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What do you do when you already have a number of projects on the go? You start another one haha. So I have a set of plans from American Furniture Design Co. (https://www.leevalley.com/en-gb/shop/tools/plans/73902-nancys-rocker-and-footstool-plan?item=01L5131) which I've made copies of to turn into templates. I just need to head to the hardware store and purchase some larger MDF because the sheets I had weren't big enough. I'm also just waiting for one of the woodworking stores here in Australia to get a specific rebate router bit back in stock that I will need for the leg joints. I have a stack of Southern Silky Oak in my shed that I am hoping to use pending it being dry enough and also that I have enough for the whole chair. Here is one of the pieces. If the Silky Oak ends up not being an option then I will look at the pricing on Maple and Jarrah.

@mistermikevi understand, I enjoy working with my hands. When I started building kits, it was to learn more about guitars than just playing them. I now Love building bodies and I rather enjoyed building my SG. Something about bringing art to life! That makes it all worth the hard times you might have throughout the build. I remember when I was a teenager and learning to play ,I had a lotus les paul copy. I took it apart to paint it a different color and couldn't put it back together so I gave it to my best friend at the time And told him if you can put it together you can have it. Needless to say he put it together and played it. And still has it today. Lol...

Not sure on battery life yet. I got about an hour with a smaller battery. My eyeball guess is 2-3 hours but I haven't done the real math yet. I'm planning to leave a big chunk of the back open and cross the heat bridge if it becomes a problem. Did a little bit of breadboarding this morning with the new battery. Honestly it sounded like garbage but I got sound though so we're on the right track. I was just piecing old schematics together so I'm hoping for better results once I start coherently designing it.

30 volts is the maximum plate voltage, typical operating is 12 volts. The heaters are also 12 volts. Most of the original circuits run everything off one 12 volt supply.

Annie: "My eyes are up here, Wally!" Wally: "No they're not!"

Annie had to take a breather from the hair dresser. She said she was getting stiff from being in the same position so long... And she wanted to step back and take a look at her hair, so she could make some recommendations. Look at her standing there, looking out at the world.... I'm going to have to do something about her eyes. That blank face is kind of creepy. SR

getting closer... few more steps to go...

By "baltic birch" I suppose you mean the plywood? If so, I can't see any issues. It's made of hardwood veneers combined with glue and it doesn't disintegrate. Why would adding some more hardwood and glue change that? Compared to solid wood plywood is cross laminated which means only half of the wood at the edges is end grain so the sunk glue joints should be plenty strong. Heck, as guitar builders we should know how strong the smallest glue joints can be as they can resist hundreds of lbs of string tension! The acoustic bridge should be one of the seven wonders of the modern world!

Thanks. The only swearing this time was when I guesstimated the extra space I would need on the back panel for the Tolex, and then it STILL wasn't enough. But it was already wrapped, so there was some coercion to get the panel in. Ported is tricky as it does open up the bass, but the extra excursion can be more than the speaker was designed for. This can be volume (dB) dependent. Since this cab will only be used in a lower volume home setting, I can get the bass without the risk of flub or blowing the speaker. If I used it with a band, I'd have to really be careful about over excursion. That's where that removable front plate to tune the port can come in handy. Off - allows max excursion, on - tempers that a bit, though I don't get how it's much different from an open-backed cab. There really is a noticeable difference in sound with the plate (which I didn't really think would be the case).