burger-patty-and-bacon
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Ok, boys. I just buttoned up my 5th pedal, the Cataclysm delay. I was so confident in my work and the overall build that for the first time, I completely assembled it all the way before even testing. 100% perfecto success, zero issues. Perfect alignment going into the 125B enclosure,no issues with the LED, etc. VERY GOOD STUFF. I even got fancy and put a resistor inline with the purple LED to tame it down a bit, a 1K ohm I think is what I ended up using. Sounds killer, great build. Took 4 pedals to get it down then #5 just now was great, soooooooooooo...
My next obstacle is LABELING the things. I have taught myself INKSCAPE enough to dial in the designs and get the text and formatting exactly as I need it, working with layers, adding the knobs sizes as a layer, etc. I have achieved DECENT results using an incorrectly purchased "matte" transparent paper and then realized I should have bought glossy.
Here is my melter and my shirley which sound wicked good and look half ass decent. This is my crappy awful HP inkjet with MATTE transparent labels on white enclosures. I don't like the matte transparent and it seems that you can only get away with this on WHITE enclosures. What if I want to do a purple box? A black box? I need to know from ppl doing this at home with decent gear what ACTUALLY works and what can be used on any color box and ahve the stuff actually pop and be legible. Should I switch to waterslide? Should I try to find a local shop that will accept my .svg file (or maybe they only accept jpg or gif) and ask them if can print with color laser to material they supply or ask if I can give them my own "paper" to print to? I need to figure this pedal labeling stuff out next. Parts sourcing. CHECK. Pedal building. CHECK. Software design. CHECK. Actually printing out and apply good stuff? FAIL.
My next obstacle is LABELING the things. I have taught myself INKSCAPE enough to dial in the designs and get the text and formatting exactly as I need it, working with layers, adding the knobs sizes as a layer, etc. I have achieved DECENT results using an incorrectly purchased "matte" transparent paper and then realized I should have bought glossy.
Here is my melter and my shirley which sound wicked good and look half ass decent. This is my crappy awful HP inkjet with MATTE transparent labels on white enclosures. I don't like the matte transparent and it seems that you can only get away with this on WHITE enclosures. What if I want to do a purple box? A black box? I need to know from ppl doing this at home with decent gear what ACTUALLY works and what can be used on any color box and ahve the stuff actually pop and be legible. Should I switch to waterslide? Should I try to find a local shop that will accept my .svg file (or maybe they only accept jpg or gif) and ask them if can print with color laser to material they supply or ask if I can give them my own "paper" to print to? I need to figure this pedal labeling stuff out next. Parts sourcing. CHECK. Pedal building. CHECK. Software design. CHECK. Actually printing out and apply good stuff? FAIL.
