Hammond 1590N enclosure - I didn’t know there are two versions of it!

[Flying]

Has anyone else bought a Hammond 1590N only to discover it wasn’t what you were expecting? The damn thing has ribs! I ordered three of them, the one I wanted, and had obviously bought before, was a 1590N1. I had no idea there was this other version! Thankfully I can just slide a piece of paper between the edge of the PCB and the ribs, that was pure luck! And it wasn’t fun drilling them out for top jacks and the DC power socket, the drill bit wanted to drift away when it was partially cutting into a rib.

I just thought I’d post this in case anyone else, like me, wasn’t aware there are two versions of the 1590N enclosure.

 

[Feral Feline]

Has anyone else bought a Hammond 1590N only to discover it wasn’t what you were expecting? The damn thing has ribs! I ordered three of them, the one I wanted, and had obviously bought before, was a 1590N1. I had no idea there was this other version! Thankfully I can just slide a piece of paper between the edge of the PCB and the ribs, that was pure luck! And it wasn’t fun drilling them out for top jacks and the DC power socket, the drill bit wanted to drift away when it was partially cutting into a rib.

I just thought I’d post this in case anyone else, like me, wasn’t aware there are two versions of the 1590N enclosure.

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Not mine

Great for smaller-board 1-or-2-knob builds such as Fuzz Faces. Slide the PCB down the slots as per their intended use and use the PCB-pin mount pots.