major NOOB question / mounting PCB in enclosure??

[fuzzy645]

How do people usually mount the PCB in the enclosure?  Do you use double stick tape? I would assume you need it to be extremely secure as the pedal might get knocked around quite a bit.   Thanks!

[Pollinator95]

Plastic PCB standoffs.

[fuzzy645]

Thanks! 

Quick follow up...

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How then does the standoff mount into the metal box, is it via double-stick tape?  I assume the top (pointy) end of the standoff pushes into the PCB board, and the big flat bottom end gets somehow taped/glues to the enclosure, no???

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[R.G.]

Those particular standoffs come with double sided tape already attached.

The Guitar Effects FAQ at http://www.geofex.com has a section on mounting effects.

You can use double sided tape, but velcro may work better for you if you ever have to service the pedal. Screw-type standoffs are used a lot. And people often mount the controls to the PCB, then mount the controls in the box. This takes a degree of precision on getting the controls mounting on the PCB right, though.

[EATyourGuitar]

I had a long time guitar builder look at my guts and he told me that double sided tape holding my PCB to the front of the pedal could be a problem with a band playing live out in the sun on a black pedal where gravity wants to peel it away. so its heat melts the glue, gravity unmounts the PCB. I think my wire is holding it too. I haven't had any customer complaints but I'm in it less than a year.

[R.G.]

I haven't had any customer complaints but


I'm in it less than a year.

[nexekho]

In all the ones I've built so far (all custom perfboard layouts) I've made sure all the potentiometers are along one edge, soldered them VERY well and then used the potentiometers to hold the board in place.  Probably impractical for anything heavy/complex/with few potentiometers but it makes it easier to get them aligned nicely, removes the need for wire and holds the board steady.