Enclosures - Cheap but original option 1$

[bdevlin]

I just bout three of these at Target.  1$ a piece.  They have a lid just like a mint box or a full size lucnh box.  See the auction link below for actual size.  Again, they were at my local Target.  They also had a couple other candies in the same type box (Warheads, Now 'n Laters..)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Tootsie-Roll-Midgees-metal-tin-mini-lunch-box-advertisi_W0QQitemZ250155055968QQihZ015QQcategoryZ1410QQcmdZViewItem

[soulsonic]

I wonder how they stand up to being stomped on?

[GREEN FUZ]

Don`t forget to mention the convenient carrying feature...handle that is.

[bdevlin]

I wouldn't go stompin' on 'em unless you somehow added some type of reinforcement to the top of the box.

"conveninan carrying feature being the lid".  Now that's funny!

[Barcode80]

my first full build like a year ago...

[Paul Perry (Frostwave)]

I wouldn't go stompin' on 'em unless you somehow added some type of reinforcement to the top of the box.

Yeah, doesn't look too stompable, but if you hollow out a piece of wood so the switch is inside the wood, and the wood block exactly fills the space from top to bottom, and you have a washer to distribute the stomp force onto the wood, youcould probably get away with it.

[bonkdav]

i saw these the other day and almost bought one but the reason i couldnt bring myself to do it was because the metal on the sides was so flimsy i figured the jacks would tear out after repeated unplugging, and it couldnt be "stomped" like some enclosures.

[mars_bringer_of_war]

I wouldn't go stompin' on 'em unless you somehow added some type of reinforcement to the top of the box.

Yeah, doesn't look too stompable, but if you hollow out a piece of wood so the switch is inside the wood, and the wood block exactly fills the space from top to bottom, and you have a washer to distribute the stomp force onto the wood, youcould probably get away with it.

At that point, wouldn't it be easier to build a wood enclosure and shield it with copper or aluminum tape?

[pedalmaker]

I built one of these using the Sugar Daddy box.
Came out great. Stronger than you think, though I have small strips of metal I am going to use to reinforce it. But as of now, my rangemaster build works great in it.

[Meanderthal]

 Dammit, just when I thought I had my Warheads addiction under control...

[BubbaKahuna]

You know looking at this I bet it would be cool for something like an LPB2 or a Volume Box or something that you just don't stomp on. Maybe a knob or two but something that basically stays on all the time like a line driver or something.

Cool.

[Barcode80]

actually, i stepped on that one about a million times. pretty hard. never bent. it is a very small surface area, so harder to buckle than you would think.