BIRTH OF A NEW AX84 HIGH OCTANE TUBE AMPLIFIER (click on any photo for A larger picture) This page details the construction of an AX84 High Octane style amplifier: www.ax84.com Features Hi-Gain 12ax7 Preamp 6BQ5/EL84/SV83 Power Tube in Class-A Single Ended Configuration provides a surprisingly loud 5 watts or so of output power Cathode-follower driven Bass, Mid and Treble tone controls allow you to shape your sound. Alter the values of the components in the tone stack to tailor your sound. Many thanks to Ramiro Silva for his excellent construction web page with plans, photos, the works. Ramiro is a gifted amp builder with extraordinary attention to detail. See his amps website here:  www.silvatone.bravepages.com CONSTRUCTION   February 6, 2006 (30 Minutes)     Cumulative build time, 5.5 hours Finished drilling the chassis and removed the protective blue plastic. I added a hole for an octal slot. DRILLING THE CHASSIS (now complete) The chassis came with a protective plastic coating. I had three more holes to drill to finish up. To make it a family affair, I had my wife and daughter drill two of the final holes. They were very excited...really! With the plastic coating removed you can see the nice quality holes left by the step bit. The staggered alignment of the two hole pairs in this photo is intentional. Finished chassis. You can clearly see the hole for the octal tube (largest hole in the chassis). The  1 1/8" hole is a little large for my taste, but will work. The underside of the chassis. Now it's time for paint. Go Back to Octane Build Index Go Back to Amps Page

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