How do you install your footswitches ? What to do with the various rings ?
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eh là bas ma
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Many PPCB forum's thread, including this one, have some educational objectives. Hopefully, some of the threads will still be visited 30 years from now.
Don't we sometimes read threads from 2007on diystompboxes.com ?
Is it how you speak and teach about white washers to the next generations of pedal builders ?
Having a good laugh is one thing. Sneering about plastic washers is a very different matter.
Surely i don't need to remind you the 6th article of the Civil Code ?
"One Cannot derogate, by particular conventions, from the Laws which relate to public Order and good Morals."
We can agree on the fact that letting standards slip is indeed a dangerous slope. Based on well-known solid scientific evidence (see reply #21), I am not sure your standards are absolutely correct though... I wonder what Analog Mike would think, if he could read your comments about his way of life...
As a matter of fact, every build reports we can see without 3PDT plastic washer are a bit blurry, out of focus, often with spaghetti wiring, suspicious soldering, hasty artwork, and of course wrong knobs.
Throughout the history of humanity, plastic washers have inspired many brilliant engineers.
First steering wheel, first watch, toilet seat, wedding ring, Weetos cereals, etc. All based on the white washer's shape...
There are also many exemples in litterature :
"We must not confuse what we are and what society has made of us." Here Theodor W. Adorno was quoting a famous plastic washer.
Even the Sun and the Moon are taking lessons from our plastic rings. Both aren't perfect yet, but one day hopefully they will finally be empty in the middle.
What will you say then ? "The sun is ugly" ? "The moon has a cheap look" ? "They both need chrome metal bezels" ?
Let's just be reasonable here...
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chris.knudson
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eh là bas ma
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It's perfect. I can't see your plastic led mounting clip though... are you still hooked up on these expensive shiny metal bezels ?
Now all you have to do is find an artwork for the enclosure, which will include the white washer (colors, shapes, etc.). This way you can even put it on the outside (!!!).
I guess all the misunderstandings about white washers come from artworks where the plastic ring is set on the outside, without any aesthetic considerations for the whole design, dropped out of nowhere... It doesn't have to be like this...
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chris.knudson
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This was my very first pedal -- I hadn't even heard of a chrome bezel at that point. Sadly this little guy never found a home in an enclosure. He has spent his whole life naked and afraid.
eh là bas ma
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chris.knudson
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Ok you got me -- I did plan to use a chrome bezel...
eh là bas ma
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Who sent you Chris ?
Is it @Harry Klippton ? @Big Monk ? @steviejr92 ? @szukalski ? @Barry ? All of them ?
Trying to infiltrate an undercover agent into the plastic washer's side, stab us in the back, is indeed something they would probably do...
Is it @Harry Klippton ? @Big Monk ? @steviejr92 ? @szukalski ? @Barry ? All of them ?
Trying to infiltrate an undercover agent into the plastic washer's side, stab us in the back, is indeed something they would probably do...
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chris.knudson
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I know nothing...
I seem to have gravitated to using the white LED rings exclusively on my pedals. Before that my love for the white washer knew no bounds. If I lost one I used one of those plastic things that you get with bread bags to hold them closed. Some people use them as picks but they are fartoo valuable for that IMO.
I'm thinking of buying a lathe so that I can round off the edges of my white washers to resemble the LED washer more closely. Sometimes I use a white washer on the inside and outside of the enclosure. I might run out of room for the nut so I use epoxy resin to hold everything in place.
I'm thinking of buying a lathe so that I can round off the edges of my white washers to resemble the LED washer more closely. Sometimes I use a white washer on the inside and outside of the enclosure. I might run out of room for the nut so I use epoxy resin to hold everything in place.
chris.knudson
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Heaven forbid you use them both inside and out... Don't tell @eh là bas ma that you did that.
KR Sound
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I’m going with an axle lock nut next time. Best of both worlds- metal and a nylon lock washer. Maybe even throw in a cotter pin for extra shits n giggles
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Mentaltossflycoon
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White washers are scary.
eh là bas ma
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In my opinion, based on scientific research (reply #21), the more plastic washers on the 3PDT, the longer the footswitch will last. Aren't they some sort of 3PDT Fountain of Youth ?
Thanks to the plastic washer's very interesting properties, more vibrations will be dampen, and they will also absorb shocks more efficiently.
In fact, i think two white washers is a minimum if you really respect your circuits and your own work... that's definitly a sign that a pedal builder cares about his builds.
No offense to the back-stabbing plastic-washerophobics, but they do need to step up their game, and evolve past their rejection tendencies, in my humble opinion (based on scientific evidence).
Once, several plastic washers have been stolen from my stash. I had to use the plastic from my credit card to build my own plastic washers. Couldn't eat and live as usual for weeks after that. Lost several pounds, i also got ill, but it was well worth it.
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chris.knudson
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So you're saying that 2 is better than 1 when it comes to the white washer?
chris.knudson
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So, given that logic. two chrome LED bezels are better than one?
eh là bas ma
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I'm not saying two is always better than one with everything. It depends on the item's characteristics.
If we take metal bezels as exemple, their main features are being both extremely expensive and shiny. Two of them on one enclosure will make it more expensive and shinier. I don't think that's better at all.
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peccary
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Thank you for pulling me out of the deep despair I was experiencing reading this thread.
chris.knudson
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Shiny is better IMHO
eh là bas ma
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Would you be so kind to give a link to one of your build reports please ? In order to appreciate your work, and see with our own eyes if your opinion is based on solid scientific evidence ?
