Pictures!

[jacobyjd]

Another enclosure painted by a fellow bandmate--this is absolutely the best one yet--I can't wait to finish it!

[Taylor]

Awesome.

[jacobyjd]

That's what I said--now I REALLY need to debug that sucker!

[glops]

awesome enclosure, jacobyjd.  what is that little guy?

[jacobyjd]

awesome enclosure, jacobyjd.  what is that little guy?

It's the first of 3 Gristleizers that I'm [slowly] building, using Taylor's awesome PCB. This one is pretty much stock. The next two are going to have some changes

[Fuzz Aldryn]

Hi,

my ROG 22/7 with some minor tweaks (realy minor;)). Sounds awesome, much fatter and a bit amp like though it is bit noisy but I was aware of that before I build it - so no surprise for me.

Still unsure if I should use black or white knobs:

and here's my Marylin Mosfet - a CMOS based od/distortion. Awesome as well.



Cheers
Helge

[rousejeremy]

GGG Boutique '70s fuzz with Dragonfly Swirl.






Carbon Comps, BC108's

[deadastronaut]

nice jeremy....so you got the hang of the swirly then!....lol...

i saw your green one...in the worst disasters thread...lol...

cool.

[mattthegamer463]

From-scratch wah enclosure experiment:

[davent]

Nicely done! Looks to be a pretty successful experiment, what's the next phase?

dave

[differo]

From-scratch wah enclosure experiment:

I like it a lot! brave try, and very successful one too!

[sst4270]

Another Burst Build - White Powder Coat with Baked on Decal.



Gut Shot


Gut shot close-up


Thanks DIYSBs,

Steve

[ppatchmods]

nice!

[John Lyons]

Yes, that looks very nice.

[g.]

yes ! realy nice

[deadastronaut]

baked on decal?.......mad...very cool................

[frank_p]

with Baked on Decal.

How do you do this ?
Very well done !

[sst4270]

@Frank_P:  Someone else here posted a pedal several pages back with a bake on decal. He later posted a YouTube video showing how he is unable to scratch the finished decal with a screwdriver.

I got mine here: http://www.papilio.com/laser%20bake%20on%20water%20slide%20decal%20paper.html

They work great! The go on like regular decals. Then I (very carefully) work any air and liquid out. Then bake. Instructions come with the paper.
The results are quite impressive in terms of durability. I've scratched at the finished decal with everything short of sharp metal objects, and I'm not able to remove the decal or even scratch it. I would say it's as good as commercial pad printing.

The two things I caution are: The decals are very very fragile when sliding on. I accidentally tore one.
More importantly, I've done six identical ones now. The one in the pictures above came out the best.
The first ones came out poorly because I failed to get all the air/liquid out from underneath it before baking.
The result is that any liquid or air trapped underneath bubbles up and pops leaving the finish below exposed.
Fortunately for this design the few bubbles that popped aren't as noticable due to the font I chose and the artwork/design.
If you look carefully between the gain and tone knob up by the switch you can see a few small white spots. That's were the decal/artwork popped during baking.
The second batch came out much better after carefully and gently working out any bubbles/air/liquid from underneath the decal before baking.

It doesn't say in the instructions, but I think it's important to let the decal fully dry before baking.

The good thing is that it takes a good bit of time to dry so you have plenty of time to position and re-position as you're removing any wrinkles/bubbles/etc...


Thanks so much for the complements.

Steve

PS:
Actual baking time was only 15 minutes. I did three enclosures at a time. 1 hour to powder coat and bake. Cool. 15 minutes to apply decal. (dry for 1 hour or overnight) Bake 15 minutes. Cool for about 15 minutes. Completely ready to go!
So potentially you could do an enclosure (or a few in my case) in a fews hours from beginning to end. That beats the sh*t out of etching/painting/stickers/decals/etc.... IMHO. I hate waiting for paint to dry!
Bonus: Any holes in the enclosure that the decal covers simply dry up and pop out when it's done.

[sst4270]

There's a great post in this forum about powder coating pedals, (use the search function) but I thought you might like to see a few photos of my process.

Wet Sanded with 220 grit paper and baked at 350 for 30 minutes to expel any moisture.
Then when ready to powder coat I pre-heated the enclosures to 180°F for about 15 minutes.


Powder coating with Harbor Frieght tools gun and powder (Cheap!) The gun is like $70 and the powder was $5.
You'll need an air compressor of course.


Then back into the oven for final baking and cure. It took about 20 minutes to glass over, then another 20 minutes for curing. See how powdery it looks before baking.


Finished. After cooling they are completely ready to go! These are the first batch I did. Lots of mistakes, but they don't look too bad, do they? And! Still 10 times more durable than paint. And no solvents or fumes!
Although the powder does get everywhere if you're not careful. But uncured the powder can be vacumed up or blown off.



Steve

[frank_p]

Wow ! That is pretty awesome.  Thanks for all the explanations. That is a good process to practice when winter comes and you don't have sufficent ventilation.