Wooden Capacitors.

[Joe]

We've all heard of re-stuffing but how about this:-

http://www.dhtrob.com/projecten/elna1_en.shtml

"Words at this moment would be superfluous."

- Joe

[AlanBeckett]

I suppose it's a cliche to say 'There's one born every minute', but ......
I trust you've posted off your 50 Euros plus the cost of the Electrolytic, or do you need more?
Alan

[Mark R]

Must be an audiophile (fool page)!

the lengths they go to, but each his/her own.

cheers Mark

[Tedzed1]

Hi Joe, perhaps they are for "WOODIE" radios.

Wonder what he does for Bakelite.

[Yorkie]

Strewth, you do get around Joe!

I'm not sure what his point is - why wood and not metal? Are they on display - were the original ones wood - are they on display, and why did he open up and discard the metal can of the new cap?

I won't comment on his turning or his pricing, as that might seem conceited, except to say that their ought not to be a 'pip' in the end. He must have had a live centre in his tailstock pressed into the wood in the headstock for some reason, but there's no need for a live centre to come into contact with the wood - that's only for spindle turning. In the few situations where a live centre is called for for work held in a headstock, the live centre can be buffered with something like a rubber doorstop held between the live centre and the workpiece.

50 Euro not including the cap? He's having a laugh, surely? (About 15 - 20 mins turning involved).

And why not turn the case with a blind hole into it, then part if off on the lathe with the solid end intact, rather than make it in two pieces - a cylinder and a circular blank glued into the end.

Oh well - they walk among us

[Joe]

I would imagine that the loose top is for when it explodes!

Allegedly it improves the sound quality: "This is really good, bigger and deeper soundstage/more open/more bass/really homogeneous/solo instruments are very solid with lots of micro detail/highs are very sibilant/better dynamical response/ better frequency response."

- Joe

[Tedzed1]

OK, who is going to volunteer to try it, to see if it is true.

[pwdrive]

I've got it....it gives the sound more timbre.

Lawrence.

[Skywave]

I wonder if he's heard that fitting wire-wound power resistors into perfectly-fitting wooden cylindrical blocks improves the "sound quality" too. :s

The next thing we'll probably read is that using wood adhesive as a replacement for solder gives a "smoother sound".

Oh my, all so very sad.

Al.

[Michaelr]

I've got it....it gives the sound more timbre.

Lawrence.

:D ..... very good.... if you make the resistors out of coal that amp becomes one hell of a fire risk !

Mike