Sorry for the rant but currently feeling a little frustrated about shopping for powder coated enclosures. I love Tayda’s quality and selection but tired of painted over fastener threads and long wait times. Then there’s the tariff expense tacked onto shipping making it nearly cost prohibitive. Stompboxparts has a quick turnaround but such a limited selection (from what’s still in stock at any given time) and they’re more than double in price than Tayda. Such lovely folks at Love my Switches but I just got the March limited run enclosure drop and the quality is not great for the money. Beautiful pattern and smooth top but drips on the side and pits on back plate. Again, really limited selection there too. I know we’re all feeling these pains from time to time, but is anyone sourcing reasonably priced enclosures (say maybe in the under $10 range) from any other sources? I really just want to be able to get somewhat affordable, decent quality powder coats quicker from somewhere while Tayda is taking nearly a month doing whatever it is they need to do to get enclosures out.
Sources for powder coated enclosures?
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swelchy
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Honestly your not going to find a cheaper source than Tayda for boxes..... Stomp box parts has some great ones and so does love my switches but your paying a premium to have them stateside and for them to personally coat them. I've recently bought a beginner setup from eastwood but have yet to actually use it.. bought the powder coat gun nib and 2 lbs of a few different colors for $75 off marketplace.
BooBooBear has black white and red in stock at $9 ea
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Harry Klippton
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Amplified parts also has black, white, or bare for about $9
falco_femoralis
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I've purchased a couple from Stomp Box Parts and like the quality of their Pro series.
Bricksnbeatles
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The tariffs are why I haven’t ordered from tayda in a while, but all that aside, the issue of blocked threads is easily solved by getting an appropriate sized thread tap (or even just a self-tapping screw) and clearing out the threads. Takes like a minute to do and eliminates the problem
This is very helpful - thanks. Just placed an orderBooBooBear has black white and red in stock at $9 ea
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Thanks - this is what i was looking for
You can also get colors from digikey and mouser. They usually have most of hammond’s official colors. Black, cobalt blue, green, light gray, orange, purple, red, yellow. But not every enclosure has those options. For instance, it looks like they only have black for 1590N.
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Diecast Aluminum Enclosures (1590 Series)
Hammond's 1590 series of die-cast aluminum enclosures have a longstanding reputation for quality and ease of use. Casted from high quality alloys, these enclosures are tough enough to withstand every day abuse, but easy to machine for connectors, switches, and other components. The 1590 series...