Black Eye Vertical Tube Orientation?

[Fingolfen]

I've seen several single and double tube pedals that have the tubes vertically oriented with a bar guard around them, and I'm trying to figure out the easiest way to make that work for the Black Eye. Has anyone else tried it at this point?

 

[vigilante398]

I specifically avoided that as I like to keep the tubes safely tucked inside the box. But if you're open to having them stick out the top then you'll have a lot more room for routing a board and can do a much cleaner layout than I did.

 

[Fingolfen]

So where would you find the guards like on the pedal below (or are they custom fabbed?)?

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

I’ve always assumed that repurposed chrome drawer pulls would work exceptionally well for those kinds of tube protectors

 

[vigilante398]

So where would you find the guards like on the pedal below (or are they custom fabbed?)?
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I’ve always assumed that repurposed chrome drawer pulls would work exceptionally well for those kinds of tube protectors

Yeah the majority of the DIY builds I see with guards like that are drawer handles. Not sure about the Effectrode ones though. I've owned a couple of their pedals (for tracing purposes) and they didn't seem like drawer handles, seemed custom fabbed. Don't know for sure though.

 

[vigilante398]

Personally I was always partial to these things.

 

[Harry Klippton]

Personally I was always partial to these things.

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That's just a male chastity belt, no?

 

[vigilante398]

That's just a male chastity belt, no?

Yup, exactly that. Fortunately for me I'm about a 12AX7 size so they pulled double duty.

 

[music6000]

So where would you find the guards like on the pedal below (or are they custom fabbed?)?
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I used Stainless Steel Pipe Clamps & tossed the clamps!:

 

[vigilante398]

Looks like this was the last time I did anything with vertical tubes and tube guards.