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DIY Stompboxes => Building your own stompbox => Topic started by: lightningfingers on April 10, 2004, 03:48:21 PM

Title: pad per hole perf
Post by: lightningfingers on April 10, 2004, 03:48:21 PM
where do i get this stuff?
i just made some witha craft saw and some stripboard-its great! building is so much easier!
i built the "tube reamer" from runoffgroove (thats a great build BTW)
anyone know a uk supplier?
:mrgreen:
Title: pad per hole perf
Post by: Paul Perry (Frostwave) on April 10, 2004, 08:44:20 PM
http://www.smallbearelec.com/Ordering/Stocklist.htm


is a USA supplier.... I know Steve isn't in the UK, but on the other hand you can get a lot of other FX DIY stuff from him as well. I'm in Australia, and I shop at SmallBear!
Title: pad per hole perf
Post by: smoguzbenjamin on April 11, 2004, 04:38:51 AM
Doesn't ratshack sell pad-per-hole? :? or maybe Maplin or something similar?
Title: pad per hole perf
Post by: lightningfingers on April 11, 2004, 05:00:05 AM
maplin only sells stripboard, which sucks
they sell this wierd pad-per-3-holes stuff tho :?
i think ill order some from smallbear
Title: pad per hole perf
Post by: Hal on April 11, 2004, 02:20:39 PM
I want stripboard :-D :-D

the only place i ever see it is extremely overpriced, from  mouser.  It seems amazing for building simple effects...
Title: pad per hole perf
Post by: lightningfingers on April 11, 2004, 03:17:13 PM
it really sucks. i thought it would help too, but its hard to use and if you get a solder bridge between the strips by accident it kills the copper so you have to start over
Title: pad per hole perf
Post by: Paul Perry (Frostwave) on April 12, 2004, 08:12:12 AM
Everyone is different.. I love stripboard! (which is pretty cheap here in Australia from Altronics). I use a pop rivet  drill (about 1/8 inch) in a holder to cut the traces. And I scrape along with a sharp tool to break bridges. If you make a number of standard subcircuits on bits of stripboard (LFOs, tonestacks etc) then you can link up proto fx pretty easy. I can't use protoboards at all, I drop them, knock stuff out etc.