An amp cradle, heirloom quality

[Noel Grassy]

I found this on George's forum, an amp cradle made for him.http://users.adelphia.net/~rtcook/chass ... 2_page.htm I think it looks as classy as any of the wooden ones if not better engineered. The thing is probably just a little too costly after chrome is applied. The one I use was built for the electronics industry and is all aluminum. Oddly, it rotates around as the hands of a clock do. As well as through it's horizontal axis.As you can guesss it required a "peminant" mounting location.

[BluzMike]

Noel,

This looks just great and seems to be functionally excellent, too. The only thing is that I would prefer an amp cradle made of material that is totally resistant to electricity - and more affordable, too.

After feeling a bit uncomfortable with amps sitting on boxes when taking live measurements, I have recently bought the adjustable amp cradle from Weber VST, which turne dout to be badly designed. It does not let you adjust the width seemlessly (one more push-in nut, and it would). In addition to this, you cannot place a chassis in the rotatable arms, as the transformer and in some cases even the pre-amp tubes would hit the winged nuts that stand out on the inside.

Ted did not care to answer two polite mails that even included constructive hints how to improve the design. Unfortunately a very typical behavior for him.

So either buy the non-adjustable version or even better, build your own.

Michael

[benoit]

Does anyone have plans for a cradle?

[toneman]

PM sent

[toneman]

Built this for my self. Works well

[toneman]

It's not a perfect finish but it works

[Funkalicousgroove]

How much do you get for one of those? I want one!

[roknroll]

Noel,

This looks just great and seems to be functionally excellent, too. The only thing is that I would prefer an amp cradle made of material that is totally resistant to electricity - and more affordable, too.

After feeling a bit uncomfortable with amps sitting on boxes when taking live measurements, I have recently bought the adjustable amp cradle from Weber VST, which turne dout to be badly designed. It does not let you adjust the width seemlessly (one more push-in nut, and it would). In addition to this, you cannot place a chassis in the rotatable arms, as the transformer and in some cases even the pre-amp tubes would hit the winged nuts that stand out on the inside.

Ted did not care to answer two polite mails that even included constructive hints how to improve the design. Unfortunately a very typical behavior for him.

So either buy the non-adjustable version or even better, build your own.

Michael

Funny
I had the same experience. Same problems with the cradle and no response from weber after a polite email. Additional problem I found the actual cradle arms are not long enough front to back. Even a standard blackface chassis will tip backwards if you apply to much downward force to the rear of the chassis whiole soldering or drilling, etc. Another 2-3 inches would make a big difference and definitely not drive the cost up. And yes one more nut would have done the trick.
regards

[Sonny ReVerb]

This is the one I built. It works very well. I believe it was posted at 18W originally.

[img:150:114]http://img411.imageshack.us/img411/9723/chassiscradlesb5.th.jpg[/img]

Original:

[img:150:128]http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/5229/chassiscradle1xa1.th.jpg[/img]

Mine:

[img:150:128]http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/4048/cradle101jb5.th.jpg[/img]