What’s on *YOUR* workbench?

[Mentaltossflycoon]

A little late night bending session!
This time the aim was to try something a little more unique than the norm! The body is 18ga steel while the walls are 4mm 6061 aircraft grade aluminum. I messed up one of the walls I ended up hitting the return to zero instead of homing the machine…if you know you know

I’m intending to house the Acrobat Parametric Distortion circuit in here!
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[Asdrael]

One more for the road! Klone done (AionFx Refractor) and functional on the first stomp. Not sure why so many weird resistance and cap values tho.

At least I think my builds and soldering are getting cleaner... Just have to find the right wires so I don't have those spaghetti popping.

 

[temol]

A little late night bending session!

How is the steel bending going on your bender?

 

[steviejr92]

How is the steel bending going on your bender?

I’m bending 18ga steel quite easily and haven’t had a problem. I think 16ga is doable

 

[Hirti]

Madbean Archibald. Accidentally ordered a 1590BB instead of a 1590BB2 and now the enclosure won't close. That's an expensive mistake (I also had an UV print for it).

 

[jcpst]

Madbean Archibald. Accidentally ordered a 1590BB instead of a 1590BB2 and now the enclosure won't close. That's an expensive mistake (I also had an UV print for it).

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This person appears to have spacers for 1590B in different colors:

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There may also be a 3D printer file floating around on the interwebs…

 

[Hirti]

Ah, that's a good suggestion. Thanks! A friend of mine has a 3D printer. I'll see if I can find a file somewhwere

 

[jcpst]

Hmm, maybe?

1590BB Led plate by DrZhark

Led plate for guitar pedals, This fits a 1590BB enclosureHas room to add up to 12 ledsthere are two variations, one leaves more open space for top mounted jacksIt can hold a pcb to make cable management easier. print in transparent PLA for best results.

www.thingiverse.com

 

[jimilee]

Hmm, maybe?

1590BB Led plate by DrZhark

Led plate for guitar pedals, This fits a 1590BB enclosureHas room to add up to 12 ledsthere are two variations, one leaves more open space for top mounted jacksIt can hold a pcb to make cable management easier. print in transparent PLA for best results.

www.thingiverse.com

This is wat I was gonna say, or grommets on all four corners and fill it with LEDs.

 

[UtilityBeltFX]

Managed to knock a lot of the rust off these old Big Muff screws. This was the worst example, the rest all look way better. I'll hide this one on the bottom

 

[jessenator]

Managed to knock a lot of the rust off these old Big Muff screws. This was the worst example, the rest all look way better. I'll hide this one on the bottom

Are you using EvapoRust? That stuff is pretty great for not being caustic. Supposed to not hurt paint either. Haven't done it on painted/finished surfaces, so I wonder about water getting under the paint in the really rusty parts, but maybe test it out on something else first.

 

[UtilityBeltFX]

Are you using EvapoRust? That stuff is pretty great for not being caustic. Supposed to not hurt paint either. Haven't done it on painted/finished surfaces, so I wonder about water getting under the paint in the really rusty parts, but maybe test it out on something else first.

Actually I just used WD40 and various Dremel attachments

 

[jessenator]

Actually I just used WD40 and various Dremel attachments

if you have a Harbor Freight nearby it's not bad, especially since you just reuse it (it treats like 75 pounds of iron or something—that's how they rate it…). I ran mine through some simple filters when I poured it back into the container (since I was soaking big things).

 

[Erik S]

Tonight’s DIY soldering project is this scrap metal gutter to keep the rain off my back stairs. The soldering isn’t pretty, but it held water before I made the big hole at the end.

 

[Pauleo1214]

Makeshift mirror in my hand, who's the baldest of the land?

 

[GizzWizzKing]

EvapoRust

Actually I just used WD40 and various Dremel attachments

No idea how it compares to EvapoRust but when I find bad ones I've found an overnight soak in lemon juice with salt and vinegar really softens it all up.

 

[jessenator]

No idea how it compares to EvapoRust but when I find bad ones I've found an overnight soak in lemon juice with salt and vinegar really softens it all up.

EvapoRust has a nice safety net—apparently you can't leave things in too long, being PH neutral. Again, YMMV, test on expendable metal, yadda yadda. Sorry to sound like an evangelist

Acid definitely does the job when one pays attention, which I sometimes don't, heh.

If you need EXTREME and don't care about pitting (say you're going to completely sand, level, and refinish it), there's electrolysis. Need a slooooooow battery charger, scrap rebar or other cheap metal, borax (or is it washing soda?), and a plastic tub deep enough. Done it with car parts and tools, so with screws this would definitely be overkill.

 

[Stickman393]

Tonight’s DIY soldering project is this scrap metal gutter to keep the rain off my back stairs. The soldering isn’t pretty, but it held water before I made the big hole at the end.

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Eyes immediately went to the mill you got there in the background.

Nice bit o kit.

 

[Nostradoomus]

Poking fun at those dumbass targeted ad t shirts you see on Facebook.

 

[Stickman393]

Poking fun at those dumbass targeted ad t shirts you see on Facebook.
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This could be a whole genre.