Road Rage enclosures arrived today....

[danielzink]

Just thought I'd share - in case anyone was wondering.

I ordered one each of the Road Rage enclosures last week.

Very sturdy enclosures. The fit is awesome - you have to really work to seperate the two box halves.

The large box:






The smaller box:






The "Road Case":

I'm not sure about this one (my own opinion). The appearance is very cool - but maybe more of a "novelty". The box has a lot of pop rivets holding it together. It seems quite sturdy right now - I just wonder how it will hold up to being stomped upon.







The trio:




Dan

[ambulancevoice]

The "Road Case":

It seems quite sturdy right now - I just wonder how it will hold up to being stomped upon.


Dan

find out

[soggybag]

How big are those? What type of box are using for comparison?

[andrew_k]

Wow, they look really good.

Prices?

[Nitefly182]

Wow, they look really good.

Prices?

I bought three of the large enclosures and they are definitely very very well made. About $15 each with shipping to the US.

A few things:

They are very thick - 3 mm which is about a third thicker than a hammond box. Some parts like LED bezels may or may not fit as well depending on what size you use.
Drilling - This aluminum is a different grade and a different manufacturing technique from a hammond box. That means any hole you drill leaves a big flare of exit wound material that needs to be filed away. The drilled out material also has a tendency to become spaghetti instead of little flakes so after every hole youll have a huge string of orbiting shrapnel on your drill bit that will need to be pulled off.

They are very cool enclosures still. I built a simple TS into one the other day and it was a little easier than a hammond box but It sort of forces you to put the jacks on the back of the pedal which Im not sure I like.

[earthtonesaudio]

... a huge string of orbiting shrapnel on your drill bit that will need to be pulled off.

Yikes.  That sounds like it could cause some damage.  Try drilling like you would with a drill press: press, then ease up, then press, then ease up, etc.  That cuts the chip down to a smaller size.  Unless you like razor sharp strands of metal twirling around your hands at 2500 rpm.


As for the "exit wound..."
Get a deburring tool:
http://toolmonger.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/post-snapondeburring.jpg

[Nitefly182]

... a huge string of orbiting shrapnel on your drill bit that will need to be pulled off.

Yikes.  That sounds like it could cause some damage.  Try drilling like you would with a drill press: press, then ease up, then press, then ease up, etc.  That cuts the chip down to a smaller size.  Unless you like razor sharp strands of metal twirling around your hands at 2500 rpm.


As for the "exit wound..."
Get a deburring tool:
http://toolmonger.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/12/post-snapondeburring.jpg

Yeah the strands of metal did get to a diameter of about 1 foot once but I dont think they would do anything that bad. When you turn off the drill press they were little toucher than a piece of wire. I would think going up and down with the drill press would wear out the bits faster. It would also make remembering how far down on the sep bit I was. Oh also, these are almost thicker than the width of steps on a unibit so its much more difficult to feel the steps passing as you drill.

[earthtonesaudio]

When I went through my metal shop training that's how they taught me to drill.  I think the main reason is that it's easier on the bits.  But one piece of sage wisdom my instructor gave me was that, in general, the bits of shrapnel or (chips) should not stick to the part you're working on.  If they are sticking to the part, you're working too fast.

[Ed G.]

They are very cool enclosures still. I built a simple TS into one the other day and it was a little easier than a hammond box but It sort of forces you to put the jacks on the back of the pedal which Im not sure I like.

I like jacks on the back of the enclosure. You can put your pedals much closer together and save pedalboard real estate.

[Nitefly182]

They are very cool enclosures still. I built a simple TS into one the other day and it was a little easier than a hammond box but It sort of forces you to put the jacks on the back of the pedal which Im not sure I like.

I like jacks on the back of the enclosure. You can put your pedals much closer together and save pedalboard real estate.

But if you aren't using george L cable your cables stick up in the air or you have to use long straight jacks. I prefer jacks on the sides in 75% of my pedals.