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DIY Stompboxes => Building your own stompbox => Topic started by: wpkg on November 17, 2008, 06:48:19 PM

Title: Super good DIY PCB and potentiometer jig...
Post by: wpkg on November 17, 2008, 06:48:19 PM
Hey everyone,

This weekend I finished building my first pedal, a ts clone.  I came up with this very cheap but great workbench idea for soldering the pots.

I took a white BOSS pedal box and cut a slit a little longer than the PCB in the bottom of it. then I taped it to the table with painters blue tape. The slit held the PCB in place very well, and then a small A clamp held the POT by the post, and a medium A clamp held the small one up. Having the pots mounted by a clamp on the post made it super easy to rotate the piece to get the wire into the correct lug, and then flip up to solder.

(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l87/WPKG/_MG_2836.jpg)


(http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l87/WPKG/_MG_2835.jpg)

I think this saved me MUCH aggravation and swearing and didnt cost me a dime. A clamps cost a dollar a piece, but I already have a bunch of them. I hope you can use this idea!

Paul
Title: Re: Super good DIY PCB and potentiometer jig...
Post by: tehfunk on November 17, 2008, 09:30:11 PM
thats a great suggestion, I'm always trying to find ways to do things neater, thank you.
Title: Re: Super good DIY PCB and potentiometer jig...
Post by: iaresee on November 17, 2008, 09:42:53 PM
I like this very much. Gonna appropriate it tomorrow night for a build. Thanks!