Some final pics of "The Marv"

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"The Marv".  Named after my dad who instilled in me a love for building things.  Most of the tools I used (drill-press, mill, punches, bits, etc.) were his, as were a handful of the parts (the biasing socket, lamp socket and jewel).  Not an hour went by working on this when I didn't think of him and yeah, that's one of the main reasons I built it.  And now, I think of him every time I fire it up.

OK, my first amp has been usable for over a year.  It's provided plenty of aural joy and thermionic warmth to my chilly basement, however, I hadn't actually glued or oiled the wood frame, added feet or covered the power tranny.  Finally, I made time.  To add a mounting surface for a set of Vibrapod feet, I decided to add corners to the frame.  To add strength, I dowel jointed one side of each triangular corner.

The corners are inset about 3mm to allow a perforated aluminum panel to sit inside the frame.  Drill a hole in each triangle, ream a corresponding hole in each corner of the perforated panel, screw it all together and voila: