DIY Effects

[Goliath_FX]

10 hours ago, LukeFRC said:

Meanwhile in my madness…

gloss on Matt black - looks pretty good! 

 

They look class, Tayda printshop?

[LukeFRC]

6 minutes ago, Goliath_FX said:

 

They look class, Tayda printshop?

Gojira up in Glasgow. They carry the M45 - probably more expensive than Tayda but sometimes U.K. companies give better results and comms and … well I don’t mind supporting our local community! 

[bloke_zero]

Any body want this? Yours for postage. A single sided pcb for a 360 preamp plus build guide.

 

dm me 

[Quatschmacher]

On 23/01/2025 at 21:21, LukeFRC said:

Meanwhile in my madness…

gloss on Matt black - looks pretty good! 

Ooh, nice. So you’re doing a batch of these?

[Si600]

I'm looking for something like a Lazy Bear 2 way patch box, https://www.lazy-bear.co.uk/product-page/patchbay-side-load but, not meaning any disrespect to Lazy Bear, or anyone else who makes them, I'm not paying 28 quid for something I've got all the parts for except the enclosure.

 

Which is where you come in, any ideas where I'd get a box from?  All the ones my Google-Fu has found are either far too big, or too low to get the jack sockets in.  Ideally it would be 50mm x 40mm x 25-30mm.  Also, available in the EU without a billion pounds of shipping added

 

Ta everso.

[LukeFRC]

15 minutes ago, Si600 said:

I'm looking for something like a Lazy Bear 2 way patch box, https://www.lazy-bear.co.uk/product-page/patchbay-side-load but, not meaning any disrespect to Lazy Bear, or anyone else who makes them, I'm not paying 28 quid for something I've got all the parts for except the enclosure.

 

Which is where you come in, any ideas where I'd get a box from?  All the ones my Google-Fu has found are either far too big, or too low to get the jack sockets in.  Ideally it would be 50mm x 40mm x 25-30mm.  Also, available in the EU without a billion pounds of shipping added

 

Ta everso.

Hammond 1590LB close enough?

 

[LukeFRC]

though I would have thought 1590A would work too

[MichaelDean]

@LukeFRC pipped me! This should do it for cheap.

 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mikinona-Aluminum-Electrc-Enclosure-Aluminium/dp/B0BXKP4KPY/ref=sr_1_5

[LukeFRC]

On 04/02/2025 at 14:42, Quatschmacher said:

Ooh, nice. So you’re doing a batch of these?

Indeed. I've got the parts for 6. One for me, one for Lee who encouraged me to try this, and 2-3 I think spoken for. I need to check I'm not making too many that I fall foul of the rules on here by talking about them!

[tauzero]

11 minutes ago, LukeFRC said:

though I would have thought 1590A would work too

 

And 1590H.

 

A handy reference attached.

Hammond boxes.xlsx

[LukeFRC]

my only thought, as I currently squeeze things in Gorva m45 with top jacks - small jacks cost a fair bit - and if it's going underneath your board a bigger patch bay with cheaper jacks may be easier than a micro one!

 

[Si600]

I have sort of barrel jacks that have legs on one face, I suspect they're actually surface mount ones, but they have a nut on the outside as well.  They will be in less danger of grounding on the case.

 

I was looking for plastic boxes, and aluminium one hadn't occurred to me. 

 

Thanks for the help chaps.

[Si600]

I've got my enclosure, beautifully packed...

 

 

Of course, now I've got it it looks far too small, despite me knowing the dimensions of the two things going in it 😉

[BabyBlueSound]

Hey Everyone, I'm new into DIY pedals! Just finishing up my first FuzzDog pedal, a Mastodon (based on Mastotron). Final wirings are being done in the underbelly (hopefully done today or tomorrow), I have already tested the board out of the enclosure, seemed to work!

 

Edited Monday at 09:58 by BabyBlueSound

[BabyBlueSound]

Wow, I can't believe it but it actually works! 😁

[pete.young]

Does anyone have any thoughts, or maybe even a circuit diagram, for adding a status LED to a momentary footswitch?

 

I have a pair of momentary footswitches that I'm using to change the channel and mute on my EA Doubler but some indication on the switch would be handy. I could buy a dual footswitch pedal from Bright Onion for 65 quid, but it should be possible to build one for less.

 

I was obviously thinking about this problem a while ago, because I've just come across a couple of flip-flop ICs (SN74HC74N) in a drawer, and I can't think of any other reason I'd have bought them.

 

I found a schematic which seems to do what i want to do, I guess I use the footswitch for the clock and just connect D to VCC instead of having another switch?  http://sullystationtechnologies.com/icdflipflop.html

 

 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by pete.young

[nekomatic]

2 hours ago, pete.young said:

I found a schematic which seems to do what i want to do, I guess I use the footswitch for the clock and just connect D to VCC instead of having another switch?  http://sullystationtechnologies.com/icdflipflop.html

You’d want to connect D to Qbar I think. Also if your footswitch is only a single-pole switch with one set of contacts, you can’t necessarily just connect this circuit across them without first checking the voltage and polarity that the amp puts across the open switch. 

[DaleASmith]

2 hours ago, pete.young said:

Does anyone have any thoughts, or maybe even a circuit diagram, for adding a status LED to a momentary footswitch?

 

I have a pair of momentary footswitches that I'm using to change the channel and mute on my EA Doubler but some indication on the switch would be handy. I could buy a dual footswitch pedal from Bright Onion for 65 quid, but it should be possible to build one for less.

 

 

 

If they’re momentary why do you need indication on them? They’re only active when you have your foot on the switch aren’t they?

[Chienmortbb]

 

24 minutes ago, nekomatic said:

You’d want to connect D to Qbar I think. Also if your footswitch is only a single-pole switch with one set of contacts, you can’t necessarily just connect this circuit across them without first checking the voltage and polarity that the amp puts across the open switch. 

Agreed.

[Chienmortbb]

13 minutes ago, DaleASmith said:

If they’re momentary why do you need indication on them? They’re only active when you have your foot on the switch aren’t they?

Although the amp can accept either a latched or momentary foot switch, you would have to turn around to look at the status on the amp front panel. As long as you check the setting on the amp prior to starting, the foot switch LED will indicate which functions are selected.

[DaleASmith]

3 minutes ago, Chienmortbb said:

Although the amp can accept either a latched or momentary foot switch, you would have to turn around to look at the status on the amp front panel. As long as you check the setting on the amp prior to starting, the foot switch LED will indicate which functions are selected.

Got ya! 👍

[pete.young]

1 hour ago, Chienmortbb said:

Although the amp can accept either a latched or momentary foot switch, you would have to turn around to look at the status on the amp front panel. As long as you check the setting on the amp prior to starting, the foot switch LED will indicate which functions are selected.

 

According to the manual the amp expects a momentary switch and doesn't mention a latching switch, so I assumed that wasn't an option.

 

After I posted I read the data sheet, and you're right - connect D to Q bar.

 

The switches I have are DPDT so I think I wire one side to the output and one side to the LED circuit. The other question is what to do about syncing with the state of the amp. The Bright Onion has a sync switch which changes the LED without affecting the output,