Pedal enclosures

eatyourguitar · Post by **eatyourguitar** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 10:51 am

checkout the grizzly brake or the box pan brake. less than $100 for a nice one.

mathias · Post by **mathias** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 12:34 pm

eatyourguitar wrote:checkout the grizzly brake or the box pan brake. less than $100 for a nice one.

We've got a sheet metal brake at the Milwaukee Makerspace, I just have to learn how to use it! :thumb:

I really should learn this week.

eatyourguitar · Post by **eatyourguitar** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 1:26 pm

its not hard a all. you just have to plan your bends out. one bend may make it impossible to do the next one. so you would have to do them in a different order. use thin aluminum sheet to make templates. like cut a 2 inch x 8 inch piece and start bending it. then test fit against the real piece your working on before your waste the good steel. also you have to know when to flip it over and bend/mark the other side.

D-Rainger · Post by **D-Rainger** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 5:58 pm

I always made a cardboard replica first - gluing edges together etc, just to hold it and see problems (like baseplate flange).
Here's the cardboard...

And the box I got someone to make who knows how to do sheet metal folding...

Jero · Post by **Jero** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:03 pm

Damn that cardboard almost looks the real deal

mathias · Post by **mathias** » Mon Apr 25, 2011 6:13 pm

Thinking I'll fold up something like this:

D-Rainger · Post by **D-Rainger** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 5:22 am

Fantastic! I reckon that'd work brilliant.
Wooden sides - Like all that tasty old synth gear?!

mathias · Post by **mathias** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:27 am

Achtane · Post by **Achtane** » Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:16 pm

Folded metal enclosures are the best!

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