On Feb 9, 10:02*am, Gunner Asch wrote:

... In fact..its going to be a learning experience, since its been
many many years since I did this sort of thing.

How about a kit-type generator? like
http://www.gibsonteched.com/ck307.html
or similar? I put together a variant on this one, it works
fine. And, because there's no case, you get to do some
metalwork...