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Re: The Amazing Beavis Board

Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 1:07 am
by warwick.hoy
FUCK,...forgot to order the DC input jack. Lesson learned. $3.17 to ship a $.90 part :whateva:

If you do go to Mammoth make sure you look for cheaper shipping options on their checkout. UPS can wind up being more expensive than USPS priority. They do offer that option but not by default.

Re: The Amazing Beavis Board

Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 7:05 am
by beavis
The two short breadboards are there so you can create two projects at once and still match the wiring diagrams for the projects.

Sounds like everything you ordered is good. May want to go with a 1/2 watt resistor on the voltage pot, but in a pinch 1/4 watt will do.

Good luck and have fun!

Re: The Amazing Beavis Board

Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 7:18 am
by warwick.hoy
beavis wrote:The two short breadboards are there so you can create two projects at once and still match the wiring diagrams for the projects.

Sounds like everything you ordered is good. May want to go with a 1/2 watt resistor on the voltage pot, but in a pinch 1/4 watt will do.

Good luck and have fun!



:cool:

Re: The Amazing Beavis Board

Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 10:12 am
by McSpunckle
warwick.hoy wrote:FUCK,...forgot to order the DC input jack. Lesson learned. $3.17 to ship a $.90 part :whateva:

If you do go to Mammoth make sure you look for cheaper shipping options on their checkout. UPS can wind up being more expensive than USPS priority. They do offer that option but not by default.



Haha. Protip for the future: Pedal Parts Plus and Digikey will ship first class mail, which is only a couple of bucks. You can only do it on small orders (so no enclosures or anything), but it's really helpful.

Re: The Amazing Beavis Board

Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 2:54 pm
by eatyourguitar
yeah I just ordered from mouser and usps priority w delivery conformation was less than $5 for just transistors and power jacks so its probably a little envelope.

Re: The Amazing Beavis Board

Posted: Sat May 14, 2011 4:55 pm
by warwick.hoy
McSpunckle wrote:
warwick.hoy wrote:FUCK,...forgot to order the DC input jack. Lesson learned. $3.17 to ship a $.90 part :whateva:

If you do go to Mammoth make sure you look for cheaper shipping options on their checkout. UPS can wind up being more expensive than USPS priority. They do offer that option but not by default.



Haha. Protip for the future: Pedal Parts Plus and Digikey will ship first class mail, which is only a couple of bucks. You can only do it on small orders (so no enclosures or anything), but it's really helpful.


:thumb:

That foul up aside,...I'm am so looking forward to putting this thing together. :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :snax: :animal:

Re: The Amazing Beavis Board

Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 1:09 am
by Jero
You could always wire a battery clip directly to it in the meantime?..and if you don't have one, they can be made out of old batteries (thought it's a bit of work for a $0.10 piece)

Re: The Amazing Beavis Board

Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 7:48 pm
by sears
I'm about to put this together too. Why are there two terminal strips, one on the side of the enclosure and the other facing up?

Re: The Amazing Beavis Board

Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 8:08 pm
by Jero
sears wrote:I'm about to put this together too. Why are there two terminal strips, one on the side of the enclosure and the other facing up?

The one on the box is to attach the breadboard to the breakout box. The ectra one facing up is for any ectra connections you might want to make...pots, switches, a speaker maybe...

Re: The Amazing Beavis Board

Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 7:47 am
by sears
thanks!

Re: The Amazing Beavis Board

Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 10:47 am
by McSpunckle
I need to make one of these things. >.<

Re: The Amazing Beavis Board

Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 1:16 pm
by ARC Effects
I'm going to make a few of these :thumb:

Re: The Amazing Beavis Board

Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 2:14 pm
by Jero
I made one then didn't use it for months :facepalm:

Eventually I may, revamp this one, and add a cover to it so I can store it away, with circuits still built on it.

Re: The Amazing Beavis Board

Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 2:32 am
by warwick.hoy
Still a work in progress but here is a mock up.

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I drilled the enclosure myself (first timer on that). I still gotta do four more holes to mount the Terminal Strip and the 6 (or perhaps just one bigger hole) holes to run the wire from the terminals.

Blarp. Building this thing is a learning experience in and of itself. SO MUCH FUN,...I feel like a little kid with a new Lego set.

Re: The Amazing Beavis Board

Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 3:24 am
by McSpunckle
Ohhh. Pretty!