Making your own DIY Enclosures

[ryanscissorhands]

http://www.geofex.com/Article_Folders/steelstud/steelstud.htm

Damn, you beat me to it.

Don't go with the steel stud, because most of it (at least all that I've found) is all flimsy crap. The heavier C-shaped steel beam (towards the bottom) looks like a better option.


Ryan

[mojotron]

Paul, I'm trying to find the right stuff to buy. There are a lot of related products:

Rayven Type 300 Adhesive Backed 8 1/2"x 11" Repro-Film
Rayven Type 318 Adhesive Backed 8 1/2"x 11" Repro-Film  
Rayven Type 320 Adhesive Backed 8 1/2"x 11" Repro-Film
Rayven Type 366 Adhesive Backed 8 1/2"x 11" Repro-Film  (I think this is for inkjet...
Rayven Type 400 Adhesive Backed 8 1/2"x 11" Repro-Film
Rayven Type 410 Adhesive Backed 8 1/2"x 11" Repro-Film
Rayven Type 420 Adhesive Backed 8 1/2"x 11" Repro-Film

Which kind of Rayven sheets are you using?

Thanks,
Mike

[GFR]

For something odd:

Powdered milk can (steel). Weld everything together with electronics solder. File the edges a little to make them rounder. A little epoxi (durepoxi-TM) may help.

If you can't see the photo:



Go here:

http://www.gfrhpg.hpg.ig.com.br/

and click on "Leite Ninho Overdrive"

disclaimer:

* stompbox shown herein is exclusively DIY stuff and is not in any way associated with and have not been approved, licensed, sponsored, endorsed, designed or manufactured (or anything else for that matter!) by Roland (or Nestlé for that matter!).

(Just in case you confuse it with a BOSS)

[Paul Marossy]

mojotron-

The stuff I have been using is Type 320, Matte, for laser printers and high temperature copiers. You can also get a Type 366 for inkjet printers, but I have never tried using it...

crawler486-

Those are great looking enclosures!  :wink:

[lethargytartare]

I'm using 20 gauge steel stud material, and you can't dent the face of these boxes if you tried!  The biggest box I've made so far is just under 4" in length:

http://www.lethargytartare.com/caves/gerbcave/diystory/P1010025.jpg
(brown sound in a box)

The next one I made was a little smaller, but only by 1/2-3/4 of an inch:

http://www.lethargytartare.com/caves/gerbcave/diystory/P1010027.jpg
(simple double looper)

In fact, this one:

http://www.lethargytartare.com/caves/gerbcave/diystory/P1010026.jpg
(smash drive)

is in a junction box, and that face plate is thinner than the boxes above -- probably aluminum, and probably closer to 22 guage in thickness -- and there's no flex there either.

So I've stomped the hell out of all three in performance situations, and they don't complain at all.

I just want a better way to secure the corners...I think I may try sweating the joings like you would copper pipe (but don't want the box to distort), or I may rent a spot welder to test that idea out.

ltt

http://www.geofex.com/Article_Folders/steelstud/steelstud.htm

Damn, you beat me to it.

Don't go with the steel stud, because most of it (at least all that I've found) is all flimsy crap. The heavier C-shaped steel beam (towards the bottom) looks like a better option.


Ryan

[lethargytartare]

So Friday I boxed up an Ugly Face, and since I had these big ol' knobs, I made the box really big to accomodate them -- plus I have so much fun messing with the settings while playing with this one pedal, the big knobs were a huge plus!  So, point being, the surface area is much bigger, and the overal strength of the surface is surely less than in a smaller box:

http://www.lethargytartare.com/caves/gerbcave/diystory/pics/uglyface-top.jpg
http://www.lethargytartare.com/caves/gerbcave/diystory/pics/uglyface-side.jpg
http://www.lethargytartare.com/caves/gerbcave/diystory/pics/uglyface-inside.jpg

And stomp-away -- no noticeable flex when dropping my size 11s on it!

And my unibit rips through this stuff SO fast!  I'm getting to the point where I can crank these boxes out pretty quickly, so my DIY-ADD is never frustrated!  All I want now is a better way to secure the corners...

Cheers!

ltt

[petemoore]

Stu Lennox built an impressive multi effector [put his BMP, and many other ccts in it from out of their factory boxes] made from stainless steel refrigerator sheet stock...AMANA...
 Worked great !!! He blew most of it up tho...some kind of PS issue ...DAFT...
 LARGE SS top [and back and fron] and 2 wood sides...awesome looking.

[ESPguitar]

How musch is 16 gauge in Metric scale?

RB