PROJECTS: CRACKER BOX AMP
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2. BUILD THE ENCLOSURE
2a. Make holes in the side of your box
to fit the potentiometer, rheostat, and
phone jack.
TIP: Why bother with drills and X-Acto
knives when you can use your soldering
iron to make holes?
2b. Make holes for the “speaker grill.”
You are going to find some hanging
chads on the inside of the box. Reach
in there with the soldering iron and
burn them off.
2c. Make a hole for the switch.
2d. Pop your circuit into the box.
2e. Mount the speaker. Make some
big glops of hot glue to act as “
standoffs” on the speaker.
2f. Mount the switch.
2g. Install the chicken head knobs.
NOTE: It’s a proven fact that chicken
head knobs greatly enhance the vintage
sound of an amplifier. Use them liberally.
FINISH X
NOW INSTALL A BATTERY AND GO USE IT! »
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