My First Wood Enclosure Project Done - Check It Out!

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[chaddhamilton]

Paul, looks fantastic!   

I don't have any enclosures made at this time, but if you are intertested in purchasing one or many, PM me. Price is $22(includes shipping and handling inside US).

Chadd

[PB Wilson]

  The Grain is outstanding looking, excellent shape for a box, excellent look.
  ...nothing against Tung Oil, I have a bottle of it here, and have used it to get the 'lustre' look as it's called.
  Thing is, on my bottle [not "Formby's"], is stated, once the oil touches the wood, no other finish types can be applied.
  Tung Oil is just an oil IIUC that protects the wood and makes it 'lustre'...I don't know what formby's says about all that...just seems odd to me having laquer over oil.

One of the problems with wood finishes is that many of the "tung oil" finishes are actually varnishes with some oil in them and a lot of thinner added so you can apply it with a rag. Most of these can easily have a topcoat applied over them, or you can simply add enough layers of finish until you get the luster you like. It's also a common practice to take an oil finish, wipe it on the wood to "pop the grain" and then follow with a tougher topcoat. Lots of different ways to skin this cat, but not a lot of clear information. I'd bet it's a combination of marketing and the age old practice of protecting your own finishing formula from competitors.

[Paul Marossy]

Wood above is called "Canary" wood. It has a nice yellow color which looks great without a stain or colored finish.

Really? Canary wood? Hmm... it didn't look yellow before the tung oil was applied. It looked more like a piece of oak or something. The color really depends on how you let the light hit it - you get shades of gold, orange and reddish brown. It's pretty cool how it does that!

[Doug_H]

Cool!

[John Lyons]

Here are a few I have built


This is a pedal shell chadd sent me actually. I finished it with about 6 coats of shellac and a fews coats of spray laquer and buffed out.


This one is made of 100+ year old American chestnut. Craig anderton ring modulator


ABS plastic pipe caps. I sanded and polished these to from 80 to 1500 grit and then buffed to get the gloss. "Bobtavia" and "Octave up sick box"


White oak burnt and stained with Gilsonite roofing tar. It's a "rebote 2" delay


Chestnut and walnut bottom 2 band parametric EQ and a LPB 2. Had to use those huge LEDs at Radio Shack!


"Firefly" from ax84.com site. Spruce wood.

About the ung oil mentioned in earlier posts: Pure tung oil is fairly hard to get unless you oerder from woodworking mailorder houses etc.
Formby's tung oil is mostly varnish with a little tun oil in the blend. ung ouil dries slow, about 3 days or more. he formby's tung oil dries overnight.. It's nice stuff but not Pure tung oil.
Minwax fast drying polyurethane dries pretty fast and is the best way to go I have found. Sand between each coat and buff out afterwards with steel wool and you can get a nice finish that isn't a plastic looking shell. There are more complicated ways to get an even nicer authentic looking finish but Minwax poly is the easiest.

You can see these and more pedals and amps at mysite www.mrdwab.com/john

[jimmy54]

Basicaudio, those are some damn fine looking pedals.  More like works of art than something to stomp yer foot on.  Do you sell any enclosures?

Chad, how much would the price be for shipping to the UK?

Cheers

[John Lyons]

Jimmy54

I sell them yes. Although the Pedal on the weed pictured above is CHadd Hamilton's design ( he sent me this one to check out) , I just made a couple small changes and finished it myself. All the others are my design...

Please email me basicaudiowv AT earthlink.net

the web site is www.mrdwab.com/john

Thanks for the compliments. I spend a lot of time on them and it's nice that it's not all for nothing.
John

[Paul Marossy]

I remember seeing your wood effects/amps Basicaudio. That's kind of what inspired me to finally get around to doing mine. 

[John Lyons]

Argh! remind me to use the spell check next time...

Paul , thanks for the kind words... I've been to your site a few times thinking...dang!

I was just down in the shop cutting out some rough blanks for some cherry wood pedals. We had a few trees fall over last year from all the storms. Sad to see them down but I have some nice wood to make things from! Trying a few new ideas here.

John

[Rick]

Very nice box, and work overall. My second thought after admiring the wood was better knobs also. I like Ragtime's suggestions (cream, silver, or a nice anodized black aluminum, ( gold would look elegant on this box also - it is very beautiful)) ! Do it justice I say harhar and you could probably get > $500 on E-Bay for something of this excellence. ...Rick

[Paul Marossy]

I think a black anodized aluminum might look good as well. Or maybe some all black ones kind of like what are on Z. Vex pedals. Anyhow, I spent most of my evening last night rearranging my pedalboard to make room for it. I hate it when I have to rearrange my pedalboard, it's not much fun. But... it was worth it. 

[John Lyons]

Wood knobs would (pun) look good on this too. Plus they tend to sound better!
Maybe you could build a lathe Paul and turn your own wood knobs...DIY!
Feeling punchy here...

John

[343 Salty Beans]

  those look SLICK, man.

I love the classy vive those things give off. Very posh

But in all seriousness, that is really nice. Sweet job.

[Paul Marossy]

Hmm.... wood knobs would be cool.  Unfortunately, I don't think I could do a very good job on those - don't have the right tools. 

[343 Salty Beans]

I personally think that gold knobs would be very classy.

Or maybe find a way to rust up some silver ones...put em in a cup of coke for a few weeks? NIce, antiqued look.

[Paul Marossy]

It would be hard to make my knobs rust, they're aluminum. You could use the same technique that model builders use to make armor models look rusted I suppose. I'll find the right knobs, eventually. 

[John Lyons]

The cream Davies knobs from small bear would be nice. Or the black ones of the same shape. Mouser has those as well I think...

If anyone is interested in the wood pedals I make, please email me with what you want.
I have made a few of the ones shown above. I can make them any size. 

I'm making 2 right now for Jimmy54. One that is 10x6 for three pedals in one, basically a multi effects pedal, and one that is the same as the rebote delay above.

basicaudiowv AT earthlink DOT net
Examples here: http://www.mrdwab.com/john

thanks

John

[Paul Marossy]

OK, it's on my pedalboard now, next to one of my favorites. 



Somehow the cream knobs don't seem to attractive to me. I think I m gravitating more towards some kind of black knobs. 

[343 Salty Beans]

If you can find some copper knobs, they would get ALL nastied up and look very vintage. Or just some older (or different material) knobs...just my personal opinion, but some rusted knobs on a wood box would look very vintage, and certainly original...I guess the biggest problem with that plan is that the switch would be too contrasted, since rusting it = it not working .