Pictures!

[John Lyons]

That ruby is neat looking!

For the wiring on the snake skin pedal: I just ran the wires through a small hole in the metal wah shell and into a small hole in the wood case of the pedal. There is only about 2" of extra wire going into the wah shell. I shielded the wah shell just in case (I ran a ground wire to the case and bolted it down) Seems fine...  Both the wah shell and the main unit are bolted to a bottom plate so it's all one piece in the end.

John

[darron]

that's awesome andy!

[jlullo]

when you guys print onto stickerpaper, or any paper, are you using illustrator to lay out your pedal graphics?

[smank]

I agree Andy: it looks very nice!

[343 Salty Beans]

nothing as slick as the finishes above but here's my finished ruby...

I call it the Ruby Jean 

Andy

DEFINITELY original.  looks pretty slick...what size speaker did you put in it?

[andy123]

cheers guys.

The speaker and knobs were donated from an old valve radio. The speaker was and old (vintage! ) oval type rola. It sounds great and fit inside perfectly. The grill cloth actually has a nice vintage weave but it didn't come out too well in the pic.

If anyones wondering the switch on the left selects between the standard Ruby and the Bassman mod.

The best thing is that it fits inside my guitar case!

Andy

[343 Salty Beans]

Well, I ordered the parts from futurlec about a week ago, so I've got a while to wait...but here's the graphics I've designed for my future modified ross comp and my Rebote 2.5 (which isn't really analog, persay...). I spent about an hour on each, and I'm so freaking stoked to build I had to post something. So much energy and naught to do with it!!!!

Thanks for the tips, markm.

[markm]

Thanks for the tips, markm.

Anytime my friend!
Looking REAL good, I'd be stoked too! 

[mjones99]

when you guys print onto stickerpaper, or any paper, are you using illustrator to lay out your pedal graphics?

You could use Illustrator, Freehand, Canvas, Corel Draw, Autosketch, etc. any fairly precise drawing or cad program should do.  I would say if you know Illustrator use that, if you know corel use that, and so on.

[343 Salty Beans]

when you guys print onto stickerpaper, or any paper, are you using illustrator to lay out your pedal graphics?

You could use Illustrator, Freehand, Canvas, Corel Draw, Autosketch, etc. any fairly precise drawing or cad program should do.  I would say if you know Illustrator use that, if you know corel use that, and so on.

I use fireworks but it's an expensive program.

[markusw]

Hi,
some more on photo positive laquer. This time the aluminium was much harder to sand than on previous builds, unfortunately, also harder to etch. You see the second try since I had to sand off a previous etch that didn't work that great. Actually it workerd quite OK but while sanding off the black paint, I realised that the dark stripe surrouding the "TZF Mistress" labeling was etched much weaker than the dark letters. Thus, while sanding I also removed the "Mistress" letters Maybe I didn't move the enclosure enough while etching. Suppose the etchant was consumed more rapidly in this area yielding a lower etching depth. Anyway, the second time I skipped the black paint and just sprayed the box with one layer of "Zapon" laquer (nitrocellulose sometimes used for coins, sticks quite nicely to sanded aluminium).
Without the black paint the lettering is obviously less intense bit it's dark enough to be seen.





Regards,

Markus

[mongo]

Superb!! wich layout is that for the electric mistress?

Andy

[markusw]

Superb!! wich layout is that for the electric mistress?

Andy

These two:

for the main board

http://www.aronnelson.com/DIYFiles/up/9V_Mistress_project_file_v11_update.pdf

and for the TZF board

http://www.aronnelson.com/DIYFiles/up/TZF_Mistress_v11_project_file.pdf


Markus

[$uperpuma]

another etch attempt...not perfect, but starting to get better... this thing is crazy... blippity dual oscillator.
I used and verified choklitlove's layout for this, taken from Forrest M. Mims' schematic in the 555 minibook...

[markusw]

another etch attempt...not perfect, but starting to get better... this thing is crazy... blippity dual oscillator.
I used and verified choklitlove's layout for this, taken from Forrest M. Mims' schematic in the 555 minibook...

cool  I like the labelling! Is the LED pcb mounted? hm, I will try to etch deeper next time. It really looks better with black paint!

markm defintely set the ball rolling with his great tutorial

Markus

[$uperpuma]

the LED hole is drilled to a very close tolerance, the top of it fits thru easily, but the bottom must be forced a little..that wedges it in , then the on/off switch is soldered to one of the led pins, that holds it well in place. I always preferred the flush mounted look... comes from my car security days when I'd take the LED's out of the shrouds to flush mount them into the dash bezel for a cleaner, more stealth look.
Yes, MarkM has really inspired some cool looking boxes. Here's another one of you bastard kids, Mark!
With this one I learned not to be afraid of small letters. PREP IS EVERYTHING!

[pi22seven]

Everybody's etchings look sooooooo good! Great job!

I'm just happy if I get pots on the same line!

[markm]

Everybody's etchings look sooooooo good! Great job!

I agree.
Very nice job $uperpuma and markus, you guys are making some great looking enclosures for sure 

Yes, MarkM has really inspired some cool looking boxes. Here's another one of you bastard kids, Mark!

I will try to etch deeper next time. It really looks better with black paint!
Markus

Don't go too deep, I have been doing my etching a little bit shallower lately and coming up with much better results.
That said, I can see why you would have had a problem with the black portion on yours, it's a reverse type etch and that's alot harder to do than just a "standard"  etch.
Maybe next time try using a wider sanding block with 600 paper. 600 is less aggressive than say 400.
Also, if you apply a very light coat of wax or even guitar polish to the lettering, the paint will just flake off of the lettering for the most part, then lightly sand the top just to clean it up and your set!
I did this with the "BlackCat" enclosure and the "Red Llama" that are in my picture section.
It worked well.

[markusw]

Don't go too deep, I have been doing my etching a little bit shallower lately and coming up with much better results.
That said, I can see why you would have had a problem with the black portion on yours, it's a reverse type etch and that's alot harder to do than just a "standard"  etch.
Maybe next time try using a wider sanding block with 600 paper. 600 is less aggressive than say 400.
Also, if you apply a very light coat of wax or even guitar polish to the lettering, the paint will just flake off of the lettering for the most part, then lightly sand the top just to clean it up and your set!
I did this with the "BlackCat" enclosure and the "Red Llama" that are in my picture section.
It worked well.

Thanks for the tips! Suppose you have to be very careful to apply the wax or guitar polish only to the letters? Did you also observe that larger areas get etched less intense than just letters. On the Mistress enclosure the "normal" letters were etched perfect for the "black paint method" (even the tiny 9-15V labelling) but the black area was etched way too less, it was barely recessed.

Markus

[zjokka]

wow, there's some real heavy artwork going on here.
puma, that console is really punk with the sprite stuff. neat.

my pnp blue has arrived, so should get etching, the only way to go.
finished so many boards, and really never boxed anything up. But now my fuzz face clone is 'bowled up' I really feel a bit proud and will spam m here. Sorry I posted this as a separate thread, kind of belongs here:

thanks for all this inspiring post in this thread, all!
zj