Not-standard enclosures: where to get them?

[akis182]

Hello there,
I'm wondering if non standard enclosures (like revv, gumo efectos or dophix ones) are available on the web (if so, any resources?) or are the custom made for their own.

Thank you
Ak

 

[DeadAirMD]

Many of those companies have their enclosures custom made. There are a few places that have unique styles of enclosures for sale. Amplified Parts has tons of different styles of enclosures. Also go direct to the Hammond website. The funkier you get, the more expensive they get though.

There are also a few talented people here that bend their own metal for enclosures.

 

[steviejr92]

Hello there,
I'm wondering if non standard enclosures (like revv, gumo efectos or dophix ones) are available on the web (if so, any resources?) or are the custom made for their own.

Thank you
Ak

Hi!!

Were you looking for something specific? I might be able to help as I make enclosures!

-Steve

 

[Cybercow]

Hello there,
I'm wondering if non standard enclosures (like revv, gumo efectos or dophix ones) are available on the web (if so, any resources?) or are the custom made for their own.

Thank you
Ak

Are you referring to the size and shape or the finished printing?

For a very large selection of enclosures, check out PolyCase.

 

[akis182]

Thank you for your replies!
I'm referring to shapes, not having the classic rectangular boxes with screws on the bottom but something different (as g* pedals from revv)




Ak

 

[HamishR]

I wish I could source enclosures like J Rockett use for their Tour series pedals. Similar to the Revv shown above but smaller and really stout sheetmetal. I could probably get something made like them but am scared at how much it might cost!

 

[Feral Feline]

In the past, I've found some interesting-cool enclosures on Japanese websites.


I really liked the Road Rage Pro Gear enclosures — robust!

They came in all sorts of sizes.

Alas, I never procured any before they stopped selling them a la carte. Now you have to buy a loop-switcher-box or AB pedal etc to get that bent-aluminum goodness.

 

[Stickman393]

Mini sheet metal brake. Aluminum soldering rod and/or rivet gun. Double for one that can set rivet-nuts. Lots of possibilities in the DIY space.

I've often wondered what it would take to grab a 6" section of 4" copper pipe that my pipe fitters are about to toss in the recycling and transform it into an brazed, industrial looking beast of an enclosure.

Shoot, I just bought myself a mini-welder. Maybe make a HM-2 or similar out of big chunks of mild steel. Welded into a box.

Fuckin heavy, dude. Metal.

 

[steviejr92]

Thank you for your replies!
I'm referring to shapes, not having the classic rectangular boxes with screws on the bottom but something different (as g* pedals from revv)

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Ak

I think I’m going to try my hand at one of these! The design itself is very simple, I’m wonder if aluminum would be the proper choice only because I think this type of enclosure would benefit from being anodized!

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

I've often wondered what it would take to grab a 6" section of 4" copper pipe that my pipe fitters are about to toss in the recycling and transform it into an brazed, industrial looking beast of an enclosure.

I would think that copper like that would be too malleable and therefore be prone to deformation when you step on the foot switch. I’ve done copper faceplates though, using thin copper sheet. I’ve also rolled sheets out from copper pipe by cutting it from end to end, bending it into a c-shape, and pressing it flat in a vice (def not the best method, but it gets a decent sheet from pipe that would otherwise get scrapped)

 

[Feral Feline]

Just one word of caution, moving forward on braking alloomanimnumb, it only likes to be bent once or it breaks.
Get the angles of your dangles right from the git go!

"You should only bend aluminum once, Stevie... ONCE!"

While my experience bending any form of material into nifty little boxes is extremely limited (non-existent), my past experience with bending tube-shaped various materials is somewhat extensive. My time in the bike industry and testing the resultant products has not made me a master metallurgist, by any means, but it did provide me with the knowledge-from-the-school-of-hard-knocks that steel is much more forgiving than aluminium, and a carbon-fibre seat-post is a bad idea unless you like carbon-fibre splinters up yer keister. Go 3/2.5 Ti!

 

[Stickman393]

I would think that copper like that would be too malleable and therefore be prone to deformation when you step on the foot switch. I’ve done copper faceplates though, using thin copper sheet. I’ve also rolled sheets out from copper pipe by cutting it from end to end, bending it into a c-shape, and pressing it flat in a vice (def not the best method, but it gets a decent sheet from pipe that would otherwise get scrapped)

That all depends, really. It's a good point, but there are things that can be done.

Hard-drawn copper is stiff as hell. Heating will anneal copper, but it can be re-hardened through work: hammering, bending, etc.

The pipe grade would be important too: DWV would be extremely easy to work with, but would be unlikely to be structurally sound of one makes an entire enclosure out of it. Type L would make for a pretty robust enclosure, though.

One could always rivet some aluminum angle below the switch on the inside as well. That would reinforce the most vulnerable area.

Granted, a soft-touch momentary switch/relay bypass would likely be wise in this sort of setup. Best not to tempt fate.

It's certainly not the sort of thing that would make for a "production" enclosure. One offs? Absolutely.

I've been playing around with the concept of "electronics as art" in my head for a little bit. Folks on this forum do some truly amazing stuff with point to point wiring, tag boards, graphics, etc. Guitar players already have a tendency of fetishizing the rare diodes and transistors and chips and voodoo of certain pieces of equipment. So if that's the case...what's to stop someone from scamming some rich asshole guitar player with far more money than sense into buying a pedal that is functionally identical to something they could get anywhere else but just looks really cool?

Fuckin, game on