Exp Anon Space-Time Continuum Delay Housing

[jacobyjd]

Hey guys, I figured I'd post this over here as well, if for nothing else than to encourage everyone with the knowledge that it IS possible to drill an enclosure accurately without a drill press. This is Colin's Space-Time Continuum Lo-Fi Delay board that I'm housing in a 1790 enclosure. The board is a little long to actually fit in the box, and I'm working on an additional aluminum plate to cover the wall of the box that I removed to make it fit.

I'm doing all this with one corded power drill and a 1/4" round file. all the peripheral components are PCB-mounted

-from the experimentalists anonymous message board---

Here are some more pics of my progress:

First, here's a shot of the pots and board installed (I'm starting to get a little freaked out at how accurately everything is fitting...). I drilled the holes for the pots exactly to size, then for any that didn't fit just right, I chucked a fine, round file in my drill and ran it through a few times until the pots' threaded bushings all fit.


Ok, you can see here how the jacks extend out a little (the nuts and plastic washers are screwed in snugly in this shot). It looks like I won't have to use any extra screws/bolts to fashion the plate I'm making onto this face of the box--the jack nuts will do the job.


Here's a closeup of how deeply the board fits in the box. I'm stoked that i remembered to check the clearance between the bottoms of the pots and the tops of the jacks before I did any cutting.


I got the jacks just short of flush with the side of the box--you can see the detail in this shot. I didn't want to sand through any traces on the board because that freaks me out (The wires added to the board came with it, in case anyone else's is different).


I should get a chance to fabricate the aluminum plate for the front of the box tomorrow, at which point I'll find a way to ground the board to the box. That's my last step before paint and finish (which are still undecided).

If nothing else, this was worth the learning experience...Colin was right--it's a pain to fit it in this box, but it's possible to do without breaking any traces.

[AzzR]

Nice work. Feel like posting some clips.

I dunno if there is any on EA yet, havn't been over for a while.

-Azza