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For those who didn't make it, there are a few pics. NOSValves room

I still have the custom stereo 2A3 SET based on a Loftin-White design, as I dought anyone could afford it. The parts alone went over $1500. Add my time, labor and genius and the price goes through the roof. [] Did you ever do anything with the 6336 amp?

You can check out the site: Lone Star Bottleheads

Erik your stuff is outstanding and in actuality you are a better designer than I, as you have a better understanding of the circuitry. Give me a schematic and I can build all day long to a meticulous level, but don't ask me to design the circuit.

And last the custom version of the linestage

Then the linestage

These are the 2A3 mono blocks (mirror image)

OK here is the custom 2A3 stereo SET with power supply

Erik I'm having a Lone Star Bottleheads meeting at my house on May 20th. It would be great if you could make it over to San Antonio for it. If not, we have them in Houston a few times a year too.

Now take that linestage to it's very minimum and you get this:

The line stage is very simple too.

Here is a 2A3 mono block with power supply, lean and mean.

And the power supply to run it.

Doesn't take much for sure. Here is a stereo 2A3 SET I built from scratch a few years ago.

Dean be sure to look me up. I'm flying in from San Antonio, Texas. I guess I'll see you in Craig's room at the fest.

Chops my reply was to www.records original post and not yours. For you, I would recommend applying several coats of Howard's Feed-n-Wax. Your veneer will soak it up and love you for it. Let it soak in overnight and then buff them down with a soft dry cloth.

Yes thats the one. I use the semi-gloss. You can buff the stuff with the white scotchbrite for a satin finish.

Deft is a lacquer based finish. It can be brushed on (self leveling) or sprayed. I use the rattle cans for most of the stuff I do because it's so much easier. It works best to spray serveral light coats and build up to the level of finish you want. Two coats give you a nice finish that shows the grain. Like this cocobolo base I just did: You can keep building up coats if you want a slick furniture quality finish. There is no need to buff or polish. It does work better in warm weather. It tends to orange peel when sprayed below about 65 degrees. Even then you can light sand it and spray a final coat to get back to a smooth finish.

Thank you. It's all part of being obessive. The one thing that all my projects have taught me is patience. Take your time and the end result is always better.

Removing them is always optimal but not always the easiest. I've done it both ways. If you leave them in, make sure you place something soft inside the horns to keep dust out of the driver or cover them with some blue painters tape.

Here are some JBL L26 cabinets I did. The face was repainted with Krylon semi-flat black. The oak is natural with a couple coats of DEFT semi-gloss.

some polks I did, shown here during and after. These were sanded ,stained and sprayed with DEFT.

Very simple, take a sanding block and some 220 grit paper and work it by hand in the direction of the grain slowly. Then go to 320 and final with 400. Spray with some semi-gloss DEFT and your done. That is how I did these.

Thought I would show you what I did this afternoon. One of your customers sent me these bases and some cocobolo veneer. I spent the afternoon veneering. They look rather nice and will be even better after the electronics are added.