Altoids Tins

[pinkjimiphoton]

this is an awesome thread!

[zanardi.ag]

Hey, this was my first complete DIY guitar pedal, and it seemed fun to put it in an altoids box. Its a copy of the DOD 250 overdrive/Distorcion +.

Hope you like it.







I decided to go for a 3pdt switch and avoid the battery space. I added a 9v input and the option for the battery. In case i need it i can use it from outside the box. The LED is quite usefull too, and i liked how the imput/output jacks looked from the sides.

Kind of messy on the inside, but works perfectly

[zanardi.ag]

think the photos didn't upload well. not sure how to upload them though. someone help?

[davent]

Hi Agustin,

To have a photo show up in your post, you need to have the picture uploaded/stored on a website such as Photobucket. You then put the link for the photo, from the storage site (eg. Photobucket), in your post here.

...and welcome to the show
dave

[zanardi.ag]

thanks!

[smurfedelic smurfberry]

My local components vendor had some 1/2 size Altoid-like boxes that I bought, that were really too small for pedal builds and full size connectors.
Anyway, I put an EM-drive inside one of those.

[garcho]

solder fume sucker, with glowing LED eyes, of course.

[haveyouseenhim]

solder fume sucker, with glowing LED eyes, of course.

Kipkay? 

[garcho]

^ probably! somebody like that anyway. someone here has a stronger, more effective one. i think there's some cooling fan that fits a common plastic exhaust pipe, so you can route it out the window. that's for next summer 

[deadastronaut]

@gary:

awwwww that's cute...mrs astro loves it.

[rousejeremy]

Very nice

[waltk]

Here's a mini-Altoids box (with a regular one for comparison):



Much too small to fit any jacks.  There are 2 holes with grommets on the side for wiring, and these jacks will be external.  The lithium battery fits inside.



The holes for the pots are not exactly lined up, 'cause I eyeballed the drilling.  Oh well, I'll do it better next time.



It's finished except for the wiring.  Two pots, a DPDT switch for true bypass, a charger board for the lithium battery (bottom left), a booster board to triple the battery voltage (top left), and the actual effect (right).
The lithium battery charger has a USB port that pokes through a hole on the left, so once it's wired, I won't need to open it again.



What is it? - a silicon Harmonic Percolator.  I love this circuit.  There are a couple extra (unfilled) pads for the diodes, but I prefer it without them anyway.

[noobamp]

baby altoids box = 1590a of the altoids world......my hat goes off to you WaltK

[garcho]

Nicely done Walt!

[peterg]

Not exactly an Altoids tin....

[thomasha]

Just saw this,
and this builds are amazing!
I tried something once, but it turned out to have a lot of HUM, maybe some day I try another one!


it's ruby tuby with a fet first stage.
Cheers
Thomas

[rutabaga bob]

I love looking at the stuff you guys do...I don't get how you drill the holes out on such flimsy metal.  This last one with a tube blows me away!  Now I'm thinking about an Altoids Valvecaster...

[Jdansti]

I don't get how you drill the holes out on such flimsy metal.

For me- very carefully with a piece of wood to back up the metal when punching and drilling so I don't dent the surrounding metal. Also, the use of nice fat washers helps hide flaws.

[thomasha]

rutabaga bob if you liked the hybrid amp, you need to see Sijosae's work!


Source:http://www.headphoneamp.co.kr/ftp/sijosae/Gallery/

These guy makes headphone amps, but it inspired me to make the ruby tuby. A valvecaster would be nice too!

[rutabaga bob]

Thanks for the link - that's nice work!