Pictures!

[vigilante397]

I was waiting for the thread to cool down a bit so I don't look as bad, but Rob and Temol have decided that isn't going to happen This will probably be my last submini project for a bit. It's basically an SMD/submini version of the Soldano Supercharger GTO running 6V regulators for filaments and a nixie psu for the plates.



And semi-obligatory guts, top and bottom of the board:





And a close up of the tubes glowing, because some people are into that sort of thing.

[temol]

Wow.. I like it a lot! Any samples?

T.

[deadastronaut]

Looks great nathan...    love the cuts , very neat...

[rankot]

I've just finished this little handy device - signal generator. Schematic and layout - here.

T.

I've built something similar, but with a little amplifier, too. There's a thread about it here: https://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=117142.msg1087185#msg1087185

[vigilante397]

Wow.. I like it a lot! Any samples?

Thanks I keep telling myself I'm going to record a demo for it, but it hasn't happened yet. Maybe tonight?

[steveyraff]

Recent custom triple build. Never built a 3-in-1 before so was intimidated at first by the wiring plan, but actually was pretty straight forward i.e as you would with 2 but daisychain a 3rd. Seems highly obvious now lol 

Customer just provided the "Shark Bomb" image, and asked me to call it "The Bomb". Pretty happy with out it came out and sounded.

[bluebunny]

Turned out pretty well in the end, Steve!  Nice build.  Makes me want to do another 3-in-1 again...

[deadastronaut]

nice build steve....i have a couple of big enclosures......one day......maybe......ish....

[bluebunny]

i have a couple of big enclosures......

   

[steveyraff]

Turned out pretty well in the end, Steve!  Nice build.  Makes me want to do another 3-in-1 again...

nice build steve....i have a couple of big enclosures......one day......maybe......ish....

Thanks guys. After a few pointers from y'all before tackling the wiring, it really wasn't as difficult as I expected. Would definitely try another triple build again sometime. Cheers.

[ElectricDruid]

How did you do the coloured graphics, Steve? It looks great.

I like the coordinated green and grey knobs too. That shows a degree of care!

[steveyraff]

How did you do the coloured graphics, Steve? It looks great.

I like the coordinated green and grey knobs too. That shows a degree of care!

Thanks very much. I almost always use water slide decals on Hammond enclosures which I've sanded, buffed, and sprayed with white primer and gloss coat. I design the graphics in a free version of Photoshop called GIMP. I enjoy the artistic side of it. When I finished designing the graphics I picked knobs to try to fit in. The LED's are also colour co-ordinated with the flames in the graphics (red, orange, yellow).

Waterslide decals are easy to work with in general, but they can be unforgiving. I'm sure you've probably worked with them before. There's a bit of a knack to them, but they can be unpredictable at times, and if they crease it has to be scrapped. Even on this one, during the drying of the clear coat, perhaps due to temperature change, there was a little cracking around the drill holes, mostly covered by the knobs luckily.

Anyway, thanks for the kind words.

[EBK]

Waterslide decals...
easy to work with...
can be unforgiving.
...a bit of a knack to them...
can be unpredictable at times....

Are you sure you meant "easy"? 

I find waterslide decals to be absolutely wonderful in terms of what can be achieved, but they are to me a nightmare to work with.

"Just slide them into place and smooth out all the bubbles," they say.  Ha!  I can either have the decal in the right spot or it can be bubble-free -- I can't seem to have both at the same time.  Oh, and don't keep moving them around too long or you may get streaky glue.  So, there's a lot of pressure to get the decal down perfectly and quickly, which makes my hands twitchy....

About the only saving grace I've found is that vinegar in a spray bottle makes a nice decal softener, which helps in smoothing out bubbles without creating a lot of new ones somewhere else (even though I hate the smell).  There is, however, an agonizing period after you spray the vinegar where the decal looks bubbly/melty/blotchy and hopelessly ruined, but somehow it magically turns out fine.  Weird stuff.

[steveyraff]

Are you sure you meant "easy"? 

Yea - there is a lot that can go wrong. I just have worked so long with them I seem to rarely have problems now. However, the one that I find the hardest to avoid, is the cracking and wrinkling that can occur while waiting for layers of clear coat to dry. And its not from solvent based lacquer - I've already made that mistake. I can make half a dozen pedals using the same clear coat I always use, and it'll be perfect - then one day one will just totally wrinkle up for no apparent reason. Personally, I think it is to do with temperatures. Sometimes my enclosures will be warm from being indoors. Then I'll take them out to the shed to spray with clear coat on a very cold day, and while its drying I think maybe the temp changing has a reaction with the water slide... or something.

[steveyraff]

From today...

A customer asked for a Rick And Morty themed dual drive called "Ants In My Drives". I don't really watch the show to quite understand the significance 

[bean]

From today...

A customer asked for a Rick And Morty themed dual drive called "Ants In My Drives". I don't really watch the show to quite understand the significance 

Oblig:

[steveyraff]

Hah cool. I mean, I think I am more confused as to what it all means now - but I still enjoyed that lol.

[patrick398]

From today...

A customer asked for a Rick And Morty themed dual drive called "Ants In My Drives". I don't really watch the show to quite understand the significance 

This brought me so much joy! I cannot recommend this show highly enough, it's one of the finest programmes made in years. Plus there is a hell of a lot of potential for Rick and Morty based pedal design...i expect there's probably a decent market for it too.

[ElectricDruid]

I almost always use water slide decals on Hammond enclosures which I've sanded, buffed, and sprayed with white primer and gloss coat. I design the graphics in a free version of Photoshop called GIMP. I enjoy the artistic side of it. When I finished designing the graphics I picked knobs to try to fit in. The LED's are also colour co-ordinated with the flames in the graphics (red, orange, yellow).

Waterslide decals are easy to work with in general, but they can be unforgiving. I'm sure you've probably worked with them before. There's a bit of a knack to them, but they can be unpredictable at times, and if they crease it has to be scrapped. Even on this one, during the drying of the clear coat, perhaps due to temperature change, there was a little cracking around the drill holes, mostly covered by the knobs luckily.

Yes, I've done stuff with waterslide decals, and I've sometimes had similar issues with cracking. In my case, it mostly seems to happen months later, like the paint or clear coat is still drying a long time later. Which it might be, I guess.
I only have a mono laser printer though, so I can have waterslides graphics any colour you like so long as it's black. Yours are done on a colour laser printer, I'm guessing? Or are there inkjet waterslide decals too?

[EBK]

Or are there inkjet waterslide decals too?

There are.  You need to mist them a few times with clear coat before soaking them though so the ink doesn't run. (Disclaimer: no personal experience.)