Front mounted jacks are the next big thing

[jhaneyzz]

Apparently that old saying "Measure twice. Cut once." needs an amendment to include drilling...

 

[jhaneyzz]

I'm weeping..... I spent like 3 hours on that. Luckily I did a batch of pedals and haven't screwed the other two up.. yet...

Maybe I'll just put some wire mesh in there and backlight it... Or stuff some of those marbles in there that I used for my last OCD build... jhaneyzz Tayda OCD

I also screwed up and drilled the left hand hold to 1/2". not my best evening in the shop...

 

[steviejr92]

Jb weld? Close up the holes and sand em down?

 

[Pauleo1214]

Oooph...I second the JB weld suggestion. You might be able to hide the patched holes by rubbing the side of the enclosure with ferric chloride to darken and oxidize it. Be sure to wear gloves, a mask, and work in a ventilated area.

In addition to this suggestion, I can also offer commiseration too. I soldered a 1P8T rotary to the wrong side of a board once.

 

[RetiredUnit1]

I always write the name of the amp I'm building on the top of the circuit board before I even cut the board. Once I put EVERY TURRET IN BACKWARDS in a Marshall JTM50 and that's a lot of turrets. Had to yank them all back out and toss the turrets away before I could put them in right. Turrets aren't all that expensive, but it adds up......

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

@RetiredUnit1 couldn’t have just built it as a lefty amp?

 

[Feral Feline]

I'm weeping..... I spent like 3 hours on that. Luckily I did a batch of pedals and haven't screwed the other two up.. yet...

Maybe I'll just put some wire mesh in there and backlight it... Or stuff some of those marbles in there that I used for my last OCD build... jhaneyzz Tayda OCD

I also screwed up and drilled the left hand hold to 1/2". not my best evening in the shop...

JB-weld putty, or similar metal 2-part epoxy filler.

Put the enclosure-side to be filled on wax paper and fill in from the back. Work quickly and try to make the plugs as smooth and flat as possible on the outside, because once solidified it’s a PITA to file and sand smooth (got a grinder &/or belt sander?).

Paint a racing-stripe around the outside to help camouflage the plugs.

Or add some mods on pots or switches or extra LED jewel lights with order switcher toggle; or…

 

[Ctrl4Smilerz]

Apparently that old saying "Measure twice. Cut once." needs an amendment to include drilling...\

My uncle was fond of saying, "Measure never, cut forever"

 

[EGRENIER]

Maybe you could cut it to a slot shape and use one of the pop-in 9V battery insert? Convert you pedal from PS only to PS/Battery ?

9V battery box

 

[KR Sound]

My uncle was fond of saying, "Measure never, cut forever"

Mine is ‘measure a few times and still wonder why it’s too short.’ I have a huge scrap pile

 

[jhaneyzz]

Oooph...I second the JB weld suggestion. You might be able to hide the patched holes by rubbing the side of the enclosure with ferric chloride to darken and oxidize it. Be sure to wear gloves, a mask, and work in a ventilated area.

In addition to this suggestion, I can also offer commiseration too. I soldered a 1P8T rotary to the wrong side of a board once.

I guess it's too dark to see in the photo, but the whole enclosure design (on all sides) is done with Ferric Chloride etching, but Yeah, that's a good idea. Ive never tried etching JB Weld but makes sense.

Still thinking I'm going to go with some grill work or lighting effect. like this marble I used on my OCD build.

 

[jhaneyzz]

At least I didn't spell REVERB wrong again in the etching...

 

[RetiredUnit1]

Ok, so when I flub while playing lead I repeat the flub with a twist to make it seem like I meant to do that. So, uh, I'm thinking..... SPIKES..... get that retro punk thing going by filling the holes with spikes......

 

[jhaneyzz]

Ok, so when I flub while playing lead I repeat the flub with a twist to make it seem like I meant to do that. So, uh, I'm thinking..... SPIKES..... get that retro punk thing going by filling the holes with spikes......

You and I are going to get along just fine...

 

[Ctrl4Smilerz]

Mine is ‘measure a few times and still wonder why it’s too short.’ I have a huge scrap pile

Reminds me of when my father taught me to sweat weld copper pipes. We extended a hose bib from the house to the edge of my deck. It only took 4 trips to Home Depot

 

[flemming]

Reminds me of when my father taught me to sweat weld copper pipes. We extended a hose bib from the house to the edge of my deck. It only took 4 trips to Home Depot

Without fail, all plumbing projects will require multiple trips to the hardware store.

 

[giovanni]

I once drilled a hole on the wrong side of an enclosure and put a piece of painter tape on it. The tape is still there…

 

[RetiredUnit1]

@RetiredUnit1 couldn’t have just built it as a lefty amp?

Well, if I could have found a lefty chassis, it would have worked!!! Which gives me the idea of an amplifier where even the letters are reversed, like emulov, ssab, elbert......

 

[PapaBear]

Apparently that old saying "Measure twice. Cut once." needs an amendment to include drilling...


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I got that T-shirt already

 

[Feral Feline]

I always say "I've cut this durned thang three times and it's still too short!", and other cutting remarks.