What's on the drawing board? 🎨🖌️

mkstewartesq said:
Just following up on my earlier post today: after hours of sanding and polishing the enclosure to a shine, this is it just out of the oven after the second bake of the film free decal.

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Very cool !

I've been making jewelry since 1967, using a buffer allows you to use a rough buffing compound and then a fine compound on the other wheel.
You can attain a mirror finish in a few minutes with one of these and bypass the sanding step! Just be sure you buff from the center to the trailing edge. If you go the wrong way the wheel will pull the object out of your hand and send it flying a hundred miles an hour into the wall....

And it can get hot so a bowl of water to immerse it in when it starts to heat up will keep you from having to wait for cool down. Just dip, dry and continue.


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jessenator said:
5 ;) and those diodes are …deceptive in their quantity. Another hint: symmetrical soft clipping.

also I just noticed a trace overlap…
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Alright, I'll tell…

It's a G-2 workalite. Looked at various schematics, which I hope came from the OG trace from Dirk, but I couldn't find it on fsb.

The non-standard diode situation comes courtesy of @jubal81 in his BAT54S+68R mini board design. Since it's an anti-parallel diode pair, the orientation doesn't matter.

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In hindsight, I would have done the main pads as octagons to match my board :P

Nothing new on the art side of the drawing board, but since it just didn't work out (wrong art printed on my last two enclosures…) here's what might've been for a Corvus muff:

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Giorfida said:
Nice job polishing!
Going to leave it clear or hit with transparent color like Duplicolor Metalcast?
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Man I searched all over the freakin internet trying to find transparent blue paint. I hate the plain aluminum color of MOD electrolytic capacitors and wanted to paint the ones I put on my Bassman 5F6-A but NOOOOOO all I got was opaque. Gaaa. So, too late for this one but next time.

See how it sticks out like a sore thumb???
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RetiredUnit1 said:
Man I searched all over the freakin internet trying to find transparent blue paint. I hate the plain aluminum color of MOD electrolytic capacitors and wanted to paint the ones I put on my Bassman 5F6-A but NOOOOOO all I got was opaque. Gaaa. So, too late for this one but next time.

See how it sticks out like a sore thumb???
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I’m quite impressed with the Duplicolor Metalcast. So much so I’m using it on a few enclosures when the weather warms up. Apparently they say it won’t work on polished aluminum without a primer etc, But it’s holding up fine, and would be fine. The only “catch” is if you didn’t get any scratches out when polishing, you will see it with the paint.
On the cap.
You could also just get some translucent blue heat shrink (also called “battery wrap”) and wrap the capacitor
 
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Giorfida said:
Nice job polishing!
Going to leave it clear or hit with transparent color like Duplicolor Metalcast?
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Found the same thing at half the price of duplicolor at performance parts

VHT High Temp Paint SP451; Anodized Color Coat 11oz Aerosol Anodized Blue 550deg F Intermittent

Now DIYers can create an anodized look under their hoods. This unique transparent coating creates an anodized effect over properly prepared chrome, shiny bare metal and faux chrome-like surfaces for a spectacular metallic finish. VHT Anodized Color Coat is formulated for high temperature and...
www.performanceparts.com www.performanceparts.com
Giorfida said:
I’m quite impressed with the Duplicolor Metalcast. So much so I’m using it on a few enclosures when the weather warms up. Apparently they say it won’t work on polished aluminum without a primer etc, But it’s holding up fine, and would be fine. The only “catch” is if you didn’t get any scratches out when polishing, you will see it with the paint.
On the cap.
You could also just get some translucent blue heat shrink (also called “battery wrap”) and wrap the capacitor
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Tried that but it didn't shrink enough. Anyone need 49 battery shrink wraps?
 
RetiredUnit1 said:
Found the same thing at half the price of duplicolor at performance parts

VHT High Temp Paint SP451; Anodized Color Coat 11oz Aerosol Anodized Blue 550deg F Intermittent

Now DIYers can create an anodized look under their hoods. This unique transparent coating creates an anodized effect over properly prepared chrome, shiny bare metal and faux chrome-like surfaces for a spectacular metallic finish. VHT Anodized Color Coat is formulated for high temperature and...
www.performanceparts.com www.performanceparts.com

Tried that but it didn't shrink enough. Anyone need 49 battery shrink wraps?
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I can almost guarantee the VHT paint *IS* the same as Duplicolol. Duplicolor acquired VHT not that long ago!!
 
RetiredUnit1 said:
Man I searched all over the freakin internet trying to find transparent blue paint. I hate the plain aluminum color of MOD electrolytic capacitors and wanted to paint the ones I put on my Bassman 5F6-A but NOOOOOO all I got was opaque. Gaaa. So, too late for this one but next time.

See how it sticks out like a sore thumb???
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Duplicolor Metalcast in blue. Not super cheap, but I use it a lot for enclosures to get the transparent color effect.

EDIT: dang, Giorfida got to it first
 
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