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

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 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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chris.knudson said:
Heaven forbid you use them both inside and out... Don't tell @eh là bas ma that you did that.
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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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eh là bas ma said:
In my opinion, based on scientific research (reply #21), the more plastic washer 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 the 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 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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So you're saying that 2 is better than 1 when it comes to the white washer?
 
eh là bas ma said:
In my opinion, based on scientific research (reply #21), the more plastic washer 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 the 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 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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So, given that logic. two chrome LED bezels are better than one?
 
chris.knudson said:
given that logic
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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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eh là bas ma said:
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 is being 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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Shiny is better IMHO
 
@eh là bas ma I was with you at first with the white washers -- I believe they are getting a bad rap, but you have now insulted my little chrome LED bezels, and I can't sit idly by and let you disparage the these tiny pieces of chrome. They have done you no harm, but they bring joy to the multitudes of pedal builders that enjoy seeing their reflections in their creations. Please allow us, the few who enjoy the satisfaction of brilliance, to shine in our little boxes of sound to ring out loudly to the masses with a bit of sonic pleasure that can only be enjoyed by the brave among us.
 
chris.knudson said:
you have now insulted my little chrome LED bezels
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I don't think i did. I merely said that their accumulated properties aren't useful neither to the circuit nor to any part's longevity.

Maybe you are right "the shinier the better", i just asked for some exemples to support this theory.
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I was with you at first with the white washers
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You've been caught in a blatant lie earlier, we all know who sent you to sabotage the Plastic Ring cause. No need to keep playing the act now.
I almost got them cornered with the plastic led mounting clip strategy, but you made everything fall apart.
 
eh là bas ma said:
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 ?
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I'd be happy to, but I'm embarrassed by my pedal design, but if you must, here is my latest... As you can see, all of my pedals have your precious white washers. please @KR Sound don't block me for that. Some have red LEDs some, some have blue, some have yellow, but they all have chrome LED bezels.
 

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chris.knudson said:
I'd be happy to, but I'm embarrassed by my pedal design, but if you must, here is my latest... As you can see, all of my pedals have your precious white washers. please @KR Sound don't block me for that. Some have red LEDs some, some have blue, some have yellow, but they all have chrome LED bezels.
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BTW, Friends of Pluto is the name of my band... I give most of these pedals away to my band mates.
 
chris.knudson said:
all of my pedals have (...) white washers
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Interesting and good looking artworks.

Although, these builds don't bring out their plastic washers at all. Even worse, your designs seem to try to hide them with all the white paint coating. Wouldn't we see them better if these enclosures were black ? Clearly, you never intended to include them when you chose these colors and shapes.

I do believe WW can be set on the outside, but they have to be taken into consideration in the whole design. Otherwise, it will only create more scepticism about them.
 
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eh là bas ma said:
Interesting and good looking artworks.

Although these builds don't bring out their plastic washers at all. Even worse, your designs seem to try to hide them with all the white paint coating. Wouldn't we see them better if these enclosures were black ? Clearly you never intended to include them when you chose these colors and shapes.

I do believe WW can be set on the outside, but they have to be taken into consideration in the whole design. Otherwise, it will only create more scepticism about them.
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Dude, I thought you would be proud that I didn't hide the white washer -- I thought you's have my back on this one. I put myself out to the world with your precious white washer and you just stabbed me in the bask. I guess from now on, I'll one use the chrome washers with my chrome LED bezels.
 
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