Building an Arachnid FV-1 board into a Boss enclosure (project)

[CA138]

Hi, I am planning a project involving trying to fit the Arachnid FV-1 PCB into a Boss enclosure. Not sure whether anyone has tried this yet and I couldn't find anything similar in the search.



Basically, I had a spare PH-3 enclosure laying around and haven't built an FV-1 pedal yet - I thought they might go well together.

There appears to be enough clearance for compact jacks, 9mm pots and the board in the main compartment. I will need to work out how to make the square DC jack look pretty though...



Rate, Depth, Res controls will be CTRL 1, 2 and 3. The fourth control on the front panel will be the mini-rotary switch for the mode setting (flying leads all round of course). Volume can be an internal trimpot and for the mix control I plan to mount a 9mm pot on the side EXP hole.

Everything looks pretty straightforward, although I also had the idea of keeping the original Boss momentary switch and installing a relay bypass board in the battery compartment under the top cover. The clearance is 2x1 inches so it should fit. First time using a bypass board for me, but it looks as though this will work with the Boss switch - can anyone confirm?



Thanks for having a look - I'll post updates as I go if anyone is interested.

 

[CA138]

Test fitting looks good so far. Should be enough clearance for the main PCB when I get it. The offboard bypass board will be interesting.

A 16mm pot will fit nicely on the side in place of the EXP jack - although I will need to trim the legs back to rotate them into the recess and make sure heat-shrink is used to avoid shorting against the chassis. I am also confident I will get the mini rotary pot to fit the top panel.




Finally found a use for those white washers: