RichPA builds a Dynakit!

[RichPA]

Hi, guys - as a few of you know, I took the plunge and bought a new ST-35 kit from http://www.dynakitparts.com/store/ My UPS guy brought it today, and I thought I'd start a thread to post my progress. So far, I've mostly unpacked it May be a few days before I can actually get started (damn, work gets in the way of a hobby sometimes), but I will try to post pics as I go - if you see me doing anything really stupid, please speak up!

[Celt]

Cool! Am looking forward to seeing how it turns out and your impressions of it.

[bolly]

step1

[radioactive]

cool rich .cant wait to see the finished product all hooked up playing some .

[sorenj07]

can you post scans of the circuit boards? that'd be pretty sweet. unless you've already populated them of course...

[Squidward]

Nice! Did you get a cage? Looks like JJs for the small signal tube, what kind of EL84s did ya get? It's nice when you have all the chassis work pre-fabricated, isn't it! Very cool, I'll be watching with interest!

[dshoaf]

Heck, just looking at the pictures of the open box with all those parts brought back fond memories of my Heathkit building days. What's most memorable for me is that anticipation as you pull all the parts out of the box, unwrap them and go down the list of parts, checking them off.

For those of who have never had the chance to build from a kit, it is worth the effort for the experience - not the technical experience but the real thrill of the moment when you turn the power on and the thing comes to life.

My first experience was as a 10th grader with a Heathkit short wave radio. Everyone has their own 'first time', I'm sure.

I've spent some time at their site, BTW, and they certainly look to have replicated the DynaKit experience pretty closely.

Cheers,

David

[Urizen]

Looking forward to this thread.

Good luck!

[ozmoid]

Yeah, unpacking the box is always fun! Anticipation, excitement, discovery - try to hang on to that as construction progresses! Good Luck, Rich!

[DanTana]

Another convert!! Keep us posted on your progress Rich.

[RichPA]

Step 2: Gather tools, read manuals, check parts lists

Step 3: Write to manufacturer for missing capacitor

[jcmjrt]

Good find and good lesson to check the parts list. It would have been even more frustrating if you were in the middle of the build and couldn't find the cap...and you'd be checking all over the bench and on the deck and...

[radioactive]

Step 3: Write to manufacturer for missing capacitor

damn rich that must suck not a very good start .i wonder where qc is at that place.hopefully they send one out right away so you can get the build underway.

[ProAc_Fan]

Rick had a similar issue with a missing resistor in his bottlehead preamp kit. If you ask me for the prices you pay for some of these kits they ought to send extras not leave you short. I mean how much would it hurt their bottom line to chuck a few spares of resistors or caps in the box.

Mike

[radioactive]

I mean how much would it hurt their bottom line to chuck a few spares of resistors or caps in the box.

i'm sure not by much but if the quality control was there you wouldnt have to worry about missing parts.

i dont know how the qaulity control was back in the 50's and 60's when kits were plentiful but for a company starting up and reprodcuing kits nowadays it don't help the reputation by having parts missing.just my .02 cents.