Thin aluminum enclosures info! Boycott Hammond!!!!!

[Bluesgeetar]

Ok I'm sorry.  I just looked at that post a asked a couple weeks ago and saw someone ask for the name of the company that made the enclosures I am buying.  The company is LMB/Heeger Inc.
www.lmbheeger.com

The enclosures are very strong!  Unless you are a punk rocker and are trying to stomp a whole through the pedal and through the floor into the foundation and dirt below it, the enclosure will be fine.  Here a a website that uses the enclosure for his pedals.  I think they look good.  Alot better than Hammond.  Nah I have nothing against Hammond, I'm just tired of looking at their ugly square boxes everywhere.
http://www.bigtonemusic.com/  
This guy uses them.

[Bluesgeetar]

For anyone to lazy or strapped for time, here are the links to the specific pages for pedal usable enclosures from LMB.  Keep in mind the prices on the website are full retail!!!!!  They are much cheaper elsewhere from regular stores.

http://www.lmbheeger.com/products.asp?catid=13

http://www.lmbheeger.com/products.asp?catid=27

http://www.lmbheeger.com/products.asp?catid=28

There that is easier you for you.

[RDV]

It would be cool to take one of the 20 inchers and make a analog multi-effector out of it.

Regards

RDV

[onboard]

I'm liking the slant fronts.  I wouldn't go so far as to boycott Hammond though... I can get Hammond boxes next day from a local supplier so they still look just fine to me!  An analog multi-efx in a 12" would deffinately be the shiznitz. I belive there was something like that over at Analog Mike's quite a while ago. The Mouser walnut sided sloped consoles would be sweet too.


Too many boxes, too little time.          (and $)

-onboard

[amz-fx]

I've been known to use them...  scroll down to the last picture on:

http://www.muzique.com/projects.htm

regards, Jack

[casey]

hey jack, how did you cut the diamond plate?

[dubs]

Nice! where can I buy cheaper that will ship overseas? Maybe this an item small bear can stock...

[Paul Perry (Frostwave)]

I notice both Mouser & DigiKey listed as distributors for them. Whether either or both stock all items I do not know.

[mikeb]

Heads up to Aussies  - word is that production of at least some of the Hammond die-cast box line will begin in Adelaide in the near future, resulting in lower prices for us.  

MikeB

[bobbletrox]

Heads up to Aussies  - word is that production of at least some of the Hammond die-cast box line will begin in Adelaide in the near future, resulting in lower prices for us.  

MikeB

Great!  I've been wondering who sells decent enclosures in Australia.

[travissk]

As for those modular desktop consoles, mouser does sell some
http://www.mouser.com/catalog/616/991.pdf
http://www.mouser.com/catalog/616/990.pdf (this page has other enclosures by the same company)

As does Digikey - I'm home for break and I left my Digikey catalog back at college (I've got a copy of mouser's at "both homes"... sad, I know  :wink:), but in my pdf they seem to be on catalog page 999.

They still look pretty expensive though, but it's a switch away from the Hammond boxes if you want one of your pedals to have a new look

[Xlrator]

They are nice boxes and I have used them before. They are thin and after repeated stomping, they will start to bend in a bit.

An easy solution (if you have room) is to put standoffs where it begins to slope down. It will give it better support.

But since I'm getting fatter (250) I will only use die cast.

[Paul Marossy]

You could also recycle something like this:

http://home.att.net/~u2p0j0m3/TransceiverBox.jpg">

And turn it into something that looks like this with a little bit of work:

http://home.att.net/~u2p0j0m3/AMZ-Mini.jpg">


It is some kind of aluminum transceiver enclosure, I had a bunch of them that were given to me. I made about 10-12 stompboxes with them. You have to do some cutting and stuff, but you can get it all ready to paint in an hour or less if you plan things out well. They will not stand up to someone who weighs 250 lbs, but for the average sized guy who doesn't stamp the thing into the ground when switching the effect on and off, it does alright.

[bobbletrox]

Hey Paul, how do you label your enclosures?  Are they decals?

[Ansil]

They are nice boxes and I have used them before. They are thin and after repeated stomping, they will start to bend in a bit.

An easy solution (if you have room) is to put standoffs where it begins to slope down. It will give it better support.

But since I'm getting fatter (250) I will only use die cast.

lol.. so i guess with my fat    (325+) i shouldn't use these.. lol

[Paul Marossy]

Bobble,

Yeah, it's a full face decal. It's stuff that board drafters used to use years ago, I still have some left over. You print directly on the stuff with a LaserJet printer, or a copier. I apply it to the face of the enclosure and put a clear coat on it to protect it. It has been working out pretty well for me.
A company called Rayven makes it still, and another company called Kroy. But it's expensive - about $100 US dollars for a box of 50 sheets, I believe. I got the stuff for free at my previous workplace. It's kind of hard to work with if you haven't ever used it before. It's really meant to be applied to a vellum or mylar that you would make blueprints from...

[bigtonemusicbrewery]

[bobbletrox]

But it's expensive - about $100 US dollars for a box of 50 sheets, I believe.

Ouch!  That's expensive...

Btw, your pedals look great  :wink:

[Paul Marossy]

Thanks bobble.