October 13, 201015 yr Glad to hear that you got everything sorted out. Have you tried any older tubes that you may have aquired recently?
October 13, 201015 yr Glad to hear that you got everything sorted out. Have you tried any older tubes that you may have aquired recently? Running new Winged C EL34's at the moment. Showing up the limitation of the CD player (Tube Technology CD64) at the moment, so will correct that first, and then try out the NOS Mullards. I'm going to have to tear myself away from listening to the BH + O2's and get the T2 up and running now that I have repair parts. I bought 20 K216's on the basis that these seem to be the thing that goes phut in quantity if anything else goes wrong in the T2.
October 14, 201015 yr Excellent timing! I just got a load of extra sand and some 4686's for the batteries. Have you given them a whirl yet? Where'd you get your o2's from?
October 14, 201015 yr anodizer running a bit late due to a big job, has promised me (yeah right) the current batch of chassis by next wednesday, then i'll ship all 4 by the end of next week.
October 14, 201015 yr Where'd you get your o2's from? Oxford Audio Consultants . Made the salesman's day - I walked in, payed him a lot of money and walked out. Five minute deal. The price in the UK is
October 14, 201015 yr This will be the last crappy pictures from work, i was just allowed to buy a nikon 3100 to replace a 7 year old piece of sony crap. http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/img_0119.jpg http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/img_0120.jpg http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/img_0121.jpg http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/img_0123.jpg http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/img_0125.jpg Then soon i replace the D3 with something newer and make that the in car camera. Looks like i need a couple more lenses. Edited October 14, 201015 yr by kevin gilmore
October 15, 201015 yr I wonder if us aussies could get a hold of some mallee roots and do the same...??
October 15, 201015 yr The harder the wood, the better, and no cracks required. My old wood pusher retired and closed his business... I found a new wood pusher, will post link with good pictures later today. What i really want now is a piece of the absolutely solid black wood that they make clarinets out of. Will look like an anodized aluminum knob, but will be made of wood. Next up: Iridium knob Edited October 15, 201015 yr by kevin gilmore
October 15, 201015 yr African Blackwood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia That would be a cool material for a knob.
October 15, 201015 yr What i really want now is a piece of the absolutely solid black wood that they make clarinets out of. um, ebony? anyways, I'd like tortoise shell. Do they come thick enough?
October 15, 201015 yr African Blackwood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia That would be a cool material for a knob. I've already offered to get a chunk for Kevin from the same wood supplier that I got the LV from. Just need to find some time to go visit them.
October 15, 201015 yr Deleting response to old message. Edited October 15, 201015 yr by jhellow Delete reply to old message
October 15, 201015 yr I wonder if us aussies could get a hold of some mallee roots and do the same...?? The drawer pulls on the oak drawers I made are from brown mallee burr. I love the stuff so much I have a huge chunk set aside for future projects.
October 15, 201015 yr no, Grenadilla is what clarinets (and oboes) are traditionally made from. they aren't really solid black, though, they are typically dyed. African Blackwood - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia That would be a cool material for a knob. very interesting Reks. I had no idea!
October 15, 201015 yr Deleting response to old message. That is a high-quality first post, there, jgoodbye.
October 15, 201015 yr no, Grenadilla is what clarinets (and oboes) are traditionally made from. they aren't really solid black, though, they are typically dyed. Grenadilla is just an alternative name for Blackwood - Dalbergia melanoxylon. Other names for the same wood are Mozamique Ebony (though it is not an ebony, which are Diospyros species), Mpingo and Pau Preto. And yes - for some bizarre reason they dye the black wood black. I play the clarinet, by the way, so I know from first hand experience the sort of black muck that comes off a brand new Selmer clarinet until you get it well played in.
October 15, 201015 yr Reks actually responded to Marc's "um, ebony?" comment, and I am guessing that he knows grenadilla = blackwood. Now preparing for clarinet geek fight!
October 15, 201015 yr Reks actually responded to Marc's "um, ebony?" comment, and I am guessing that he knows grenadilla = blackwood. Now preparing for clarinet geek fight! indeed!
October 15, 201015 yr Reks actually responded to Marc's "um, ebony?" comment, and I am guessing that he knows grenadilla = blackwood. Now preparing for clarinet geek fight! Ah - didn't look far enough back in the thread. Reeds at dawn....
October 15, 201015 yr http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/woodknob4.jpg http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/woodknob5.jpg http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/woodknob6.jpg http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/woodknob7.jpg and for some reason i decided to do something goofy today, i needed bookends to hold recipies in the kitchen... http://gilmore.chem.northwestern.edu/bookends.jpg knob on its way to the UK in about 15 minutes.
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