm said:
Just double check your solder connections. It only takes one bad one and it's a pain to trouble shoot.
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I've been double checking as I go with a multi-meter for continuity. Is that what you mean? Or are you talking about cold joints?
 
FourT6and2":2loiodo5 said:
Lp Freak":2loiodo5 said:
Just double check your solder connections. It only takes one bad one and it's a pain to trouble shoot.
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I've been double checking as I go with a multi-meter for continuity. Is that what you mean? Or are you talking about cold joints?
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Both.
 
Moving pretty quickly. I'm glad there are people like you to do these types of projects. I'm so curious to how it will sound, seriously looking forward to clips :D
 
duesentrieb":1q4wyb19 said:
The chassis is aluminum/aluminium, right? So adding a rect. cut out shouldn't be that hard - or get those rect. punch drills from RS - probably Mike Fortin or Dan can help you . . .
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. . . or someone else?

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Although I don't know, whether the seen number still is a current RS number.
I've buyed this punch already 18 years ago.

HTH

But 5 minutes later (or 5 days :confused: ) it looks like here:

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If you're interested on reading the whole building story (in German :D ), then check here:

http://www.historiclespauls.com/forum/v ... f=3&t=1764


Larry
 
hmmm, are IEC's a standard size? And who/what is RS? I might get a punch and put an IEC in. How does a punch work, do I need any other tools?

And Larry, how's my build look to you as far as routing/grounding all that stuff?
 
No, it's too large in size!

Use this one:

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/sear ... &x=16&y=15

How to work with this thing?
Believe me, as soon as you have it in your hands, it's self explaining.
First you have to drill a (round) hole of about 9/16", that you can stick the square bolt through...
... but further I can't explain in English. Don't know the part's name in English :confused: , but last comes the nut :yes:

Larry
 
novosibir":1b9tjxdc said:
No, it's too large in size!

Use this one:

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/sear ... &x=16&y=15

How to work with this thing?
Believe me, as soon as you have it in your hands, it's self explaining.
First you have to drill a (round) hole of about 9/16", that you can stick the square bolt through...
... but further I can't explain in English. Don't know the part's name in English :confused: , but last comes the nut :yes:

Larry
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:lol: :LOL: Thanks!

So, how does my build look so far? I know you're fairly knowledgable about this stuff. :)

EVERYTHING'S DONE!!!!

Well, except the board. ;) Saving that for later. I'm pretty happy with how it turned out so far. I've definitely learned a few tricks and what not to do for my next build (an SLO Clone) :) But I don't wanna speak too soon. Haven't fired this baby up, yet...

Things I have left to do besides the board:

Put weight-releif washers on the PT and OT mounting bolts and throw some blue Loctite on them for good measure.
Power cord.

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Yeah, it's looking nice so far!
The heater wires are twisted nicely!
All the cables to the Volumes & the Tone controls away from the board, routed in the chassis' edge - perfect!
To use 4 independent 5.6K grid stoppers on the output tubes instead of the orig. 2 * 1.5K also is a good decision.
The ground bus NOT soldered to the pot's backs :thumbsup:

Just both the green grid cables to V1a, V2a & V3a I'd rise up a bit off of the black heater cables, to avoid possible hum induction.

Larry
 
novosibir":3ngfrrym said:
Just both the green grid cables to V1a, V2a & V3a I'd rise up a bit off of the black heater cables, to avoid possible hum induction.

Larry
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Yeah, I actually just had the same idea! I also read up a bunch on some of your posts on the Metro Forum before I began, so that helped me a lot with lead-dress and where to route everything. Thanks! :)
 
Haha - nice to hear, that my posts are helpful!
Very appreciated! :)

Larry
 
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