What’s on *YOUR* workbench?
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drgonzo1969
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Looks like fun!
finebyfine
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Big ol shovel head iron tip came today and I’m scrounging through my prototype fuckup bin to salvage pots.
The one I bought is a hair too big to recommend for anything but salvage use but I just ordered the next size smaller and will report back on that.
The one I bought is a hair too big to recommend for anything but salvage use but I just ordered the next size smaller and will report back on that.
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almondcity
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JTEX
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Don't go too crazy, this might increase your stomach's capacity.
Passinwind
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Better than capping your ass though!
JTEX
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Or busting your knee caps!
cliffs_trip
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Made a silicone mold for some knobs. I’ve been wanting to try and cast the brass knurled fittings directly into the knob.
I been working on a jig to drill the side/screw holes through the knob and brass insert. The idea is to strap the knob in and stand the jig on end, then drill on drill press. Tapping the screw holes in the inserts is the next thing on the list to tackle.
I been working on a jig to drill the side/screw holes through the knob and brass insert. The idea is to strap the knob in and stand the jig on end, then drill on drill press. Tapping the screw holes in the inserts is the next thing on the list to tackle.
jessenator
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That is some fantastic ingenuity and production right there. Is that acrylic paint for the indicator, or something more indelible?
cliffs_trip
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Those aren't the ones I've cast. Those are purchased knobs I was using to test. Hopefully I’ll make time tonight to cast a set.
I do use laquer crayon type pencil things for the indicators they work well.
drgonzo1969
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I have one of those enclosures but I put the footswitch where you put the knobs. I dremeled out the screw column things to make room for pcb. I did a hack job but it turned out alright.
Feral Feline
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Did it come without any pre-drilling?
@cliffs_trip Those chickenheads are amazing, LOVE'm, and I generally am not a chickenhead-knob guy.
Do you have a thread devoted to your knob-making? If not, you should.
KR Sound
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I thought about that at first, but it would’ve made it too easy
I wasn’t sure if there’d be enough vertical room there so the footswitch wouldn’t bottom out.
MichaelW
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Maybe too much butter on the transistors? Try olive oil, it's healthier.....Found a buttery set for a tonebender (reverse order, because I'm detail oriented …?)
Q3, Q2, Q1
183, 95, 68
Messed about with some other combos including low-gain silicon NPNs. Fun, but not as creamy as the combo above
short story: this is the first Tonebender I've ever built, breadboard or otherwise (shocking). I've laid out PCBs of varying circuit types, vero, and proto projects of even other fuzzes, but not the Tonebender. Figured I should do one.
I spent this weekend trying to get this h*ckin thing to work. Tried a battery based positive ground from several drawing, then a charge pump version (this one). Thought the circuit was just allergic to me or something. Turns out histamine wasn't the problem. Turns out this does NOT like my chonky 2N2904s in Q1. They'll work great in Q2 and/or Q3. Once I popped one of the salvaged germs it fired right up.
MichaelW
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How are you doing the neck pockets? Is it a standard F style? Man, I'd love to build a Novo clone with some P90's.
KR Sound
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Right. I just laid it out and drilled the holes as I went.
Feral Feline
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I've been looking for something similar to the SmallBear enclosure, which this is, but the SB version comes pre-drilled for jacks etc.
What I want is one like you have, undrilled.
What I want is one like you have, undrilled.
jessenator
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Maybe too much butter on the transistors? Try olive oil, it's healthier.....
Eugh, morning typing.
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