Face Melter (P**** Melter) graphics
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Sturdag Lagernathy
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Looks good so far, watch your switch placement! On the PPCB board, the switch is in line with the bottom knobs..
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Im hoping to be able to make it all fit exactly the same as the original pedal. I got the extra pcb for the foot switch which i initially forgot to order and luckily for me, Pedalpcb hooked me up before my order was shipped after i reached out them
. This will be my first pedal build although ive tinkered with arduino type projects and small robotics for years now and have a good background in computer science. So im crossing my fingers hoping i can make this look and sound bad ass in the end without to much complication. But even if its a big challenge ill find a way to make it happen somehow lol 
BuddytheReow
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If you've got ANY questions while building your first one don't hesitate to reach out. We're here to help, not hold you down!
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Much Appreciated!!
Robert
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I believe what Sturgad was referring to is the placement of the toggle switch.
It's doable but you'll have to float the PCB slightly higher in the enclosure to put the switch where you want it The easiest (and most secure) way would probably be with long pin 16mm pots then just run wires to the toggle switch.
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O ok, you mean the Board doesn't fit into the enclosure the way that the holes are pre drilled? This is the type of enclosure I baught. The way i was looking at the pcb it seemed like it would fit but if not ill do like you said and make some ajustments to make it workI believe what Sturgad was referring to is the placement of the toggle switch.
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It's doable but you'll have to float the PCB slightly higher in the enclosure to put the switch where you want it The easiest (and most secure) way would probably be with long pin 16mm pots then just run wires to the toggle switch.
I ordered 1 UV printed and one just painted (both pink). Thank you very much for the clarification!! 
Robert
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The center hole on that enclosure is sized for an LED but it'd be easy enough to drill it larger to fit the toggle switch.
You'll just need a 15/64" bit for an MTS brand toggle switch (or 1/4" if you use a Taiway brand toggle switch).
You'll still need to drill holes for the LEDs at the bottom as well.
You'll just need a 15/64" bit for an MTS brand toggle switch (or 1/4" if you use a Taiway brand toggle switch).
You'll still need to drill holes for the LEDs at the bottom as well.
thanks for clearing that up for me!!
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I noticed a mistake in my last version of the pedal graphic, had to move the text at the top (pull out, stick in) the knobs slightly cover it up. 
Now I cant seem to get it to trace quite as good (mainly the face in background) as it did in the last version. does anyone have some tips for perfect tracing? I would love for it to look just like the photoshop render but the texture changes the look you would see on a $ bill to a not quite as nice texture with lines. I'm also not sure if I'm using the right swatch (assuming/hoping its part of the sample file I used from Tayda), I removed the text/image in the sample file and then placed my PNG into the color layer and traced at high quality. The other thing I'm not sure about is if I had to add a white layer underneath the color layer since the enclosure was already close to the pink color on the graphic. Any help with getting this Graphic file properly set up to UV print would be much much Much Appreciated <3
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Now I cant seem to get it to trace quite as good (mainly the face in background) as it did in the last version. does anyone have some tips for perfect tracing? I would love for it to look just like the photoshop render but the texture changes the look you would see on a $ bill to a not quite as nice texture with lines. I'm also not sure if I'm using the right swatch (assuming/hoping its part of the sample file I used from Tayda), I removed the text/image in the sample file and then placed my PNG into the color layer and traced at high quality. The other thing I'm not sure about is if I had to add a white layer underneath the color layer since the enclosure was already close to the pink color on the graphic. Any help with getting this Graphic file properly set up to UV print would be much much Much Appreciated
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Chuck D. Bones
Circuit Wizard
Those graphics are way too tame for a pedal with that name.
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Lol I could totally Amp the graphic content to be a little more explicit but i believe the pedal is already controversial as it is. However id be totally willing to help someone achieve a more worthy graphic to go with the name if they wanted to build one I'm great with photoshop just not so much illustrator yet lol.
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So I think I got my file set up right and should be to be able to UV print. The only thing left that im not sure about at the moment is the gloss layer. Adding it just makes a blueish coloured rectangle over the whole image. I would hate to get a pedal thats just a print of gloss over the base colour of the enclosure lol. Does anyone know how that layer works? Saving it as a pdf just gives me that rectangle of blueish colour and no image. Do you need to lower the opacity?
Here is a render of the way I'm hoping the pedal will look like at the end of this pedal building journey. The Graphic is very close to the original so im pretty satisfied with it, just hoping it prints good
Here is a render of the way I'm hoping the pedal will look like at the end of this pedal building journey. The Graphic is very close to the original so im pretty satisfied with it, just hoping it prints good
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Well with some help from the folks in here and some extra help from Hugo Tayda I think I finally did everything right and now to wait and see how the end result looks once the enclosures are printed. I ordered one with gloss and another one without gloss so I could see the differences and then decide which style I like best in the future. Here are the links for the files if anyone would like to use them.
Thanks for all the help it always very much appreciated, Enjoy the Files!!
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Thanks for all the help it always very much appreciated, Enjoy the Files!!
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