Efflorescence Algale (Plecostomus Fuzz)

[SYLV9ST9R]

This was my first build.
I had finished it and tested it a couple of weeks ago, and it was working fine (that was after figuring out I had to insert the transistors in their sockets...), but I did not box it before tonight.
Can't wait to try it with a bit of volume tomorrow.

 

[PapaBear]

Looks great

 

[SYLV9ST9R]

Looks great

Thanks!
The angle of the photo hides some borders of the decal, and minor defects in it, but otherwise I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

Nice job, looks great! I see you scraped the paint around the switch & pots, smart move. Did you scrape the paint around the jacks too? You know it's ok to shorten the transistor leads, right?

 

[SYLV9ST9R]

Nice job, looks great! I see you scraped the paint around the switch & pots, smart move. Did you scrape the paint around the jacks too? You know it's ok to shorten the transistor leads, right?

Yes, I sanded the interior of each hole, jacks included. Indeed, I could have shorten those leads, thanks for the suggestion.
Just stuck them in there and was glad the pedal was working, didn't give it an afterthought

 

[Danbieranowski]

Nice job, looks great! I see you scraped the paint around the switch & pots, smart move. Did you scrape the paint around the jacks too? You know it's ok to shorten the transistor leads, right?

Can you explain this to me a little more? I scrape the inside where the input and output jacks sit, as well as using locking washers (teeth) per people’s recommendation here, but I’m not entirely sure why I’m doing this, or why someone would want to do the same for the pots and footswitch. I thought that one part of the pedal being grounded covered it all, and I’m not sure why that isn’t true. Of course I’m new at this and have zero electronics expertise so any assumptions made by me are suspect!

 

[SYLV9ST9R]

The decal was flaking like crazy, and it bugged me. As it was my first build, it needed a proper home, so I did a rehouse in a UV printed box, as I had to get some supplies from Tayda. There was a minor issue (the white box around the DC pictogram), but I'm trying to resolve with them as I had the same thing printed on other pedals without any problems. I did a small scratch (far left of the footswitch) as I broke my drill bit while drilling the pilot hole... I'll definitely wait to (socially distance) visit my friend who has a drill press for the 4 other enclosures I had printed.