Let's see your finished DIY projects!

[Fretts]

In about 1997 I copied my 1971 triangle Big Muff because you couldn't buy one anywhere at that time. This month, (March 2011) I finally put it in a usable enclosure instead of the POS I had it in originally...
I went for a kind of Old Electric look, inspired by the Jon Blackstone's MOSFET Overdrive.



I'm pretty happy with the appearance and the tone is great, very close to my original with a bit more edge.
More pix:
http://s69.photobucket.com/albums/i66/j ... P%20Rebox/

Is that a non metal enclosure?
No, it's a diecast Hammond aluminum box. Just a lot of paint. I did build it upside down compared to usual so that the screws would show.


General question for the whole thread,...any good alternatives to the Hammond enclosures?
PartsExpress had some chinese ones for less as does New Sensor. You can use folded metal Bud Boxes and I have seen pedals built into quad boxes from the electrical supply at the hardware store


Ultimately I'd like to bend my own.

[warwick.hoy]

I thought it was an upside down Hammond but the finish threw me.

Nicely done.

[nieh]

My first build!! 2 knob fuzz pedal with an original circuit!

After 12 hours of stabbing myself with wire, burning my hands with a soldering iron, and breathing in the fumes from the burning flux, I finally finished my first pedal and got all of the kinks out.

[theavondon]

My first build!! 2 knob fuzz pedal with an original circuit!

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After 12 hours of stabbing myself with wire, burning my hands with a soldering iron, and breathing in the fumes from the burning flux, I finally finished my first pedal and got all of the kinks out.

Congratulations. High five!

[McSpunckle]

Is that a non metal enclosure?

General question for the whole thread,...any good alternatives to the Hammond enclosures?

New Sensor enclosures are the standard ones used by everyone. They're the ones that kinda look like particle board metal. They're generally fine, but the screws are really awful. Smallbear sells them with better screws, but they want way too much for them. The walls of them are thinner, which can give you a teeny bit more room.

4Site are the ones I use, and they're -a lot- like Hammonds. Good screws, if a bit shorter, decently fitting lids, and usually a better finish than even the Hammonds. (some are shiny out of the box, and some are, like, sandblasted so they could take paint right away).

You can get both at PedalPartsPlus, and 4Site at Mammoth. Mammoth has the best prices, too.

Hammond's moved production to Taiwan now, so there's no real ethical argument for them or anything. The quality difference is marginal at best.

[warwick.hoy]

ooooothatmammothsiteisfancy.

[eatyourguitar]

ebay has 10 4sites for $54.00 shipped. beat that!

[Mike]

Here's a pair of Compulator clones, one for me and one as a gift for a friend. I did my own layout, and these were my first etched enclosures.



More completed pics:


Build pics:




Mike

[Teej212]

winner.

[mathias]

I forgot to post this here. Pedaltrain JR-sized pedalboard out of MDF for my brother as a birthday present:





As you can probably tell from the second pic, it's not perfect, but I'm still learning woodworking and I cut the angle on a chopsaw, which wasn't necessarily the right way to do it, but there was no one in the shop to show me how to cut at an angle on the tablesaw. I was trying to put it together rather quickly so I could give it to my brother along with some pedals.

Still, it was durable enough that before painting I stood on it and it supported my weight (155lbs) -- I used gorilla glue and 1" wood deck screws we had on the shelf, into 1/2" square hardwood sticks that join the sides to the top.

[LaoWiz]

New two color etching for a friend. It's a Foxx Tone Machine with a modded tone control, foot switchable octave, and a toggle to switch from silicon clipping diodes or no clippers at all.

[warwick.hoy]

That looks great wiz. I like the like the aged patina.

Mike's build is nice and clean too.

Did you polish the enclosure?

[theavondon]

New two color etching for a friend. It's a Foxx Tone Machine with a modded tone control, foot switchable octave, and a toggle to switch from silicon clipping diodes or no clippers at all.

What the...holy fuck yes.

[Mike]

Did you polish the enclosure?

Me? Yeah.

I wet sanded them down to 1200 grit, then etched, then sanded to reduce bad etch spots, then painted, then clear-coated three times, then wet sanded, then clear coated twice more, then used rubbing compound, and then car wax.

Lots of work, but hopefully it will be durable.

I can see a lot of flaws, and have some ideas for improvement on my next etch.

[fuzzmax]

At first I thought I'd see a DBA Robot! Love the style!