-I made some concessions for aesthetics (needed to have the tube labels a certain direction), I have no defense.JMPGuitars wrote: If you turn your tube sockets 45 degrees, they'd all fit better, and you could put them in a single row. Having them in a single row means the heater wires won't be traveling under or around the board. The heater wires can cause issues with noise and such, so keeping them shorter and together usually works out to your advantage.
I'd also suggest using taller standoffs. A little more room will give better airflow around the board.
Thanks,
Josh
-Thinking about using elevated DC heaters if it become necessary, cross that bridge when we get there.
-McMaster-Carr cart going, getting both 3/8" and 1/2" stand-offs to tryout, agree the 1/4" leave no room for wiring, especially transformer wiring after it passes the rubber grommet.
Yeah, takes a bit of heat, but appears to be working. First go at it. I made sure to use the cheaper 'Hot Air Solder Leveling' from the PCB manufacturer so the pads and vias would be well tinned. I feared that if I got the nicer gold plated pads, I wouldn't be able to get solder in after the crimp.colossal wrote: Very creative!
So did you swage and then solder the turrets (on the bottom) to the vias?