protoboards for tube design?

[H Chandler]

Can they take the voltage?

[Don Symes]

They can't take the voltage.

I've been thinking a bunch of octal relay sockets and barrier strips screwed to a conveniently-sized piece of ply or masonite would work nicely.

The 9-pin sockets could be propped up on metal spacers and broken out to a terminal strip.

Haven't tried it, but it sounds workable.

Hope this helps!

[Enzo]

I have some of the octal relay sockets with integral barrier strips. The rating is only 300 volts, but they seem to hold up. YMMV.

AES has some neat little boards. Visit www.tubesandmore.com and look up stock numbers:
P-SB9-1
P-SB9-2
P-SB8-1
P-SB8-2

Those are small epoxy boards with a row of turrets along two sides and in the center of each board is one or two tube sockets, either octal or 9-pin depending on model. There is even a printed circuit foil ground plane all around the sockets - don't have to commit half the turrets to grounds.