amrutmhatre90
Well-Known Member
I always wanted to build an amplifier and wanted to test my DIY skills.
Few years ago my friend got me some Amp Camp Amp assembled PCB boards from US.
But due to time and my laidback attitude this was kept on backtrack.
Fast forward few weeks ago I started designing the chassis with an inbuilt SMPS, this was possible with few help from online forums.
Used Vectary 3D tool to design few things, ordered the needed parts apart from chassis. Once the parts came in began tweaking the measurements in 3D tool.
With some background in CAD, I was able to get exact dimensions and measurements required for chassis.
Final output was ready in CAD, and looked good. But would it fit properly?
As this was my first time designing building an amp I was skeptic, what I did was I printed out 1:1 designs on a paper.
Cut the paper out and checked each part. Almost 90% of the parts fitted perfectly.
Next was to find a CNC guy who would help me get this execute, quicko lasers from Bangalore came to rescue.
They sent me quotes and answered all my questions. Once the cutout was done they sent me pictures too.
I used 3mm for front and back plates and 2mm for bottom and top plate.
Once the parts came in began testing everything out if any adjustments are needed, there were a few but not many.
Next came the most important part, wiring and soldering everything according to the Amp Camp Amp build but with a SMPS.
After carefully getting things done, one amp was singing and sounded beautiful.
Before I moved to the 2nd amp, I tried to give these a unique look. I had spray paint lying around which I used to color the top plate.
The front facia was covered with a carbon Vinyl Wrap which was lying idle at home,
End result was amazing, let the pictures do the talking.
I spend 1-2 hours daily in getting these amps ready, I think I would be done with both this week.
I have learnt a lot from this build, what to do, what not, how to avoid nasty things, what can cause signal to pass to another channel and what not.
Will be posting some videos of the tests done while building this.
Nelson Pass has made this build super easy, must try for people who want to build something for themselves.
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Right Left were colord incorrectly.
