After a busy Christmas season, including a brief trip out of state between Christmas and new year, I have finally managed to get the Lacewood amplifier back up and running. As part of this effort I also identified the root cause of the initial failure. And frankly I’m a little angry about it.
Continue readingRemember a few weeks ago in the post When it Rains, It Pours! I said that the Lacewood V2 reservoir capacitor had likely failed? Well, I was wrong.
Continue readingWould you believe it? Today while listening to the 6V6 Lacewood V2 I heard a funny little popping sound and a short duration whine. It only lasted a few seconds, then it was gone. But when I walked over to the amp there was a distinct smell of “magic smoke“. Once again, the game’s afoot!
Continue readingThe weather has finally returned to normal here and I got to spend a little time in my shop today. I decided that I wanted to be able to finish the base of the SET and my new triode test jig at the same time. So I needed to get going on the test jig base.
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