What’s on *YOUR* workbench?
- Thread starter Bricksnbeatles
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steviejr92
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Nothing new but since it’s on the workbench I might as well put up a pic! 
3 different sizes of Big Muff enclosures coming up!
3 different sizes of Big Muff enclosures coming up!
steviejr92
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The smaller ones are meant for 125B sized circuits. The hole layouts will directly fit any 3 knob or 4 knob circuit @Robert makes!
CheapSuitG
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penny drops - they are sheets of metal to be bent! I thought I was looking at the top of die cast enclosures
steviejr92
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That would be really cool though! I would love to get into stamping or casting one day!
CheapSuitG
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Do it!!!!!!
steviejr92
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In your opinion would aluminum be easier to work with?
Bricksnbeatles
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Cheaper, but not necessarily easier. A lot of thought needs to be put into your sprue system so you get full fill and no air pockets. Sand casting is the most cost effective process probably. Die casting would be easiest after setup, but it’s a huge hurdle in terms of cost and effort to create a die first. Lost wax (or ppla) gives the most freedom as far as design and detail go, but it produces a lot of waste, and it takes a lot of setup for each cast— great for one-offs, but the hours that would need to go into each casting would make it totally unprofitable to sell
Bricksnbeatles
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Will you do the any of small ones with the LED between the pots? Also a 6 knob would be sick for any of the blackout 6-knob muffs (Musket/Bayonet; Blunderbuss/Thunder Pipe)
steviejr92
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Thank you for the detailed response!
Sand casting sounds like the way to go then. Any particular type of sand you would recommend? Im sure there are different compositions and mixtures. In your opinion whats the best to use?
The LED can be done no problem! I would just need to get through this batch and that can be a hole layout i offer in the future! 6 knob layout in any fashion can be done as well!
Erik S
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I’ve never actually done any sand casting, but I’m totally fascinated by the process and have spent a lot of time reading/ watching videos about it. This YouTube guy is probably the reason I got interested:
PATTERNMAKING- foundry - casting
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steviejr92
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Thank you for the resources!I’ve never actually done any sand casting, but I’m totally fascinated by the process and have spent a lot of time reading/ watching videos about it. This YouTube guy is probably the reason I got interested:
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Bricksnbeatles
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I’m super bored and want to get into powder coating since I hate paint so much. Anyone have thoughts?
CheapSuitG
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My brother in law does it for car parts, let me talk with him to see if he has any suggestions.
dan.schumaker
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Its not too hard to get into. You can do a lot of learning with a cheap toaster oven and the Harbor Freight Powercoat gun. I used that setup for about 4 years until I decided to upgrade
steviejr92
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A simple oven like the Jegs powder coat oven and an Eastwood dual voltage gun would be a great place to start. Although not needed the stand from Eastwood for hanging parts will help out tremendously.
What he said!
From memory we made a positive in wax and then made a mould in latex, supported it with clay, fired it to get the wax out, then poured. If you were careful the latex was reusable. But it was a pain and difficult and needed the vents and would shrink at different rates….and Hammond make lovely enclosures!
depends what you’re trying to do tbh. I’ve just sorted top jacks on my Gorva m45
I can fit two of them in the space a side jacked 1590B takes up!!!