Folded Enclosures

[jrfox92]

Does anyone if there's somewhere I can get folded enclosures like the old Sovteks, Maestros or Stone Deaf's pedals?
If there's nowhere, what would be the best specs for bending aluminum sheets?

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Also, since I don't have $250 lying around for a fuzz, I want to make one of these, too.

[amnesiac305]

I have seen them randomly on ebay. I havent looked lately. IIRC they were around 20 USD.

[crochambeau]

Might also be worthwhile to get a quote out of a local sheet metal contractor. I know a lot of them ebb & flow in time with the construction industry (which is somewhat tied to weather, at least around here) and you can get better rates during an off season, though one offs are going to cost a pretty penny. If you can carry 20-30 your per unit price will probably go down substantially, but it's really going to vary from place to place and time to time.

From my own bending experience, it takes about twice as much wall thickness in aluminium to reach the same strength as steel, so I'd be wary about going with anything lighter than 16 gauge, maybe 18 if your over-all enclosure size is smaller (bending points amount to a strength member).

I haven't seen anything like the cool trapezoid folded enclosures on the Bud or Hammond sites, you probably don't see them much any more because the economics of it makes the cast stuff more inexpensive. If you find a box/finger brake you can discover that metal is actually pretty cheap, and it's TIME which boosts the cost, so ultimately, self performing that is the best path... unless you just need a couple, then surplus is your greatest resource.

[multi_s]

The jext telex one looks clsoe to a Prism I from pedal enclosures plus or whatever that guy in New york state used to call his company. It seems to be now defunct, im pretty sure thee web address used to be pedalenclosures.com. (nothing there now). but if you google image search prism 1 pedal enclosure you get a lot of pics.

you could ask echodelux from watson fx maybe? they seem to have made some similar or gotten some made custom for their products.

[jrfox92]

The jext telex one looks clsoe to a Prism I from pedal enclosures plus or whatever that guy in New york state used to call his company. It seems to be now defunct, im pretty sure thee web address used to be pedalenclosures.com. (nothing there now). but if you google image search prism 1 pedal enclosure you get a lot of pics.

you could ask echodelux from watson fx maybe? they seem to have made some similar or gotten some made custom for their products.

Yeah, I seem to remember seeing something like those and blank Big Muff enclosures on some site (maybe from there or Pedal Parts Plus?).

Oooh, I like the look of that.

[Feral Feline]

Not exactly folded, but not your average Hammond copy either...

Road Rage Pro Gear enclosures look cool, seem pricey though.

http://www.roadrageprogear.com/diy_enclosures.html

Come in a couple of sizes.

[culturejam]

One source is ProCraft. I see them on ebay regularly:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Procraft-Steel- ... 1177605021

[crochambeau]

I stumbled across this via the DIY Stompboxes group on face-place:

https://www.etsy.com/shop/WalkerHvyIndu ... eader-name

No affiliation, nor have I dealt with him.. but, I do know the prices he has that stuff listed at are lower than what I would expect to see at one-off rates from pretty much any "industry" level supplier.