We developed this kit for ourselves. We do a lot of prototyping of our tube designs and we wanted to have a high quality non-dedicated prototype board we could re-use. We can now made these boards available to you.

The complete kit includes one prototyping PCB + 2 pcb 8 pin tube sockets + 10 feet of hook up wire (2 feet of Blue,red,yellow,black and white) UL 1569/1007 300V RMS 22 gauge solid tin plated + mounting hardware.

Here is what some of customers are saying about our boards……

"Great stuff-wish I could afford to put 100 on my bench!"

“Super nice boards, even better up close, many thanks for a fine product”

“Excellent product and service. Will buy again.”

"5 star product and service, GREAT value for your money!"

"Better than expected. Excellent. Thick PC boards. THANKS!"

See our 9 pin prototyping boards and complete 9 pin kits.

Designed and custom made for Vacuum Tube Supplies, Llc.  Our boards are made of high quality FR4 epoxy glass double sided. These boards are nearly 1/10 inch thick (0.093) using heavy clad 2oz copper. The boards have an easy to solder tin/lead coating and have solder masks top and bottom to minimize solder splashes.

 Features:

• Designed for Two Octal Belton pcb (printed circuit board) tube sockets with non dedicated pin-outs.
  •         The board can accommodate any octal pin tube
  •          6SN7, KT88, 6L6, EL34, 5U4 etc
  •          Can be used as a preamplifier or Power amp stage. – guitar or HIFI
  •          OR any project needing up to 2 Octal tubes
• The boards are 7.75 inch by 4.25 inch - that's over 32 square inches of prototyping space
• Tubes are spaced on 4.05 inch centers to accommodate large power tubes
• Tubes can be orientated in any  45 degree position to meet tube specifications
• Tubes sockets can be mounted on either side
• 6 holes (0.150) for rigid board mounting
• Includes nylon board mounting hardware nuts, bolts, washers and spacers
• Two bus tracks 0.1 inch wide for heaters/filaments
• All other tracks 0.02 inch wide with 0.03 inch minimum clearances
• Eight non dedicated buss lines for power B+ etc which can be interconnected
• Top and Bottom ground planes for low noise
• Ground planes joined top and bottom with 0.030 spacing to tracks and pads
• Minimum pad to pad spacing of 0.15 to allow for larger components used in tube circuits
• Large pad holes 0.059 to allow for large component lead diameters
• All holes are plated through
• 180+ power buss solder pad connections
• 525+ component mounting pad connections
• 48 tube pin out pad connections
• 15 ground pad connections
• 16 heater pad connections
• Over 800+ component mounting holes
• Tracks join connection pads on both sides of the board for improved connection integrity
• Solder masks on both sides to minimize solder shorts
• Components can be mounted on either side of the board
• Can be used for point-to-point wiring instead of solder tag strips
• Easy to de-solder

See our 9 pin miniature socket prototyping/project boards. They can easily be used in combination to build a complete amplifier for mono blocks, stereo or guitar amp.

IMPORTANT - BE SAFE! By their very nature, vacuum tubes, vacuum tube equipment and associated components operate at inherently high voltages, currents and can be very hot! We want you to be safe and enjoy your projects, whether you do this as a hobby or as a business. It is important to work within your capabilities. If you are not trained or qualified or comfortable working with high voltages and currents seek out professional help, rather than put yourself or others at risk. Vacuum tube equipment and components can cause serious injury or death. Vacuum Tube Supplies LLc and its associates shall NOT accept any direct, indirect or consequential damages out of the use or purchase of any of our products or services we provide, regardless of the method of delivery to you, including, but not limited to, personal injury or loss of income. Under no circumstances will our liability exceed the purchase price of the product or service provided.

INTERNATIONAL BUYERS:

We will not falsify the invoice or customs documents to reflect a lower cost - please don't ask. You are responsible for any customs duties these are NOT part of the shipping costs.

RETURNS:

We will gladly accept returns for a full refund if you are not satisfied with our product. The product MUST be returned in its original condition. Please contact us before returning.