The $20 orders are - IIRC - under the threshold for customs/duty. As you say, if you've got free postage, then small value orders make sense - double sense if they also don't attract customs costs!!

@frocesterbill You could still get a bill in the post for the import duties etc...You might be lucky? Since I been using them I think they might have forgot once...let us know!!

Yes - by DHL - maybe I was just lucky - but 8 orders in a year - some only $10-20 others were $100. Wouldn't have ordered the $10-20 ones as shipping would probably double that.

I have been using them quite a bit and haven't got done or customs charges yet. Now that's interesting @frocesterbill!!! I wonder if there's a link between their membership & free shipping arrang...

Also look at Axminster Tools - they have router bits and different bearing sizes - might be able to find a combo there that works. It could also be worth paying the StewMac membership (about $30) as y...

I have to preface this by saying that I've never routed binding channels ... If you'd routing the channels *after* you've carved the top, then the challenge will be keeping the router base perpendic...

My planned archtop is going to require lots of binding, which requires lots of Precision Routing. My lovely partner (for it is she) has a Dremel MultiPro she says I can borrow. And StewMac (sigh) have...

How old is the amp? Electrolytic capacitors age and fail - they are the largish tubular things - the tops bulge at first and then may burst open. Bad soldered joints can cause problems - if the amp h...

Hmmmmm. PlanA is looking good @frocesterbill !! Apparently (ie according to the previous owner) the amp had started hissing/buzzing when switched on, but then it'd settle down and work OK, for a while...

It could be something simple like a fuse - it could be a failed soldered joint on the PCB - bad component.... I have a Cube 60 schematic (circuit diagram) in front of me - there is a preamp out and ma...

Cheers @rocknroller912. I'll look at it more closely when I get some time over the next couple of days and try to spot anything obvious. If nothing obvious then I'll probably just revert to planA and...

@tv1010101 Amps usually pass a signal through different stages to get up to full power, first a pre amp then the main power part, which I'm sure you already know. It sounds like you are getting only t...

@rocknroller912 I have a Roland Cube 60 (cost me peanuts), which I was intending to cannibalise just for the cab & speaker. However - if it worked - it seems like it'd be quite a versatile thing, ...

@tv1010101 Possibly although I haven't looked at electronics for several years but I do have two clever friends who are amenable to questions. What problem do you have.

@frocesterbill Looks like you are the forum valve expert so far

I even threw out the digital amp that I built for the exam which had active bass/treble controls built into a feedback loop. Does that mean you're a bit handy with a digital amp's pcb, a schematic, ...

@tv1010101 My knowledge of valve amps is limited but I do know they have a heater and a bias voltage which makes current flow. Large value capacitors are used to store energy and act as a buffer (I th...

I built a valve amp 4 or 5 years ago - try a search on AX84 - there is a community based around a single ended 5 Watt amp with an EL84 power valve. There was enough detail for a novice to build an amp...

I watched the video link that you posted, the instructor really knows his stuff. It's a course I would like to do also. @rocknroller912 I’ve known Chris (Rift Amps) for a few years. His amps are pre...

@tv1010101 I watched the video link that you posted, the instructor really knows his stuff. It's a course I would like to do also. Looking at the photo of the kit which you are intending to build, do ...