Crack assembled! Voltages check out and the sounds are heavenly. Powder coated pictures to follow eventually. 
I've notice that my chassis gets uncomfortably hot to the touch. I was expecting the tubes to run hot, and the chassis to run a bit warm... but I wasn't expecting to be unable to pickup the chassis after powering it down.
Is this typical? Anyone have thoughts?
What's the melting point of the insulator material?
I'm with you davantalus... Maybe it's just my low pain tolerance, but I could not describe my chassis as "warm" when it's on for over an hour. If some believe that "warm" is just below a burning sensation to your skin, then maybe my definition of "warm" is a bit off, but I'd call it hot. I haven't taken a thermometer to it, but it might be interesting to see the value.
Another point... I'm using an aluminum knob on the POT with no plastic or insulating core and it also gets warm. Not nearly as hot as the chassis, but definitely warm to the touch.
