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I’ve started using metal bezels: https://stompboxparts.com/leds-bezels/5mm-led-bezel-metal/ and wire leads for my LEDs. I bend a small loop in each LED leg, cut off the excess, solder a piece of wire to each loop, put some heat shrink over it. Having LEDs sticking straight up from the board...

On the face of my enclosures I etch drill marks along with my graphic. For the top?/back? (I/O and Power jacks) I use a paper template. Use a hand drill. Always do a small pilot hole, then a metric step bit for most stuff. Generally hold the enclosure with my feet while I drill;) Low-tech, but...

Yeah, reverse drill bit is what you want. Also called “left hand” drill bits. Here’s a cheap set: https://www.harborfreight.com/left-hand-drill-bit-set-13-piece-61686.html I think 6-32 is close to 9/64”, so I’d probably try an 1/8” or smaller bit. For things that aren’t broken off...

When I first got into pedal building years ago I’d already done a lot of screenprinting (t-shirts and posters mainly) so it seemed like a natural thing to try on enclosure. I quickly learned that trying to print on metal is a whole different beast. Paper and fabric are fairly forgiving. Metal...

Very cool! I’ve looked at consumer-ish grade lasers over the years. Hoping one day they’ll be an affordable one that can replace my chemical etching process. I use this stuff: https://www.instructables.com/Stop-using-Ferric-Chloride-etchant!--A-better-etc/ in conjunction with laser...

Re: Rocket Sockets, it says this on their website: “Injection molded in Dunedin, NZ using 15% Glass fibre reinforced Nylon, the latest version of these nifty little tools are far superior to the previous 3D printed ones”. Sounds like they changed their process/materials at some point, so maybe...

I was gonna ask about the same Tayda LDR linked to above for the Pitch Witch. The datasheet for it is here: https://vetco.net/datasheets/VUPN6550/WAITRONY_KE10720.pdf Light Resistance is 10-20k/Dark Resistance is .5M, as opposed to the 8-20k/1M of the GL5528 Has anyone figured out what the...