How do you install your footswitches ? What to do with the various rings ?

[eh là bas ma]

if you are purchasing 3PDT switches that even include a white washer, you need to check yourself.

I'm afraid that this observation is both biased and slightly off the target.

For many pedal builders, some webshop does the part's selection. That's what happens when you order a full kit.

Every 3PDT i ever ordered from musikding came with a plastic washer.

You are free to question Klaus's parts choices, but i never had any issues with the quality of his components. He has all my trust, and never let me down, not once in many years... me and hundreds of other diy pedal builders.
Musikding does an impressive work, they are selling 3PDT with white washers, and these are their standard footswitches for all the stompbox kits.

Now let's have a first exemple of an amazing build with a plastic washer on the outside. In order to enjoy this moment, i decided to start with something not too overhelming, to spare the sceptics and the rebels :
@p_wats Roboto build.

P_wats is among the most talented artwork designer i've ever seen on this forum.

This isn't a pre-designed artwork from Tayda, or some sticker hastily made on a computer, this is real art. Probably several hours of work.

Have a look at his other builds. Unfortunately, we can't see this kind of artworks everyday in the build report section.

It's hard to put my finger on it, but somehow it would feel a bit strange without the plastic ring. As a matter of fact, p_wats decided to put it on the outside and, in my humble opinion, we should all respect his artistic choice.

 

[Big Monk]

All jokes aside: White washers just aren’t my cup of tea.

There may, or may not be, any correlation between white washer use and build quality.

 

[spi]

Let’s set the record straight.

If you are purchasing 3PDT switches that even include a white washer, you need to check yourself.

I'm checking myself: I use LMS a lot--their basic switch comes with white washer and I think they're great.

That said, I usually replace the washer-unless the pedal is white or has white knobs, in which case the washer looks ok to me.

 

[Big Monk]

I'm checking myself: I use LMS a lot--their basic switch comes with white washer and I think they're great.

That said, I usually replace the washer-unless the pedal is white or has white knobs, in which case the washer looks ok to me.

My tongue was pretty firmly in my cheek there.

Obviously good switches do also come with white washers.

 

[spi]

My tongue was pretty firmly in my cheek there.

Sometimes it's hard to tell. White washers can mean serious business around here.

 

[Big Monk]

Sometimes it's hard to tell. White washers can mean serious business around here.

Well, I’m quite serious they look like ass.

I’m not serious about peoples builds sucking or switches sucking because they are there.

 

[eh là bas ma]

Looks like Spi's avatar (a Tube Screamer ?) has a white washer. That's a remarkable commitment to the cause.

Glad you picked the winning side. Today the sceptics have lost a lot of ground. Your reply #183 is very enlightening, the truth will prevail.

 

[music6000]

Is like to see the tests performed with and without to see how many more clicks (if any) are obtained through their use.

I tried to Test this theory but my thumb was killing me before I got to 100!!!

 

[music6000]

White washers?


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Creamy white wavy nut protector

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This look more like the ones they were talking about on''Friends'' & Joey pulls out the packets & says ''where does it say that on the packet!
Classic Show! & Mathew Perry R.I.P .

 

[DGWVI]

This look more like the ones they were talking about on''Friends'' & Joey pulls out the packets & says ''where does it say that on the packet!
Classic Show! & Mathew Perry R.I.P .

They talked about pedalidoos on Friends?

 

[music6000]

They talked about pedalidoos on Friends?

You must have missed it!
Condoms are not 100% guaranteed!

 

[spi]

Looks like Spi's avatar (a Tube Screamer ?) has a white washer. That's a remarkable commitment to the cause.

That was one of my first builds, from a General Guitar Gadgets kit!

 

[p_wats]

P_wats is among the most talented artwork designer i've ever seen on this forum.

Hey! Thanks so much for the kind words. Reminds me to finish some builds I've got on the go.

To be honest, my older builds mostly all used the white washers, simply because I had a huge stash of 3PDT switches that came with them. Eventually even places like Tayda have started providing switches with smaller metal washers, so I use those now as a means of letting the paint jobs speak for themselves a bit more. I still have tons of pedals with the white washers installed though!

Whatever you've got on hand is best in my world. Ha

 

[spi]

Church of the white washer

 

[spi]

"Jess"

 

[eh là bas ma]

Thank you, brethren. Every week, I used to do a little bit of self-flagellation in that church, to show the Plastic ring my eternal gratitude and my everlasting loyalty. I used 0.5mm2 stranded flexible wires.

Let's have a quick reminder from the Holy Germanium Diode scriptures :

"For the Circuit loves the just
and will not forsake his faithful ones.
Wrongdoers will be "completely" destroyed;
the 3PDT without plastic washer will perish."

Electro-Psalms

and

"A pedal builder may think their own ways are right,
but the White washer weighs the heart."

9VDC proverbs

 

[temol]

Today I recieved some m12 metal washers from aliexpress.
Photos:
1mm thick, outer diameter 16mm
0.5mm, od 16mm
0.2mm, od 18mm
0.3mm, od 18mm

 

[KR Sound]

Uh oh, you’ve awoken the beast.

 

[eh là bas ma]

some m12 metal washers

Also some simple and effective tools, with many different uses ?

For exemple, to cover a hole a bit too big, or to protect a plastic ring from the 3pdt screw.

You will probably be very safe and confortable with these. It can be found sometimes on a rotary switch or some big toggleswitch, but it's not too often.