I want to start building, guide me?

[stripes]

It looks like the back of the pot is touching the underside of the board. If it is, that would definitely prevent it from working.

i tested it outside of the enclosure as well when everything was spread out and nothing was against anything else... also in the enclosure with the pcb pulled up.. no go

[stripes]

Do you get any sound in bypass?

no sound in bypass.

[greyscales]

Do you get any sound in bypass?

no sound in bypass.

I still say check that you have the right connections on the jacks. They might be connected, but to the wrong lugs. If you used Madbean's standard wiring diagram, you have to verify your stereo jacks are oriented the same way.
Generally the lug on the outside is the tip. However I've run into a couple where the inside or middle one is. Without sound in bypass, there is really no other explanation other than bad wiring on the switch (which is unlikely from what I can see).

[stripes]

hey do you guys use anything to hold a pcb in place while your populating it?

[LaoWiz]

I use a small vice to hold the board. Sometimes a steel ruler in the vice and spring clamp the board to the ruler.

[fever606]

search for something called a "third hand"...

[Scruffie]

hey do you guys use anything to hold a pcb in place while your populating it?

The way I do boards is to stuff all the components by height so first i'll stick in all the resistors say then put a flat board of wood on top, flip it and solder everything in one go with the board laying flat.
Then repeat with whatever comes next height wise, if it gets to the point where the board wont lay flat (usually with caps) i'll solder one leg in, then push the component flat to the board from the other side while reheating the solder before doing the other leg once it's cooled and sat nicely, not the most elegant solution but it works for me and I find it works for fairly quick populating, especially with the more complex boards.

Some people I think use little stands with clips to hold the board though, kinda like test tube holders from science class... I think they come with magnifying glasses built in, i've seen them around.

Edit: One of them things he posted above ^

[skullservant]

I had one of the stands with the clips, but it got in my way, so I usually just do the component height thing

[stripes]

this thing just looks cool.

[stripes]

oh shit
http://www.amazon.com/SE-MZ109-Soldering-Station-Helping/dp/B0007MF0W4/ref=sr_1_18?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1351790989&sr=1-18&keywords=third+hand

[skullservant]

I got one from Radioshack and it kept falling apart on me. But that was probably just me being dumb. Sometimes the arms wouldn't really bend in the direction that I wanted them while I had the iron in my hand, so I'd have to set the iron down to flip the board around and then pick the iron up which, if you're ready to solder, is a pain

[Achtane]

I got one from Radioshack and it kept falling apart on me. But that was probably just me being dumb. Sometimes the arms wouldn't really bend in the direction that I wanted them while I had the iron in my hand, so I'd have to set the iron down to flip the board around and then pick the iron up which, if you're ready to solder, is a pain

This.
Plus mine slides all over the place. Nothing like trying to solder a moving target in the midst of a dozen other things that could be a pain in the ass to clean up.

[stripes]

yeah that doesn't sound good. what surface do you guys work on? i just have a wooden desk, which probably isn't the best... but it's definitely why my boards slide when i solder them. i think if i just got a rubbery mat or something with good friction it would solve my problem, but I don't know anything about the correct "workstation" when doing this kind of stuff. i was soldering on my living room coffee table the other day

[stripes]

ah... we should make a "let's see your workstation" thread. i would enjoy that.

[skullservant]

I usually solder on the island in my kitchen, but I've started putting a metal tin lid under my iron that I put solder drips/blobs as well as wire clippings and component clippings. I'd been using a cutting mat so that I could easily dispose of waste, it was a nice solution when I was using it