OCD clone, 2 drive channels
(https://40.media.tumblr.com/4a4252640a15a93924e6de67937aff7b/tumblr_nxmog9pZ6D1uly7eqo1_1280.jpg)
FuManchu fuzz, 2 gain channels
(http://41.media.tumblr.com/b3cccabe2a70263bafa330b5ebabd915/tumblr_nxmovy6ec01uly7eqo1_1280.jpg)
very nice, jez. what's that stripey wood?
and finally, a place for wooden posts.
Quote from: duck_arse on November 11, 2015, 10:31:55 AM
very nice, jez. what's that stripey wood?
and finally, a place for wooden posts.
Don't wooden posts usually go in the ground?
I'll set em up, you knock em down!
The first one is a burl of some sort (the veneers I got were unsorted and unlabeled)
The second one is zebrawood (again, best guess)
I used some old metal letter stamps my grandpa had to strike the letters and painted them in white. The black letters are just sharpie and stencil.
Very DIY, but adds to the 'barn' aesthetic.
Just ordered a stamp with my logo so I can logo up the wooden pedals.
Quote from: jez79 on November 10, 2015, 09:19:36 PM
(http://41.media.tumblr.com/b3cccabe2a70263bafa330b5ebabd915/tumblr_nxmovy6ec01uly7eqo1_1280.jpg)
I almost bought a zebrawood telecaster about a week ago that would have matched this perfectly 8)
Both great looking pedals.
Great looking pedal. Now, some wooden knobs? And clear stomp washers?
I've built a couple. This one is a Maestro FZ1S clone
(http://i756.photobucket.com/albums/xx206/storyboards27/Mobile%20Uploads/EDB7EB99-6091-4B2C-AF37-25029895B0A7_zpsgsr2pa4b.jpg)
Red oak sides, and the metal top was cut from the casing of an old busted rack power amp.
And then this one is a Coloursound One-Knob Fuzz clone
(http://i756.photobucket.com/albums/xx206/storyboards27/Screen%20Shot%202015-11-11%20at%2012.52.11%20PM_zpsgqzoumrc.png)
Poplar left over from a guitar body. Just hollowed out from the bottom.
(http://i756.photobucket.com/albums/xx206/storyboards27/Mobile%20Uploads/1AACD7EB-87E6-4914-AEB1-CA23D9855813_zpsyozbnwbk.jpg)
Quote from: jez79 on November 10, 2015, 09:19:36 PM
(https://40.media.tumblr.com/4a4252640a15a93924e6de67937aff7b/tumblr_nxmog9pZ6D1uly7eqo1_1280.jpg)
I thought these letters looked burnt. maybe you could heat those stampers, and brand the buggers! head-em up!
Quote from: storyboardist on November 11, 2015, 12:55:16 PM
(http://oi756.photobucket.com/albums/xx206/storyboards27/Mobile%20Uploads/EDB7EB99-6091-4B2C-AF37-25029895B0A7_zpsgsr2pa4b.jpg)
for some reason, this disturbingly reminds me of an old school desk.
Quote from: duck_arse on November 12, 2015, 09:44:21 AM
for some reason, this disturbingly reminds me of an old school desk.
Maybe the fact that you've sat on it..?? :icon_wink:
For my beloved down_under friend..
(a semi-wooden modern school desk..) :icon_wink:
(http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah252/antonis_a/30052014079_S_zpsikismzdn.jpg)
(http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah252/antonis_a/30052014080_S_zpsijorrbzn.jpg)
(http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah252/antonis_a/30052014082_S_zpsip2yusmj.jpg)
(http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah252/antonis_a/30052014083_S_zpsvo4dfu4o.jpg)
is that plank-bent plank-plank aluminium construction? one of yours, antonis? nice csk's, and well covered.
also, wood.
Quote from: duck_arse on November 12, 2015, 10:40:22 AM
is that plank-bent plank-plank aluminium construction? one of yours, antonis?
Yeapp...
(previous one was completely wooden but it had a "stomping" accident.. :icon_biggrin: )
antonis, I won't call you an elephant, but what kind of screws are those in yr plank build?
(things like "what kind of screws did antonis use in his heavy-plate box?" worry me at odd times of the day. I do need to get out more often.)
Recent builds:
OCD clone (Aion PCB)
(https://41.media.tumblr.com/1c2a54b68716516dd6bb327b1b4f1cae/tumblr_nza0j8hbGz1uly7eqo5_540.jpg)
EA tremolo clone (trem on/off switch for boost function, LED pulses at trem rate)
(https://41.media.tumblr.com/29e8048bec8be4395eed12eafbdaf31d/tumblr_nza0j8hbGz1uly7eqo2_540.jpg)
Kay tremolo clone (choppy sound, LED pulses at trem ratre)
(https://40.media.tumblr.com/3730d9b72e1b8392745c96f41645e29d/tumblr_nza0j8hbGz1uly7eqo1_540.jpg)
modded FX25 clone
(https://40.media.tumblr.com/7d1893816fd41a77e1aa7ea9638ed916/tumblr_nza0j8hbGz1uly7eqo4_540.jpg)
Aion Lumin (sonic maximizer workalike)
(https://40.media.tumblr.com/e8d40eac72009f1152544c2eb5314e88/tumblr_nza0j8hbGz1uly7eqo3_540.jpg)
I made all my pedals with wooden enclosure... But i painted it for seems metal. Your enclosures is too cool!
the add fuzz, from this thread, with essential mods.
http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=577.0
(http://i.imgur.com/TDrPYwP.jpg)
a simple thing, but only for the die-hards. not a spectacular performer, but it does improve greatly with the additon of a bazz, for instance. the choice of transistor sets the overall mood, the tone is set by the choice of output cap.
(http://i.imgur.com/xKeq4P1.jpg)
this build features a 3AX31C (thanks, itg63!), a pre 1980 CA741, and due to a lack of poles, the Ge millenium bypass, threaded elsewhere.
(http://i.imgur.com/Gn1Wl0B.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/XZhNTM2.jpg)
the wood is/are stressed case members, [sniff] not just dress panels [/sniff]. so, stictly speaking, not being "wood finish", another wrong threaded. though blonde, I call that jarrah; the red wood it sits on is jarrah, deffo. finish is (still a bit sticky/smelly) linseed in turps.
(http://i.imgur.com/Yz6VkFK.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/TSQYRWQ.jpg)
for completeness, this is the same box when it was going to be a samhay optical compresser.
thanks for looking.
More than one way to skin a cat. It looks like you have literally too Duck Arse.
It has a bit of a Billy Gibbons feel to it.
Well done.
Only an Aussie would do such a thing.
:icon_evil: :icon_rolleyes:
DA-
People talk about fuzzes sounding organic- well I think you nailed it with this one. Can't wait to see that lizard skinned creation!
Quote from: Cozybuilder on March 04, 2016, 11:17:02 AM
DA-
People talk about fuzzes sounding organic- well I think you nailed it with this one. Can't wait to see that lizard skinned creation!
That should be one cold blooded fuzz! :icon_mrgreen:
Didn't Basic Audio already do a lizard skin? I know they've come out with some pretty snazzy enclosures.
I'll skin that cat and still end up with the bloody fleas!
thanks fella's, but don't listen to cozy, there is no lizard. well, a bluetounge in the backyard.
I thought I'd wrecked the side panels by taking too much wood while shaping. when I put em with the bare metal, they looked pretty good, an nice form and line. then the fluff arrived ...... goodbye sleek lines.
Someone from Texas might be able to help out (JDansti?) with a unique armored pelt, often found along the roadways there. I'm betting you could make something fantastic with it. :icon_twisted:
after dealing with that fluff, I think I'm up to the task; send me Trump's head, I'll do summink w/ his "hair".
Quote from: antonis on November 12, 2015, 10:34:01 AM
(http://i1382.photobucket.com/albums/ah252/antonis_a/30052014082_S_zpsip2yusmj.jpg)
Ephemeral Government: The Hellenic Democracy
Another good name for a pedal.
I posted these over in the pictures forum, but thought it might be appropriate to double post in here as well?
Made a few pedal boxes out of black walnut. They're overdrives - i think the topography gives away which overdrives...
(https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t34.0-12/12064398_10153488648552816_600758235_n.jpg?oh=2299e79c11615a6cf13a4245dda2e3d5&oe=56F1BCB2)
(https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t34.0-12/12596391_10153488642052816_719788781_n.jpg?oh=ab70290a24315855cb7382d751d274f4&oe=56F1B943)
(https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xap1/v/t34.0-12/12527781_10153488642022816_719689546_n.jpg?oh=41b1b22af9c459f9ad1210f4c87dbafd&oe=56F1B735)
Quote from: Unlikekurt on March 20, 2016, 06:11:22 PM
They're overdrives - i think the topography gives away which overdrives...
(https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t34.0-12/12064398_10153488648552816_600758235_n.jpg?oh=2299e79c11615a6cf13a4245dda2e3d5&oe=56F1BCB2)
Combination of the topography and the choice of knobs 8) Really great looking builds though.
ahh, geeze, like I needed two more reasons to stop making pedals. those are something special.
These are my wood enclosured pedals called HUMBOLDT PEDALS
(http://fuse.cl/img/humboldt22.jpg)
(http://fuse.cl/img/humboldt25.jpg)
DEMOS:
WEB:
http://humboldtpedals.com/
this is my guzz fase. it has wooden end-covers.
(http://i.imgur.com/NKqR9T7.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/7J9bkAc.jpg)
there is more pics, including the all important guts, in this here bukkett:
http://imgur.com/a/XH0eZ
and a note to the stylemeisters: you are all off the list, it's just nathan from now on. (see his webpage for why.)
[edit :] from this thread: http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=111894.0
Very nice work Stephen. I'm defo off the list.
Really i very good work. Now you can delete from the list too, oh big master of the style. 8)
Hello,
here's my "Woodface", a Fuzz Face-clone with some mods...
Glued a bookmatched veneer on it.
(http://forum.musikding.de/cpg/albums/userpics/17258/Woodface_3.jpg)
(http://forum.musikding.de/cpg/albums/userpics/17258/Woodface_2.jpg)
Greetings
Magnus
So many cool builds here!
The Woodface is beautiful Magnus!
Many moons ago (2006?) I built a sweepable band pass filter with a switchable schottkey diode for an old-time radio effect. I can't remember which forum member etched my boards and which one did the enclosures but I did a small run and they turned out super nice. Wish I would have kept one.
(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d88/smellymonkeybutt/vintageradiosimulator1.jpg)
(http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d88/smellymonkeybutt/loinside1.jpg)
it's always nice to have wood, eh.
Ha! That cat fuzz is pretty funny. The OCD clone is really nicely executed. Looks great and I bet it sounds awesome.
back when we moved into this house in the 60's, there was a gum tree growing in the chook-yard, which blew down (the tree, not the chook house) in a storm sometime early 80's. it seems my old man had select logs "run through a saw", which were then left under the house to season, for what future use I don't know.
skip ahead to late last year, my sister is looking for woody things to throw out before the termites can eat them, and she finds the last usable sized log under the house. which I then rescue, saying you can't chuck that, I'll build something from it.
(http://i.imgur.com/T79Uk70.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/E4yKMB6.jpg)
so I did - a Bosstone fuzz, Nashville version. here it is (sitting on the planks it was cut from), a chunk of gum stuck in a cut-down Horwood aluminium extrusion, oiled with turps and linseed, airbrushed w/ acrylics, styled by Larry and Mike of the "second style council". (undetectably wedged in three different places) it came out looking ok, if somewhat unspectacular, even sounds pretty good. if I was paid per fcuk-up, I'd be rich just from this one build.
those wishing to see the guts mess and some more pics can follow through to the imgur page.
http://imgur.com/a/o165x
Gum fun and knob robbery!
Quote from: duck_arse on June 08, 2017, 10:53:42 AM
back when we moved into this house in the 60's, there was a gum tree growing in the chook-yard, which blew down (the tree, not the chook house) in a storm sometime early 80's. it seems my old man had select logs "run through a saw", which were then left under the house to season, for what future use I don't know.
skip ahead to late last year, my sister is looking for woody things to throw out before the termites can eat them, and she finds the last usable sized log under the house. which I then rescue, saying you can't chuck that, I'll build something from it.
(http://i.imgur.com/T79Uk70.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/E4yKMB6.jpg)
so I did - a Bosstone fuzz, Nashville version. here it is (sitting on the planks it was cut from), a chunk of gum stuck in a cut-down Horwood aluminium extrusion, oiled with turps and linseed, airbrushed w/ acrylics, styled by Larry and Mike of the "second style council". (undetectably wedged in three different places) it came out looking ok, if somewhat unspectacular, even sounds pretty good. if I was paid per fcuk-up, I'd be rich just from this one build.
those wishing to see the guts mess and some more pics can follow through to the imgur page.
http://imgur.com/a/o165x
Beautiful build. That enclosure is fantastic!
thanks, sofa - what you can hide is what you can get away with, I find.
Stunning pedal, mate. Nice story, too.
thanks, Marc, the nephews are arguing as to "who should get it" now.
looking for a photo of the actual tree in action, I found more about dad's uses of. the thick scabby bark peels off in a sheet, and he was shaping it with some plactic'd wire to make stag horn holders. which he hung all around the house. now only one left.
Quote from: duck_arse on June 08, 2017, 10:53:42 AM
back when we moved into this house in the 60's, there was a gum tree growing in the chook-yard, which blew down (the tree, not the chook house) in a storm sometime early 80's. it seems my old man had select logs "run through a saw", which were then left under the house to season, for what future use I don't know.
skip ahead to late last year, my sister is looking for woody things to throw out before the termites can eat them, and she finds the last usable sized log under the house. which I then rescue, saying you can't chuck that, I'll build something from it.
(http://i.imgur.com/T79Uk70.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/E4yKMB6.jpg)
so I did - a Bosstone fuzz, Nashville version. here it is (sitting on the planks it was cut from), a chunk of gum stuck in a cut-down Horwood aluminium extrusion, oiled with turps and linseed, airbrushed w/ acrylics, styled by Larry and Mike of the "second style council". (undetectably wedged in three different places) it came out looking ok, if somewhat unspectacular, even sounds pretty good. if I was paid per fcuk-up, I'd be rich just from this one build.
those wishing to see the guts mess and some more pics can follow through to the imgur page.
http://imgur.com/a/o165x
Hey old Duck! Pretty build! Beautiful, really awesome!
I see.
That is nice Stephen.
Love it.
thanks, kipper, and gio awesome.
That is a stunningly clean build! Great job. The attention to detail is spectacular.
"what's the delay?" I hear you all scream. well it's the soffit, seeing as you asked. actually Merlin's small-time, but seeing as my slanty bend actually has a soffit, I called it "soffit".
(http://i.imgur.com/lJGqM6p.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/mlZohe8.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/wM0ELIn.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/mgl5NUJ.jpg)
I didn't even know what a soffit was until Sir Mike told me about them, and now I have one. the wood panels impart no acoustic properties, they cover the ends, glued on.
(http://i.imgur.com/jt7YFwL.jpg)
special thanks to the now disbanded first style council, who chose the brown over the green. oh, well, better luck next time fellas. extra special thanks to cozy, for the extra small parts, which took away my excuse for not being able to do it. now I have done it, I won't need to do it again.
and the delay pot works the correct way, turn clockwise equals longer delay. well, that's what I tell myself, anyway.
more picture, including the innards in progress, in the bukket:
http://imgur.com/a/841eP
[edit :] happy birthday Sir Mike.
Good looking work Mr. Duck. I had heard of soffitts before but until your post I had no idea how to spell it :P
It's like a little bed for your knobs and such. Wooden headboard and footboard, with a nice plush comforter. Got a little 3-knob action going, and I think the footswitch just likes to watch.
Working on my first wooden pedal, in cherry:
(http://i.imgur.com/BWh3q4Dl.jpg)
Definitely taking extra time and being extra careful with measuring and drilling because "wood filler to the rescue!" would be such a terrible fate. Just one hole so far. This will eventually be my Theremin fuzz build.
Quote from: EBK on February 17, 2018, 07:56:27 AM
(http://i.imgur.com/BWh3q4Dl.jpg)
Is that a build from scratch? Or is there a place that sells pedal-sized wooden enclosures that nobody told me about? Looks amazing either way 8)
Quote from: vigilante397 on February 17, 2018, 01:05:30 PM
Is that a build from scratch? Or is there a place that sells pedal-sized wooden enclosures that nobody told me about? Looks amazing either way 8)
That box is available thanks to those DIY vaping people using the same size enclosures as we do. I bought it from berkshireboxmods.com. In addition to cherry, they also have mahogany and walnut/oak, all in "B" and "G" sizes. Very nicely made with a CNC machine of some sort. The lid fits snugly and seamlessly. If you buy one, make sure you remember to add the magnets to your cart (no screws). I'm quite happy with this one.
Quote from: EBK on February 17, 2018, 02:24:34 PM
That box is available
Damn, I was really hoping it would be a scratch build so I had an excuse not to buy a dozen of them and re-box all of the pedals on my board into tasty wood boxes :( Oh well, here comes the credit card...
here we have the Don Burke All Stars, my overwrought magnavibe-a-like. wood is from our chookyard gum.
(https://i.imgur.com/yTqUITB.jpg)
it has dual range osc w/ mosfet pso, 3 position Lyman switch, jfet phase section, and gain make-up stage.
(https://i.imgur.com/T4iR61G.jpg)
I asked my customer, an ex-pat murcan, 'which of these to cover a swirly pedal', and he said "...Green Stars, like Don Burke before the sexual harassment accusations, look like the dark side of an American movement." hence the green and the name. he also chose a purple knob, so the black one is now gone.
(https://i.imgur.com/42GBcST.jpg)
the star-hole (a bit like Don) is dual purpose indicator, flashes red at osc rate, then adds white when in un-bypass.
(https://i.imgur.com/g7dxbTX.jpg)
anyone interested in guts or circuit dias or cats can look here:
https://imgur.com/a/AE9uo
[edit :] oh, and if anyone ever sees me doing another 1590A-a-like bendy, get a gun, and shoot me.
NOOOOO!
We cant shoot you, cause we play guitar, not Nintendo Duck Hunt.
So that baby not wrapped in paper anymore then?
the paper has to come off at some stage, febri, otherwise we'll never see the finish.
Quote from: duck_arse on April 06, 2018, 10:35:19 AM
anyone interested in guts . . . can look here:
I looked. Kinnell. :icon_eek:
I looked too. Pretty sure that smaller electro is supposed to be a Cheech.
I'm declaring this Theremin fuzz done. If I don't, I am afraid that it will be the only pedal I build all year.
(http://i.imgur.com/RjP0AtCl.jpg)
Nice one Eric. The led surround works well and I like the chrome 9v socket
Are those washers touching, at the DC and output jacks? Cuz if they are, well it could matter...
When do we get a sound clip? I don't know what a theremin fuzz is.
Quote from: thermionix on April 11, 2018, 06:26:40 PM
Are those washers touching, at the DC and output jacks? Cuz if they are, well it could matter...
When do we get a sound clip? I don't know what a theremin fuzz is.
The washers are carefully
not touching. :icon_wink: I also had to carefully remove some of my copper shielding to accommodate.
As for sound, I'll take a shortcut and point you to Freppo's demo (the circuit is his design):
This circuit is definitely more on the "fun" end of the fun-useful spectrum.
Wild. Now I'm wondering how much of the weee-uuuuu-weee-uuuu is being controlled by the guitar, and how much is oscillations in the pedal circuitry or whatever.
It's pretty much all in the pedal, but it takes some time to get the feel of it (which means some of the control is in the guitar too, I suppose). As you change pitch, the circuit reacts in a semi-sluggish way, trying to track the frequency (it is PLL-based). There is a lot of overshoot and ripple in the oscillator frequency as it tracks, which gives it that sort of slurring vibrato effect. As the note rings out, eventually the oscillator frequency will return to zero and go silent (like a gating effect).
now it's my turn to say "I didn't think you were serious" when you said 'huge hole filling DC jack' in another thread, cause I see you found one. it's a nice looking thing*.
* [something about knobs - edited out]
Quote from: EBK on April 11, 2018, 06:34:07 PM
This circuit is definitely more on the "fun" end of the fun-useful spectrum.
As are several of Freppo's designs :P Nothing wrong with that though. I showed my Into the Unknown to a friend once and his response was "I don't know when I would ever use this onstage, but I still feel like I could play with this for hours and never get sick of it."
Quote from: duck_arse on April 12, 2018, 11:04:38 AM
now it's my turn to say "I didn't think you were serious" when you said 'huge hole filling DC jack' in another thread, cause I see you found one. it's a nice looking thing*.
* [something about knobs - edited out]
I still had to add a washer to that jack to make it work, but, yeah, it was a lucky find.
On the subject of knobs, I was dangerously close to spending over $40 on two knobs for this pedal. :icon_eek: :icon_biggrin: Spend enough time looking at this guy's page, and you'll soon be ready to buy expensive knobs too (and be sure to look at the customization options): http://www.dknob.com/index.html
Quote from: EBK on April 12, 2018, 12:12:26 PM
http://www.dknob.com/index.html
Holy hell :icon_eek: I mean they look great, I'm a big fan of the burls, and I've always been a sucker for zebrawood. But holy hell :icon_eek:
Quote from: vigilante397 on April 12, 2018, 11:13:33 AM
"I don't know when I would ever use this onstage, but I still feel like I could play with this for hours and never get sick of it."
That's how I feel about an old MicroMoog, or a Fuzz Factory. Not 100% useful, but fun as hell to play with. Even more so after a couple of Duck's electros. (Slab of Vic will get you nowhere)
I have one very usable setting (stab=10, gain=6, comp=6, volume=wherever, then turn up the gate until right where the oscillating stops) I like on the fuzz factory and I never adjust it ever, but I would generally agree.
Seems the FF has a trillion sounds. Some are bad, many are awesome. Bad part for me is once I find something really cool, it's pretty difficult to find again later. Sometimes it's fun just to turn the knobs while someone else is playing through it.
Quote from: thermionix on April 12, 2018, 02:36:07 PM
Quote from: vigilante397 on April 12, 2018, 11:13:33 AM
"I don't know when I would ever use this onstage, but I still feel like I could play with this for hours and never get sick of it."
That's how I feel about an old MicroMoog, or a Fuzz Factory. Not 100% useful, but fun as hell to play with. Even more so after a couple of Duck's electros. (Slab of Vic will get you nowhere)
get me nowhere? we are talking bogans here, therm, Vic is more than enough.
I highly recommend everyone watch this clip. all my cobbers will get all the references contained, the rest of you might need to consult your Gregory's, or UBD, maybe a Metway. [and that is Sterlo on the right in the bus.]
https://youtu.be/pQuIPDgYnh8
A paved track, Duck? You city boys are missing 75% of the fun!
Dig the pedal steel though. Very BR-549.
many of the finer points (mullets, 32's, dirt) are lost on us east of the district in question.
I'm glad you stayed with it to the pedal steel.
the dropbeers, my sub-octave. with prodding from Ben Lyman and circuit help from anotherjim. chookyard gum in a cut-up horwood extrusion. gain, fo and f/2 pots.
(https://i.imgur.com/dPQia2t.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/UeFSE4R.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/hHJs7XG.jpg)
it took a few turns from in-my-mind to in-my-hand, but that's wood, innit. let's you think you know what you're doing just long enough to keep you interested.
and for those brave souls that like to dig deeper, see nuts, bolts, lookie heah:
https://imgur.com/a/uC0SI
[edit :] small a'd jim.
Quote from: duck_arse on May 16, 2018, 10:55:38 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/dPQia2t.jpg)
My internet at work is being slow today but I just waited a solid three minutes for the like button to appear so I could like this. And damn, that cordwood layout. :icon_eek:
How did you create that arc around the stomp (is that one piece of wood, or did you stack two pieces)?
three minutes is too long, and I do often damn those layouts, believe me. and thanks for waiting.
one piece wood, thicknessed and curve/straights cut with the router. and sandpaper. first time I've used the pin-hole in the shoe.
I thought I'd posted pics of that cordboard build, but don't see them anywhere. he says this having deleted the originals from his drive this evening. back to imgur I go ....
Quote from: duck_arse on May 16, 2018, 10:55:38 AM
(https://i.imgur.com/dPQia2t.jpg)
Strewth, mate! How are us mortals supposed to keep up with that?? :icon_eek:
Dat's real damn purdy, Huck!
how rude of me ..... SPECIAL props to bluebunny, without whom's careful checking and vetting of my cordwood perf layouts, well, I'd get nothing at all built. so thanks blue.
(https://i.postimg.cc/gr7T3R8K/Deep-Blue-Book-Delay.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/gr7T3R8K)
My First (almost finished) build: PROJECT deep BLUE BOOK delay
(https://i.postimg.cc/sB363JC3/Magnus-Modulus-Cardboard.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/sB363JC3)
My second attempt, not finished yet:MAGNUS Avrilius Martius Junius Julius Augustus Cumulus Nimbus Paparus MODULUS . (no faceplate and knobs yet)
(https://i.postimg.cc/LYbNBKYs/Synth-Setup-1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/LYbNBKYs)
Theese and any other, are going to seat by the side of the Moog. (I'm going to need another shelf)
(https://i.postimg.cc/wyvwmTBP/The-Duo.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/wyvwmTBP)
The duo (so far) seating side by side. Immagine the Magnus looking like the Project Blue Book (OK its a Deep Blue Delay clone)
cardboard pedals go in a different thread. but the finger joints one can stay. very nice. and it will be a long time lettering that latin pedal, won't it?
It's just a temp for testing the geography of things. And yes that long latin name I think needs a box of its own to fit in ;)
Quote from: Costas on March 28, 2019, 07:07:56 PM
And yes that long latin name I think needs a box of its own to fit in ;)
The 1590BX2 is quite wide:
(http://www.bouron.org.uk/marc/bfx569.JPG)
Room for lots of words. :icon_biggrin:
here is the 409 distortion - a distortion + a-like, with clip select, anti-gain and top-cut.
(https://i.imgur.com/8HcfnGf.jpg)
this would have been finished a long time ago, except my original geegaw proved unbuildable. in the end, I just bent some wire. it was meant to look more like an atomic ray gun, but ended up looking like a '51 Nash Healey. or a '57 Nash Rambler.
(https://i.imgur.com/tWRAnEh.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/bpojRgc.jpg)
I'm just glad it's done and I don't have to think aboot it anymore. set-screw knobs on spline [cut down] shaft pots, nosing and standing too high, it has a batter snap, but there is not enough room for said batter. and bloody hell - I hate painting.
(https://i.imgur.com/HgUvCOG.jpg)
nice bit of pine floorboard Groomie found in an old terrace house. I had to cut around all the borer holes, but it has wonderful grain and depth and sparkle.
Very nicely done, mate. Something of the caped crusader about it. :icon_cool:
I love it duck, reminds me of a classic 50s car with a big grill and fins on the back. From the side view, looks like it wants to take off. Sweet!
Really sweet!
The fin-type sides is a nice find.
How do you close the bottom?
EK Holden.
(https://i.imgur.com/LoqC8l0.jpg)
jacks on vero w/ bits of mill bypass, switch and pots on veros, build on perf. the red leds look funny when lit - like devil's eyes.
wasn't going to post guts cause how hard it was to expose, but here see - there is an Al bracket in rebates either end, held w/ jax one end and geegaw/rivet the other end. the wood pinning [video cassette] screws pass thru as well. then a plain plank o' steel sits in those long rebates, screws, rubber non-slip gunk. bosh. brrmm.
last for the year for me. a superfuzz-a-like, with diode lift. oiled chookyard gum tree wood panels, bent computer steel, etc.
(https://i.imgur.com/Pk2kqhA.jpg)
let me tell you - when I saw them in the Rockby specials flyer, I said Woe-ooh, black bezels, bamm-bah lamb. and then it took 5 weeks for them to get here. from Melbourne. what a saga that was.
(https://i.imgur.com/DsHbd30.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/7timW9B.jpg)
the pink bits, now all safely hidden away. don't know why I put the batter snap, there is no way to open the case to get to it.
(https://i.imgur.com/IfCDagz.jpg)
Great job Stephen. Quality bending and a nice bit of wood what's not to like.
Sweet.
here's the outers goes with the pinks shown in the cordwood thread .....
a pixie shoes crackbox fuzz. used odd assortment of pulled/swapped old transistors, whatever else I could find to make it go together. I think it was Rutabga Bob put me onto the circuit originally - it has some pretty oarfull splutter/fart gating sounds, but there's also some stinging singing overtoning sustaining forevers to be had at the opposite end of the dials. the hi-pass tone control will produce the thickest mudd you've ever heard from a crackbox - dunno why they designed it so darkly.
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(https://i.imgur.com/5VtBdhz.jpg)
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prepared end is just furniture polished. crack end untreated, original dirt retained for mojo. dragonflies was as close as I had to pixies.
(https://i.imgur.com/1IA1nEG.jpg)
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wood is either grey box or yellow box - we aren't sure, I'm no expert. the guy told me he was cutting-up old fence posts on hizz property, so I asked him wot they was like inside, thinking 100 years in a field would season the wood pretty good. and so he looked, and ever since has been sending me bits of wood he's run thru his mill/plane tools.
one bit he sent was to show me the silver of the weathered exterior, so I stabilised the crack w/ glued cloth and battens, buzzzed it thinner w/ the router, jambed it in one end as the crack panel. the bit left over was size enough for the other end, so I made the mistake of buzzzing that bit thinner from the weathered face - the cracks are visibile as black lines on the polished end.
those holes might look misshapen and outta-round - that's because the cracks opened some under cutting-tool pressure, then relaxed back to not-round. that's my excuse. I give myself an F overall, cause one end sits nice flush and the other hangs way out. boo on measures and wood tools.
I got some awesome troubleshooting help the other day on my first visit to the forum, and someone (duck_arse) on that thread mentioned i should check out this thread on wooden enclosures. there are a bunch of great builds here! i'm excited to get connected with other woodworkers/pedal builders and will have to spend more time with earlier posts. already giving me some ideas...
Here are a few i've built recently...
(https://i.postimg.cc/rD47rGFR/20200204-102825.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/rD47rGFR)
(https://i.postimg.cc/xNb34RZK/20200204-102832.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/xNb34RZK)
(https://i.postimg.cc/H8Q7MPKP/20200207-132454.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/H8Q7MPKP)
Absolutely stunning work! Did you make the knobs yourself?
(Can I encourage you to get rid of the plastic washers without offending you?)
Thanks for the compliment!
And, ha, no offense at all. you're right: i need to ditch those plastic washers. i guess i was lazy and just put on what came with the switch. I'm going to go back into the thread and see what others use, but do you use regular metal washers? or the locking ones that come with the switch? or something else?
and, yeah, i made the knobs. it's kind of time consuming (what isn't?), but i make a whole bunch at a time so i've usually got some laying around for a project.
Quote from: mtdelcon on February 07, 2020, 03:33:07 PM
... but do you use regular metal washers? or the locking ones that come with the switch? or something else?
I use thin metal washers. I wouldn't use lock washers on the outside of an enclosure.
(http://www.bouron.org.uk/marc/bluebunny.jpg)
bluebunny is always watching. :icon_eek: :icon_razz:
Custom parametric mids EQ (Catalinbread VarioBoost clone) with soft touch switching in a one-off wooden/bent steel enclosure. Made it for a buddy and his band's name/logo is on the badge. The badge is 3D printed in resin and painted.
An in process shot:
(https://i.postimg.cc/yYCVBJzZ/IMG-9357.jpg)
Guts:
(https://i.postimg.cc/qMcp7kkZ/IMG-9364.jpg)
Finished:
(https://i.postimg.cc/nh0Zv094/IMG-9365.jpg)
(https://i.postimg.cc/Dw2nJt0f/IMG-9366.jpg)
I'm going to redo the name badge as the screw holes were just a bit off and made the lower edge bend upwards, not to mention gashing the lower line of text with a screwdriver. But he's excited to use and they're going into the studio in a few weeks, so hopefully it'll be a useful tool in that process. Here's their Spotify link if anyone fancies a listen: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6vHP2UiHTuZKRBVhtx2nFe (https://open.spotify.com/artist/6vHP2UiHTuZKRBVhtx2nFe)
A little soon for "Since 2019" innit?
Quote from: EBK on February 07, 2020, 05:52:12 PM
I use thin metal washers. I wouldn't use lock washers on the outside of an enclosure.
(http://www.bouron.org.uk/marc/bluebunny.jpg)
bluebunny is always watching. :icon_eek: :icon_razz:
I'd also make sure the locking notch on the footswitch faces south, but let's not go there... :icon_rolleyes:
Quote from: storyboardist on February 07, 2020, 05:59:13 PM
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Gorgeous! :icon_cool:
Quote from: bluebunny on February 08, 2020, 06:07:36 AM
I'd also make sure the locking notch on the footswitch faces south, but let's not go there... :icon_rolleyes:
Interesting. I happen to be a North Notchian.
(https://i.postimg.cc/rD47rGFR/20200204-102825.jpg)
how did you do the brickwork on this? also, a rundown on you wood types, please, and where did you find the stripey wood?
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this one has given me a few ideas.
Quote from: EBK on February 08, 2020, 06:53:21 AM
Interesting. I happen to be a North Notchian.
Aaaaaaagh!!! :o :o :o
Isn't that 'stripey wood' oak? Hardwood flooring in houses is oak...
Storyboardist used oak. But no oak in mtdelcon's builds. His "stripes" are maple, walnut(?), and...mahogany? The brick look could have been done with a router and stain, but the grains tell that these are individual blocks.
sorry i've been offline for a few days. crazy busy at work.
the three builds i posted use a combination of cherry, maple, and walnut. I'm not sure which you mean by the stripey wood.
to build the brick pattern, i first glued up three strips of cherry (the first two 1" thick, the third 1/2" thick) with two strips of maple (each 1/8" thick) in between (so 1" cherry, 1/8" maple, 1" cherry, 1/8" maple, 1/2" cherry). when that dried, i cut it into 5/8" slices along its width for a total of 6 slices, and then glued it back together, but flipping every other slice 180 degrees and gluing new 1/8" strips of maple in between each slice. it's easier to do than to explain, i suspect. the only hard part, which isn't necessary, but gives a cool effect of the "mortar" being inset, is to cut all of your 1/8" maple slices a little narrower than the cherry, so when you stand things up to glue, the cherry pieces sit proud of the maple pieces. just make sure you clean all the glue out of grooves made by the shorter maple pieces when the glue is wet cause you can't clean it out of the grooves (easily) after it's dried.
Let me know if that description is confusing. thanks for taking such an interest!
Quote from: mtdelcon on February 11, 2020, 07:18:56 PM
I'm not sure which you mean by the stripey wood.
stripey wood, you know, like striped paint.
Quote from: EBK on February 07, 2020, 05:52:12 PM
Quote from: mtdelcon on February 07, 2020, 03:33:07 PM
... but do you use regular metal washers? or the locking ones that come with the switch? or something else?
I use thin metal washers. I wouldn't use lock washers on the outside of an enclosure.
(http://www.bouron.org.uk/marc/bluebunny.jpg)
bluebunny is always watching. :icon_eek: :icon_razz:
I like the rounded washers this guy on reddit (bluffchill, maybe here?) uses: https://www.reddit.com/r/diypedals/comments/dvp9qg/my_first_stab_at_a_classic_fuzz_face/
Just look classier than flat ones imo.
https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F264299017399 (https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F264299017399)
the bottlebrush my mother planted outside the kitchen window has been a half-rotten stump this last 20 years at least. then the brush turkey came and scratched all the dirt from the roots, and my sister said pull it out. so I did, but had to cut it in half - and it seemed there was enough wood left, well, you know what happens next.
(https://i.imgur.com/tjVCOfZ.jpg)
the really cheap compressor, via cozybuilder and Ben Lyman.
(https://i.imgur.com/GTA3jFJ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/o6IIYaR.jpg)
the red bottlebrush Callistemon Endeavour is fairly ordinary looking brownish wood, but feels wonderful silky smooth when finished. easy to work, too.
(https://i.imgur.com/J7SuEAq.jpg)
sorry, no guts, but here is the early metalwork, showing the official fffactory okey dokey stamp, so you know it's good.
(https://i.imgur.com/jQTuoXF.jpg)
yes, jacaranda season again. also - it seems to me that by boosting the treble before compression, it increases the squash on the bass. mind, I have no use for a compressor, so it don't bother me. and if I really keep at this glued cloth malarky, I might, one day, come up with a set of corners I'm happy with.
xmas cancelled = pedal finished.
here see why you don't just decide to wedge and slope, just because. this misshapen lump is the poppersmill, an overdrive akin to the ROG peppermill. I had all the parts while I was waiting for other parts, so I just built it.
(https://i.imgur.com/OEcNwpR.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/4AzKPq6.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/3ZbdAG0.jpg)
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still can't identify that wood, but it is polished with beeswax. obligatory guts follow.
(https://i.imgur.com/oxAkjw6.jpg)
and NSW christmas bush, as a seasonal nod. thank you for your attention.
Quote from: duck_arse on December 25, 2020, 08:10:34 AM
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Dry clean only, presumably? Just planning now for when I spill beer on it.;)
SMDs on vero. Nice. :icon_cool:
Quote from: duck_arse on December 25, 2020, 08:10:34 AM
xmas cancelled = pedal finished..
By that reckoning, I should have finished building a house or five during "cancelled" 2020.
Nice piece of work as always. :icon_cool:
Quote from: duck_arse on December 25, 2020, 08:10:34 AM
an overdrive akin to the ROG peppermill
Next one in an actual peppermill, smd cordwood.
Quotethank you for your attention.
Quote from: ElectricDruid on December 25, 2020, 10:19:48 AM
Dry clean only, presumably? Just planning now for when I spill beer on it.;)
where'd you get the beers from? also, scotchguard has been applied in a probably futile effort to keep the white parts white. [I don't care once it's gorn, but.]
Quote from: EBK on December 25, 2020, 10:59:37 AM
SMDs on vero. Nice. :icon_cool:
was a moment of madness, but I was younger then. and it needed modifying.
and w/n - I've done one now, don't need another. overdrive? it just makes it louder.
Very nice Stephen. Love them.
Happy new year all. Lets hope 2021 is a better one
Rich
Love the fabric wrap. I'm always trying new materials. Here is how I do wood...
This is a simple passive attenuator for double bass (I don't like to use a volume pedal, just like two levels, so I call this a "dim" - like studio monitor dimming)
(https://i.postimg.cc/t1vK9k32/IMG-0183.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/t1vK9k32)
yer a brave man recessing a knob like that - think of the run-out! extra points for the wood knob insert.
This post inspired me to create a wooden shell for a 1590B, in which I housed a Phase 45 clone that some fine folk here helped me troubleshoot! Maybe I should have searched harder for a MXR-style knob, but I like the snazzy metallic centre of this one.
(https://i.postimg.cc/LhCwwCLy/20211017-195521.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/LhCwwCLy)
nice IN label. also, extra point for the post joke.
was it much work? can we see the workings? wood I mean, I've seen phaser guts before.
The IN label was an accident, hopefully Mantic Effects are unlikely to hunt me down and sue me...
Unfortunately I don't have any photos/videos of the process, but everything is glued to a standard 1590B to make sure its all shielded and grounded. I think this project would be a lot more work without a table saw, as I used mine with the blade set to 45 degrees for the mitre edges. I still found it hard to get everything to mm accuracy, so some of the vertical joins are a bit gappy. Sanding took quite a while, as I don't have a router for the rounded edges.
Things I learned:
-Thin wood (2mm) is required to make sure all the hardware can still be screwed on, once its thickness is added to the metal case. I had to recess some of the hardware (jacks, potentiometer) which adds a lot of work, as my boards were more like 5mm.
-Letter punches are great
-Superglue is your friend until its not
yeah, except for the superglue, I pretty much repeat all those issues with every build. don't talk to me about sanding.
superglue < - > sillicone
the "in" is subtle enough that you need to look twice to see if, and then you can pass it as done on purpose.
[edit:] I use my router to thin the planks. double stick it in a channel and buzz them thin. then sand. and I usually sand rounded edges, cause the router is too big and difficult on those tiny thin panels. boy, the fingers I could cut w/ a table saw! [I've just been gifted a lectric scroll saw, haven't turned it on yet.]
I only recently got a table saw and I am being very careful with it... Just getting into the rabbit-hole of jigs, sleds, etc. I stick to old fashioned hand tools unless I am 100% sure I can do something safely with the saw. Router sounds like a good tactic in the absence of a planer/thicknesser (which I don't have either).
What kind of silicon adhesive do you use? That sounds like a very good idea with it being flexible and all... Superglue is a bit brittle for this purpose so I am banking on 3 of 5 panels being held on by the jacks, pots and switch nuts! Doubt it would survive a gig.
sillicone - I found a half size cartridge thing at bunnings, so I end up throwing out much less. I don't glue wood with it, just all the other stuff, like non-skids. pva all the way for the wood.
scuse me, here's my P45 build, finally finished after 7 or more years by side. guess what I call it ......
(https://i.imgur.com/ECfw3Wx.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6yOUUEz.jpg)
a long list of dumb build ideas evident. push buttons for one. acrylic panel for another. tank-style build one more.
no gut shots because yukk. haywired veroboard, who wants to see that? also, the screws were in before I thought of it.
(https://i.imgur.com/EQ1PXNK.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/kGGoDsK.jpg)
external bias control. phase/vibe switch. caps 1:1 or 10:1. two range oscillator - but with way wrong pot taper, all bunched at fast end. wood is from an old lounge, made locally, I say it's Brazilian Teak from the smell. quite why it's in an australian made lounge, I don't know. knobs from an old old Roland AS1. vintage.
and yes, the purple phase. and the camera barfed on the purple, it's not that blueish.
Quote from: aleks_tedstone on October 19, 2021, 10:26:04 AMRouter sounds like a good tactic <snip>
What kind of silicon adhesive do you use? <snip>
Quote from: duck_arse on October 19, 2021, 09:42:52 AM
yeah, except for the superglue, I pretty much repeat all those issues with every build. don't talk to me about sanding.
I know this is a year old but I thought I'd weigh in as I have
just a bit of experience. For wood to wood bonds I'd highly recommend switching to a wood glue like TiteBond II. It is the fastest setting wood glue that I've used; joints hold together within 15 minutes and are almost impossible to pull apart within an hour (I regularly pull clamps at 15 mins and send laminated cutting boards through the planer at the 60 minute mark).
For bonds between wood and plastic/metal, I prefer mechanical fasteners due to the propensity inflexible adhesives like superglue to release as the wood component expands and contracts with humidity. Silicone is an option but I hate the smell and long cure time. I've had good results with a
quality two part epoxy: My experience with epoxy is that cheap means brittle, while the higher quality options offer more flexibility/elasticity in the cured product which in turn better accommodates the movement of the wood.
As for routers, the big names all carry cordless trim routers: De Walt (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KSRTDML), Makita (http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJVCHGWB), etc. I personally use the (corded) Makita RT0701C (http://www.makitatools.com/products/details/RT0701C) with a 3/16" round-over bit for this type of work, and it works an absolute treat; far easier and quicker than a full sized routers or any of the inexpensive router tables when working on small projects.
Edit: Fixed the [broken] links
It's old, but still kicking (the thread and this spring reverb)....
(https://i.postimg.cc/FfpptFWf/IMG-0985.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/FfpptFWf)
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Quote from: duck_arse on November 24, 2022, 08:39:34 AM
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(https://i.imgur.com/6yOUUEz.jpg)
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I've come over all Billy Gibbons.... :icon_razz: Holier than thou. :icon_mrgreen: :icon_mrgreen: :icon_mrgreen:
Absolutely stunning mate.
I wonder if it's had to visit the groomer in the meantime, to get a haircut?
back in '17, I had it in mind to build a Tonebender III/buzzaround in a half-perspex case, built on a scaffold of telescopic aerial sections. can't imagine why I didn't finish it - here is one of the layout diagrams I did for it, it all seems to be quite straightforward.
(https://i.imgur.com/LtJAz7H.png)
so, anyway, I messed about with the buzzaround recently, didn't have the transistors to make it grab me. so I grafted in a Sziklai Bazzfuss I found in an old schem, and that did the trick. well, a few tricks, it has a strange envelope - ramps and humps aand ramps again. anyway, it looks like this:
(https://i.imgur.com/OdPYoL9.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/pkd0rZZ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/oJilyMD.jpg)
has a 2SA538 > MP37 > D18 and 2N404. multicultural. inverter supply w/ 4093, the wood external is Beefwood, a casurina, has been linseeded and beeswaxed, is still sticky. internal woods are pines and gums and callistemons, cause why not.
carry on.
more pics, guts, layouts, circuit can be see here:
https://imgur.com/a/PcY7FlO
Fantastic work Stephen. I'm impressed and jelous.
The beefwood looks stunning, for a start I thought you had painted it with hammerite paint which also displays the wavey finish.
I felt like a goose sanding it, Rich. it's hard to find a grain direction, so I went in swirls.
The guts, I looked, runuts.
Very cool, very difficult, very 3d.
Great layouts, klingon type circuit ?
Haven't seen anything like it here (except yer cordwood) !.
Nice work Stephen.
Quote from: duck_arse on June 06, 2023, 10:13:52 AM
I felt like a goose sanding it, Rich. it's hard to find a grain direction, so I went in swirls.
Mate It is the muts nuts.
I'm so proud of you and your devotion to craftsmanship. And a little jealous .
Lacewood veneered BYOC Large Beaver....
(https://i.postimg.cc/v4yhnN8D/fuzz-side.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/v4yhnN8D)