This simple circuit with a 5V regulator was found in an American documentation from the 90's. The output voltage is adjusted in a trimpot.
This power supply, found in an Argentine publication from the 1970s, uses a wire potentiometer of 25 W or more...
This circuit was obtained from an English magazine from 1979, but can be easily assembled today...
The oscillator shown in the figure generates a 1 kHz tone that is reproduced on the speaker with...