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How did you mount the smaller LED lenses? I’ve seen that the larger ones can be mounted via a thread on nut but I have only seen the snap in versions of the smaller lenses, and I’m not sure how those are secured to the Oops! My post got cutoff. I got distracted with a phone call but you both...

How are you mounting those smaller LED lenses? I know you can get the larger ones with a screw on nut but not How did you mount the smaller LED lenses? I’ve seen that the larger ones can be mounted via a thread on nut but I have only seen the snap in versions of the smaller lenses, and I’m...

Good luck! Hope you get results you’re happy with.

Gut shot and final photo of finished build with LED. I can’t believe how good this enclosure looks in person, I’m really happy with how it turned out.

This works really well and doesn’t seem like you’re using harsh chemicals.

It was simple. I filled a container large and deep enough to fully submerge the enclosure with water (maybe warm to help dissolve the Oxiclean). Then added the Oxiclean, a decent amount to where it was bubbling and visibly active in the water. With the enclosure pictured in the build report...

Thank you, I know I can run it from the board, I was wanting to reduce the distance from where its soldered to where it will end up on the pedal. I have a few breakout boards and was thinking of using one for the led to lessen the distance.

I used Sodium carbonate, sodium carbonate peroxide. In other words Oxiclean. I think you can use a product sold for washing brewery equipment too called Five Star PBW but Oxiclean is easy to find. I stumbled upon a store online called sculpture depot and there are a few things there I’m...

I’ll upload a picture of the guts as soon as I install the LED. I think I’ll have to use a different breakout board to put the LED where I want it.

Silicon/Germanium fuzz I had bought some russian transistors a decade or so ago, but hadn’t really had much success building a Fuzz Face style pedal until now. I had previously only built this style fuzz on breadboard and wasn’t happy with the results and never boxed one up. Both sides clean...

A steel bench block for jewelry making. They come in various sizes. I have to raise it up with a block of wood or something so that it sits flush on the underside of the enclosure.

Another pedal I built awhile back but never labeled the controls of the pedal until now. So now I feel like it’s completed. This was a straight forward build except for trying to figure out how to drill the enclosure. I recall having to measure components and lay things out on the enclosure...

Gut shot attached, nothing special. Distance from footswitch to PCB is kinda long but that’s the way it ended up.

No bezel lense. That is the actual led. I drilled the hole just wide enough to fit the 5mm LED and then lightly chamfer the hole with next size. Then depending on the pcb and where I want the LED to be located I adjust how much it protrudes through the top by soldering one leg and then trial...

I was trying to guess what size and what font to get similar results to the Fairfield pedals and came across a conversation on Reddit. Someone that works for the company said they use 2mm and buy them from Lee Valley tools. I got mine from Amazon but they shipped from China took a while. The...

The key was using 2mm or 5/64ths” letter stamps and a steel backing block under the enclosure, so as not to deform the top from hammering. I practiced on the inside of an old painted enclosure to see how much force it would take with the hammer. The pictured enclosure required a harder whack...

The letters are filled with a small bottle of Black gloss Testers paint, like for use in building models. Just cover each stamped label with the paint, dab it with the paint brush, then almost immediately, remove the excess paint by wiping lightly with a paper towel with some Acetone (nail...

This is my first build report, I have been building pedals for several years but never came up with a way of labeling my builds that I was satisfied with so most of my pedals are unlabeled. I had built the Chop Shop PCB a while ago, this is the first version without trimmers. I just tried...

Thanks for the reply, appreciate it.