stewblack Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 I'm going to make a pedal board. The thought came from nowhere, but I knew it was a good one right away. A fun project, inexpensive materials for when I inevitably screw it up, and so simple, eventual success is almost guaranteed. I work best by trial and error. Fix problems with tape, elastic bands, cable ties and glue, moving up one step at a time to an actual, workable solution. I struggle to imagine abstract ideas and make them real. So I decided, given my surprisingly impressive facility with Photoshop to change all that and make a plan. I've done the top down view, and the side view and I'm quite pleased with the result. Or at least I was until I dropped some scale pictures of pedals onto it. It's a two tier board, the top tier of which appears sufficiently capacious to cater for 40 Boss sized stomps. Back (as I believe someone once said) to the drawing board. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted November 7, 2020 Share Posted November 7, 2020 One BOSS pedal weighs around 1 lbs. 40 lbs is quite a lot! Your board will be good for heavy weight champions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 On 07/11/2020 at 11:49, itu said: One BOSS pedal weighs around 1 lbs. 40 lbs is quite a lot! Your board will be good for heavy weight champions. Yes indeed, I think I'm going to wait until I have collected the pedals and build the board to suit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodwind Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Any progress @stewblack ? I Just found this thread as I'm making my own pedal board. The requirements being - as light and as strong as possible, while being very low profile and easy to travel with. Today I'm carving out the Aluminium sheet to mount the pedals on which will then be sewn into a custom bag. Eventually all the holes will be drilled to half an inch, but I want to use the better pillar drill in my other workshop which is currently closed. I'm more used to working with silver, gold and titanium - making Jewellery and woodwind instrument repairs, but I can see more of this type of thing happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted February 17, 2021 Author Share Posted February 17, 2021 Sadly mine has come to a halt. Lost my workspace recently. Yours looks fascinating. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itu Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Woodwind said: I'm more used to working with silver, gold and titanium... ...so your watch has to be an IWC GST? I bought a bag for my (wooden) foldable FX board from a sail maker. Robust zipper and good, water resistant textile. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodwind Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 55 minutes ago, stewblack said: Sadly mine has come to a halt. Lost my workspace recently. Yours looks fascinating. Damn, I can totally empathise with the annoyance of losing a workspace. My pedal board will be quite crude as I've already decided to change things as I got working. I need something for a recording session in two weeks, so I'll get this done and refine it thereafter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodwind Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, itu said: ...so your watch has to be an IWC GST? I bought a bag for my (wooden) foldable FX board from a sail maker. Robust zipper and good, water resistant textile. That's a great solution for the bag Itu! i'll be making mine, but the design will evolve so once I'm set I may commission something much better from a specialist. As for the watch, I'm in a more modest price bracket 😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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