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For the bias, measure it before the 4.7M resistor, not after. Everything should be good to go once you set the bias then!

heh, I'm still moving stuff out there.

(insert clever geeky pun about the meaning of the Greek word καί and x2)

I think the term is 12" throat.

where are you measuring the bias?

This isn't the best example, or best pic (crappy mini P&S)... but: I actually tried to bevel that one slightly by using a larger head, but not that much (the picture exaggerates the bevel). That hole was made with a hand drill, so it already was sorta wobbly.

I didn't set it, did you?

yes, that's the dedicated breaker for the "drilling rig"... just whipped that up

a couple pics

chumby internet radio player, digital picture frame, alarm clock - more!

how do they terminate them, just of of sheer curiosity.

Squeezebox Radio Website says "preorder only, will ship on October 1st". I hope that doesn't mean next year

we demand impressions!!!!!

bwhahaha... MSC has insane shipping, I wouldn't be surprised if it shows up tomorrow

don't even go down that rabbit hole of fail, trust me just under bias the thing. For the "bad" channel, what is the drop across R3 and R4 (2.2K)?

gr. MSC part number 05752506. The S10 blade is the one I prefer so far for aluminum. Depending on what angle I can add a very slight bevel. It even works when there was a large burr and you just said f-it and torqued the screw down hard enough that the burr flattened.

Check out the MSC catalog starting here: Browse the MSC Big Book oh, and win for having a product called "The Teddy Burr" I have this one: http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/GSDRVSM?PACACHE=000000110958799

I think the main advantage is that it's a hand tool. Most of the holes I was cleaning up fit #4 or M3 screws, so depending on the size of your stepped drill bit, the above method might now work as good as a dedicated tool. Also, in the case of tapping a heat sink with a blind hole, I think that the bevel might not be ideal, as it would create a gap. Also, one of the heads I have cut cleanly through that nasty vinyl clad steel that the stepper just totally obliterated. Noga also has a tool for cleaning up threads that looks useful as well. In my (limited until now experience), I'd say yes it works better than a stepped drill bit, especially if you have to turn the piece over and use the stepper on both sides. I think we need to put one in the hands of an expert to really tell

until this point, I've just used an Xacto knife, because I'm too anal to use a small file, as it usually mars the surface and makes the hole wobbly. In general, if I was rear mounting something on a panel, I never had much luck cutting the hole myself and having it look really nice... however, I have a feeling this tool is game changing in that respect I'll see if I can do a before and after pic, as now I'm looking around for random holes to clean up

oh one more thing. The deburring system I got is absolutely amazing. Check out Noga: Deburring Systems By NOGA I'd like to get one for our resident circle hole tech, if anyone wants to pitch in a few dollars, let me know.

oh, and I officially have one stamp on my man card for the drill press. Four more stamps to go, but hey it's a start.

I'll post a pic, once my wife gets back with the camera. Spent some time measuring and organizing 7 sets of allen wrenches and one case of drill bits. Dunno why, just seemed pretty fun. Dunno if my drill press table is supposed to rotate out of the way, seems it should...but. Steve and I talked about using my drill press as a make shift vertical mill. Check out Ebay "slide vise". Everyone says it's a bad idea (for obvious reasons) and everyone says these vises suck. I still want one for some reason.

I think the tube comparison with the F5 is a pretty fair one. A lot of people bi-amp with multiple First-Watt amplifiers, and it seems that the F5 is pretty much the go to for the mid-high duty. Specifically, the F5/XA30.5 combo was one NP was using for a long time. I think this says a lot about the mids and upper range of the F5 for NP to choose this combo. It's a very liquid sound with amazing speed. I'm looking forward to listening to it more. With the beta22 I was sorta like "yeah, this sounds like it should, ... yeah, nice....". With the F5 I was more like "this is different... very different than the beta22.... hm... wow, yeah wow."

ok, try Nate's SimpleSE