The Pedal Finishing Thread - Painting, Coating, Drilling, Envirotex, etc

What's Hot
13468914

Comments

  • OctafishOctafish Frets: 1937
    edited May 2018
    Fazz Fuctory back together, Haven't played with it for a month or so, forgot how fun these things are....



    0reaction image LOL 1reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • PhiltrePhiltre Frets: 4164
    More fun than a bucket of badgers. =)
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • OctafishOctafish Frets: 1937
    ....and can sound like a bucket of badgers. I like getting it to self-oscillate, messing around with the pitch and running it through my DD500 delay using an exp pedal to ramp up delay feedback and make crazy noises :naughty: 
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • SteveFSteveF Frets: 536
    Philtre said:
    As @Adam_MD says. 24 hours is not enough. I've made small impressions in the ET as it is still malleable at this stage. A bare minimum is 48 hours, but preferably 4 days. Personally, I would drill the holes with a stepper drill (however, I do the 3mm LED hole manually with increasing sized drill bits - 2mm, 2.5mm then 3mm swizzling the drill bit in my fingers).
    Is there a particular reason you use a stepper rather than just straight drill bits?  Just convenience?   I found that I had to be really careful not to go too far as each step on my bit wasn't particularly wide.  Ended up slightly countersinking a couple of holes by accident.  It hasn't made a difference but I found it safer to use straight up drill bits in the end.  

    Also, why the manual drilling of the led hole?  Just in case you miss? 
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • PhiltrePhiltre Frets: 4164
    Stepper drill bit because drilling a 12mm hole would require changing the bit very couple of mm.


    Sometimes I wrap masking tape on the step above the one I need, so I don't drill too far.

    The 3mm LED hole I do manually because I hold the drill by hand and I would definitely miss the mark. It only takes a few minutes to swizzle it out by hand.
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • SteveFSteveF Frets: 536
    Ah, maybe that's why my holes have been a little rough in places.  I have been doing a 3mm pilot and then whatever the full size is.  I thought maybe my bits were a bit blunt :lol: 

    I should be ok getting my holes dead centre though - my drill has a laser! :D 


    0reaction image LOL 3reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • PhiltrePhiltre Frets: 4164
    Now that's a drill! :o
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • SteveFSteveF Frets: 536
    Oh yes, I feel so very manly! :lol: 
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • Winny_PoohWinny_Pooh Frets: 7732
    I'm on my second ET this week. First went ok with some small dips. Second went even better, used the stick to spread the edges more carefully and looked hard for gaps.

    Here's no1 after 48 hrs, drilled out the holes but waiting another day before re-assembly.


    0reaction image LOL 1reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • SteveFSteveF Frets: 536
    Graphics look awesome :) is that Posca pens? 
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • PhiltrePhiltre Frets: 4164
    edited May 2018
    Was going to ask the same - Posca?

    I sometimes drill out the holes after 48 hours. The edges of the holes will not be seen, anyway.

    (Love the bare metal with artwork!)
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • Winny_PoohWinny_Pooh Frets: 7732
    Thanks, yep this was done with Posca pens, As they cover fairly well (light colours less so) it's easy enough to do a light pencil sketch and then go over with the pens. 
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • Winny_PoohWinny_Pooh Frets: 7732
    Second one finished today


    0reaction image LOL 1reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • PhiltrePhiltre Frets: 4164
    edited May 2018
    NIce job. There's a cactus at the end of the rainbow...so it must be an...overdrive?

    Your Posca skills are way better than my attempts! =)
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • Winny_PoohWinny_Pooh Frets: 7732
    edited May 2018
    Yes, its the supreaux from fuzzdog, a transistor based OD. Or a metaphor for life in general :)
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • SteveFSteveF Frets: 536
    Looks great!  
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • SteveFSteveF Frets: 536
    New design in the works - can you guess what it is yet?? 


    0reaction image LOL 1reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • PhiltrePhiltre Frets: 4164
    That looks totally excellent! =)

    Wouldn't be er, a klon would it? ;)
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • SteveFSteveF Frets: 536
    Got it in one (unsurprisingly!).  Will be doing the (now) usual sticky paper and ET method but I think this would look ace etched.  One to try in the future I think. It's got a lot of detail, so not sure how well it will work, but this on a brushed metal enclosure with the etched voids in black would be great. 

    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
  • PhiltrePhiltre Frets: 4164
    Would look fab etched. Which circuit is it?
    0reaction image LOL 0reaction image Wow! 0reaction image Wisdom
Sign In or Register to comment.