Show me your 1590A enclosures/pedals...

[Cozybuilder]

Theres a lot to be said for simple elegance. Very nice job, its something to be proud of.

[pickdropper]

Theres a lot to be said for simple elegance. Very nice job, its something to be proud of.

I agree.  I think it looks great.

[Marcos - Munky]

Guys your build are just incredible!
Here is my first 1590A one, just to lower a bit the level of this thread 



It is a simple LPB1 boost with a "homemade" (well "homedesigned" would be better, Osh Park made) PCB.
I am not really mastering the art of 1590A builds yet!

I really liked this one!

[Quarterflip]

Love that! Looks super clean. Is that plate engraved or painted?

[bluebunny]

Very neat.  And those wide-open spaces!      You could park a bus in there...   

[Groovenut]

My latest Delay build

[mfunky]

Nice... Deep Blue Delay?

[Groovenut]

Nice... Deep Blue Delay?

Thanks!

Based on Merlin's Short Time delay

[peterg]

Lawrence - very nice! How do you do your graphics?

[Groovenut]

Lawrence - very nice! How do you do your graphics?

For the polished aluminum pedals, I acid etch. For the powder coated pedals I do waterslide decals.

[peterg]

Thanks!

[287m]

hello Groovenut
can you explain the easiest way to drill square hole?
thanks

[Groovenut]

hello Groovenut
can you explain the easiest way to drill square hole?
thanks

The easiest way is to have a machine shop use a CNC machine to do so. However, the pedals I build I make by hand and as such I drill the largest possible hole to remain less than the dimensions of the DC jack. I then use a square file to make the square hole to the size of the DC jack. With a bit of practice, I have become quite fast at doing them.

Some time ago I contacted a few machine shops about building a broaching tool to make it easier but they were unable to make the tool I had designed. I need to search out a few more shops I think.

[davent]

hello Groovenut
can you explain the easiest way to drill square hole?
thanks

The easiest way is to have a machine shop use a CNC machine to do so. However, the pedals I build I make by hand and as such I drill the largest possible hole to remain less than the dimensions of the DC jack. I then use a square file to make the square hole to the size of the DC jack. With a bit of practice, I have become quite fast at doing them.

Some time ago I contacted a few machine shops about building a broaching tool to make it easier but they were unable to make the tool I had designed. I need to search out a few more shops I think.

Everyone needs one of these.

[Groovenut]

I have seen those prior, great tool.

However, I dont think they make one that does rectangular holes 

[Groovenut]

Here's another I finished this morning

LPD DTK Drive overdrive booster

[davent]

Another beauty!

Now it's one thing to file a squared hole... but to to get it laid out so precisely to accommodate the board mounted jack and everything else is, i think, the greater feat. Nicely, nicely done, looks perfect!

dave

[Hatredman]

Masterpiece.

[Groovenut]

Thank you gentlemen for the kind words   

I have found there is a kind of pedal building Murphy's Law that states,

The more perfectly ideal the exterior of the pedal, the higher the chances you will completely @#$% it up in assembly 

I cannot overstate how paranoid i was during the assembly phase of this pedal

I am very happy it's complete and the pics are taken. From here on out for this pedal, it's all character building injuries 

[Groovenut]

Not to bombard with my builds but here's another. Simple but I like it 

LPD Shiboru Compressor based on Merlin's Engineers Thumb. I altered a few values. I always wanted more makeup gain so I changed that and shortened the release time to make it sound more natural to my ears. Great compressor design!