The making of Frank's Sister
The making of Frank's Sister
This will be the tread of one of my amp Projects. And i have called her Frank's Sister. Hopefully this will be a detailed worklog for this amp
The beginning
Heatsink ready to get Shorter
Correct length.
And here with Boards inn for mockup
This is how far i have come now, i have forgot to take pics of the drilling. Next step is to figure out how to do the wiring and endplates, and some other small issues
The beginning
Heatsink ready to get Shorter
Correct length.
And here with Boards inn for mockup
This is how far i have come now, i have forgot to take pics of the drilling. Next step is to figure out how to do the wiring and endplates, and some other small issues
3x MPS2240
5x MPS2500
1x MS2250
1x MQ430 (white)
1x MQ430 (gray)
3x MS275 (white)
3x MS275 (gray)
ax406a
ax204
5x MPS2500
1x MS2250
1x MQ430 (white)
1x MQ430 (gray)
3x MS275 (white)
3x MS275 (gray)
ax406a
ax204
Re: The making of Frank's Sister
looks good,are all the connections going to be on one side?
Re: The making of Frank's Sister
Thanks for sharing looks like fun. How do you tap the holes for the transistors that do not go through the sink? Just drill a hole and use a harder-metal screw to cut the threads and seat it itself?
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Re: The making of Frank's Sister
Where in the world did you find a raw heat sink that long? Did you have it machined yourself?
This is the start of something VERY cool!!
This is the start of something VERY cool!!
Re: The making of Frank's Sister
Very cool!
What are the amps you are building this out of?
What are the amps you are building this out of?
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Re: The making of Frank's Sister
My question and thoughts exactly. This is a very cool project. Il bet you can replace the power and ground connector on the end board with 4 gauge ones and then run 8 gauge wires to each board. Also, I would have left more room on the preside to allow for wiring up the individual gains, RCAs and other eq controls. May e would have even set the end plates an inch in to make the connectors hidden.zztunnell wrote:Where in the world did you find a raw heat sink that long? Did you have it machined yourself?
This is the start of something VERY cool!!
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Re: The making of Frank's Sister
now that's going to be interesting ... where's the suscribe button????
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Re: The making of Frank's Sister
Thanks for feedback, funny that no one have mentioned the pink dotted amp in the middle
@todd217: That is the plan to have all conections on one side, it will be a tight fit, i will try to get close to "original" look as possible.
@ttocs: i have drilled out the holes first and tapped them out
@zztunnell: well i have got them made for me, they are 96% similar to the original heatsink, have a couple of lengths of 4 meters you can also take a look at this link: http://www.phoenixphorum.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=18640
@Kirghiz: there will be 3 MS275 boards
@vwdude: when it comes to wiring i haven't decided yet, maybe gold bars maybe wire, i also have some issues regarding to bass eq (wich i wil newer use) and gain how to make it look nice and original
A lot of thinking
This amp will be a "test rabbit" as we say in Norway, i have 3 more amps to "build" that are bigger than this one. This is the amp that i can make mistakes on, the tre others i can't
I'll try to ceep this updated
@todd217: That is the plan to have all conections on one side, it will be a tight fit, i will try to get close to "original" look as possible.
@ttocs: i have drilled out the holes first and tapped them out
@zztunnell: well i have got them made for me, they are 96% similar to the original heatsink, have a couple of lengths of 4 meters you can also take a look at this link: http://www.phoenixphorum.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=18640
@Kirghiz: there will be 3 MS275 boards
@vwdude: when it comes to wiring i haven't decided yet, maybe gold bars maybe wire, i also have some issues regarding to bass eq (wich i wil newer use) and gain how to make it look nice and original
A lot of thinking
This amp will be a "test rabbit" as we say in Norway, i have 3 more amps to "build" that are bigger than this one. This is the amp that i can make mistakes on, the tre others i can't
I'll try to ceep this updated
Last edited by Nils on Fri Oct 25, 2013 10:22 am, edited 1 time in total.
3x MPS2240
5x MPS2500
1x MS2250
1x MQ430 (white)
1x MQ430 (gray)
3x MS275 (white)
3x MS275 (gray)
ax406a
ax204
5x MPS2500
1x MS2250
1x MQ430 (white)
1x MQ430 (gray)
3x MS275 (white)
3x MS275 (gray)
ax406a
ax204
Re: The making of Frank's Sister
when the hole doesn't go through the sink, how do you tapp them?
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Re: The making of Frank's Sister
With what is called a bottom tap. It is square or blunt on the end and made just for tapping such a hole.
Re: The making of Frank's Sister
You use a bottom tap as groundpounder says, there are different taps for different jobs the tap i used isn't actually a bottom tap, but the closest you get, as you can see on the pic it has a "cone" like the drillbit, when you have drilled a hole it is much easier to feel when you hit bottom, this tap has treads all the way down sorry that i missunderstand Your questionttocs wrote:when the hole doesn't go through the sink, how do you tapp them?
3x MPS2240
5x MPS2500
1x MS2250
1x MQ430 (white)
1x MQ430 (gray)
3x MS275 (white)
3x MS275 (gray)
ax406a
ax204
5x MPS2500
1x MS2250
1x MQ430 (white)
1x MQ430 (gray)
3x MS275 (white)
3x MS275 (gray)
ax406a
ax204
Re: The making of Frank's Sister
ah ok thanks never had to do one and was wondering.
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Re: The making of Frank's Sister
A little update, playing With different ideas how to solve the endplate layouts, here is one:
3x MPS2240
5x MPS2500
1x MS2250
1x MQ430 (white)
1x MQ430 (gray)
3x MS275 (white)
3x MS275 (gray)
ax406a
ax204
5x MPS2500
1x MS2250
1x MQ430 (white)
1x MQ430 (gray)
3x MS275 (white)
3x MS275 (gray)
ax406a
ax204
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Re: The making of Frank's Sister
Great thread, more please ....
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Re: The making of Frank's Sister
In the name of saving space on the end how about a six over six terminal for the speaker connections like they used on the TI900.7?
Re: The making of Frank's Sister
Thanks, I'll try to keep this tread updatedPhuckinGood wrote:Great thread, more please ....
3x MPS2240
5x MPS2500
1x MS2250
1x MQ430 (white)
1x MQ430 (gray)
3x MS275 (white)
3x MS275 (gray)
ax406a
ax204
5x MPS2500
1x MS2250
1x MQ430 (white)
1x MQ430 (gray)
3x MS275 (white)
3x MS275 (gray)
ax406a
ax204
Re: The making of Frank's Sister
I will check this out, but I will try to keep this as "original MS look" as possible and Eric, I know I need your experience and knowledge about a couple of issues on this projectMacgyver76 wrote:In the name of saving space on the end how about a six over six terminal for the speaker connections like they used on the TI900.7?
3x MPS2240
5x MPS2500
1x MS2250
1x MQ430 (white)
1x MQ430 (gray)
3x MS275 (white)
3x MS275 (gray)
ax406a
ax204
5x MPS2500
1x MS2250
1x MQ430 (white)
1x MQ430 (gray)
3x MS275 (white)
3x MS275 (gray)
ax406a
ax204
Re: The making of Frank's Sister
I would use both ends for terminals rather than try and squeeze them all on one side, every LE amp is like that anyway.. maybe power/remote on one end and speaker/rca on the other.
Ti1 headunit (unique)
Outlaw in crate.
2x original shrouded ms2250's.
Route 66 in box + custom m100 to match.
Roadster 66 in flight case
Octane LE in box.
Reactor #186 in flight case.
Reactor EQ232
Ti400.2 AL
AX204A + EQ232 + ZPX2 + TBA set
ZCS6 component set
Tantrum+Titanium bass cubes
Ti12d Elite sub
DD5 + DD10 + 6 Ti blocks!
Outlaw in crate.
2x original shrouded ms2250's.
Route 66 in box + custom m100 to match.
Roadster 66 in flight case
Octane LE in box.
Reactor #186 in flight case.
Reactor EQ232
Ti400.2 AL
AX204A + EQ232 + ZPX2 + TBA set
ZCS6 component set
Tantrum+Titanium bass cubes
Ti12d Elite sub
DD5 + DD10 + 6 Ti blocks!
Re: The making of Frank's Sister
As soon as somebody comes up with an oldschool amp project all the blokes come crawling out of their hideouts.
Great project! Keep us posted. Hopefully you´re using metric screws...
Great project! Keep us posted. Hopefully you´re using metric screws...
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Re: The making of Frank's Sister
I still frequent these forums on a regular basis, I just don't have anything to show right now but fear not I have ideas brewing for the Skoda!!joerg wrote:As soon as somebody comes up with an oldschool amp project all the blokes come crawling out of their hideouts.
Great project! Keep us posted. Hopefully you´re using metric screws...
by the way, what's with the "metric" business? MS amps had imperial screws didn't they?
Ti1 headunit (unique)
Outlaw in crate.
2x original shrouded ms2250's.
Route 66 in box + custom m100 to match.
Roadster 66 in flight case
Octane LE in box.
Reactor #186 in flight case.
Reactor EQ232
Ti400.2 AL
AX204A + EQ232 + ZPX2 + TBA set
ZCS6 component set
Tantrum+Titanium bass cubes
Ti12d Elite sub
DD5 + DD10 + 6 Ti blocks!
Outlaw in crate.
2x original shrouded ms2250's.
Route 66 in box + custom m100 to match.
Roadster 66 in flight case
Octane LE in box.
Reactor #186 in flight case.
Reactor EQ232
Ti400.2 AL
AX204A + EQ232 + ZPX2 + TBA set
ZCS6 component set
Tantrum+Titanium bass cubes
Ti12d Elite sub
DD5 + DD10 + 6 Ti blocks!
Re: The making of Frank's Sister
I Think i have to try out a couple of different layout's the internal wiring have to look nice also. Thanks for inputmarko wrote:I would use both ends for terminals rather than try and squeeze them all on one side, every LE amp is like that anyway.. maybe power/remote on one end and speaker/rca on the other.
3x MPS2240
5x MPS2500
1x MS2250
1x MQ430 (white)
1x MQ430 (gray)
3x MS275 (white)
3x MS275 (gray)
ax406a
ax204
5x MPS2500
1x MS2250
1x MQ430 (white)
1x MQ430 (gray)
3x MS275 (white)
3x MS275 (gray)
ax406a
ax204
Re: The making of Frank's Sister
Thanks Joerg, and of course there is metric here on this project there will be a mix I think, but on the other three I think I will do imperial...joerg wrote:As soon as somebody comes up with an oldschool amp project all the blokes come crawling out of their hideouts.
Great project! Keep us posted. Hopefully you´re using metric screws...
3x MPS2240
5x MPS2500
1x MS2250
1x MQ430 (white)
1x MQ430 (gray)
3x MS275 (white)
3x MS275 (gray)
ax406a
ax204
5x MPS2500
1x MS2250
1x MQ430 (white)
1x MQ430 (gray)
3x MS275 (white)
3x MS275 (gray)
ax406a
ax204
Re: The making of Frank's Sister
Any updates?
A few of these and a few of those.
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Re: The making of Frank's Sister
Sorry, progress is slowly, I'm just collecting parts, cables and terminals. I will try to cut out some test endplates during next weekvwdude wrote:Any updates?
3x MPS2240
5x MPS2500
1x MS2250
1x MQ430 (white)
1x MQ430 (gray)
3x MS275 (white)
3x MS275 (gray)
ax406a
ax204
5x MPS2500
1x MS2250
1x MQ430 (white)
1x MQ430 (gray)
3x MS275 (white)
3x MS275 (gray)
ax406a
ax204
Re: The making of Frank's Sister
A mini update
Can you see the difference? this is original and "original" this is why i'm searching for all the odd parts
Can anyone see wich one that is the original? And tell me why
Can you see the difference? this is original and "original" this is why i'm searching for all the odd parts
Can anyone see wich one that is the original? And tell me why
3x MPS2240
5x MPS2500
1x MS2250
1x MQ430 (white)
1x MQ430 (gray)
3x MS275 (white)
3x MS275 (gray)
ax406a
ax204
5x MPS2500
1x MS2250
1x MQ430 (white)
1x MQ430 (gray)
3x MS275 (white)
3x MS275 (gray)
ax406a
ax204