Let's see your finished DIY projects!

[MaggotBrainNY]

Badass! I dig the enclosure.

I tackled a FF tonight myself



Not sure why but I wanted to give PTP another shot

fuck dude, that looks slick as hell. Nice work.

[LaoWiz]

Badass! I dig the enclosure.

I tackled a FF tonight myself



Not sure why but I wanted to give PTP another shot

That's a beauty there!

[mathias]

It'd be cool to do a point-to-point circuit like that outside of an enclosure, make a pedal-sized form, and cast the whole thing in clear resin. You'd had to figure out how to mount the parts you'd potentially want to replace & can't get filled with resin -- the footswitch and jacks mainly.

I think this would look especially cool for a pedal circuit with LEDs as diodes; I know some circuits make the LEDs glow as you play harder and it clips more.

Thoughts?

[phantasmagorovich]

It'd be cool to do a point-to-point circuit like that outside of an enclosure, make a pedal-sized form, and cast the whole thing in clear resin. You'd had to figure out how to mount the parts you'd potentially want to replace & can't get filled with resin -- the footswitch and jacks mainly.

I think this would look especially cool for a pedal circuit with LEDs as diodes; I know some circuits make the LEDs glow as you play harder and it clips more.

Thoughts?

Thought? Awesome idea dude!

[greyscales]

I think the resin idea has been done before, but it looked like a lot of trouble for the work and had a lot of risks. It was a mini amp IIRC.
The switch would be the problem area. You'd be better off using a clear enclosure. Of course it would be plastic, causing a different problem in terms of endurance.

The resin looked hella cool though.

[moose23]

Finished this DOBSKY this morning and was straight to it's first rehearsal within minutes. Knobs are cream even though they look more like white in the photo.

[Jwar]

So I found something that works better than Ferric Chloride to etch with. It does not require the perfect temp, it helps, but you can etch in the cold. Plus it way safer than muratic acid. It's called acid magic. The base is actually Hydrochloric acid. Which is cool. It's easier to dispose of and I can use the remaining acid to clean my drive or porch or whatever.

I did 18 enclosures at around 1 min each and almost all of them turned out perfect. I've been experimenting with longer etch times, and they are turning out great! So much more depth and clarity than with Ferric and it's cheaper.

http://www.acehardware.com/product/inde ... howReviews


Anyone else ever use this shit? I did it on a whim.

[LaoWiz]

1 minute?!?!?

[Jwar]

1 minute?!?!?

3 mins tops for a really good one! ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! But for the Destroyer run I did, 1 min each.

Here's most of them.

Turned out amazing!

[LaoWiz]

Pretty fucking awesome! New paper and new acid, I need to buy you a beer!

[Chankgeez]

Nice work. Can't wait to see 'em when they're all wired up.

[excane]

Can't wait to see 'em when they're all wired up.

TWSS

[Mike]

So I found something that works better than Ferric Chloride to etch with. It does not require the perfect temp, it helps, but you can etch in the cold. Plus it way safer than muratic acid. It's called acid magic. The base is actually Hydrochloric acid. Which is cool. It's easier to dispose of and I can use the remaining acid to clean my drive or porch or whatever.

I did 18 enclosures at around 1 min each and almost all of them turned out perfect. I've been experimenting with longer etch times, and they are turning out great! So much more depth and clarity than with Ferric and it's cheaper.

http://www.acehardware.com/product/inde ... howReviews


Anyone else ever use this shit? I did it on a whim.

Did you have to use any sort of oxidizer, or did you just use it straight? How much did one bottle run you? Looks like the same stuff I use, but with some sort of fume suppressant (and maybe oxidizer to allow lower acid concentration).

I would definitely try it if it is safer, although I have had no problems using HCl outdoors in small quantities.

I will note, however, that leaving a small container of it in your shed without properly affixing the lid will result in a boatload of rusted tools, and a may require a door knob replacement.

Mike

[Jwar]

Hey! I used it straight! Small fumes, but not much. I wear a mask, so it's no biggie. I think it is definitely safer though. The bottle was like 8 bucks at my local hardware store. Not very expensive. I'd give it a shot for sure!

[bortlett]

I got a little carried away with a dual fuzz idea. It was originally supposed to just be 2 fuzzes in one box. I figured a muff (basically civil war specs) and a superfuzz would be fun. Then I decided to run them in parallel. Then I added a LPB-1 to the front end of the whole thing for good measure. Blending the fuzzes adds a ton of depth to the texture without getting saturated. I'm pretty happy with the variety of good sounds so far.

SuperPi:

SuperPi by bort_lett, on Flickr


SuperPi Guts by bort_lett, on Flickr

I'm not sure if it's bad form to solder the input/output jacks like that, but I had to cut the tip lugs off to make the jacks fit without touching anything. Will I regret this?

I probably should have painted, etched, or at least cleaned up the enclosure, but I really wasn't sure I was going to be able to get it to work after cramming everything in there.