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I'm looking to start making a few pedals and love your idea of having a load of standard parts so just being able to build on stripboard almost on demand! I know that you went through a few different types of things like caps, so have you got a final shopping list of useful parts that you bought that you wouldn't mind sharing please? (or @Adam_MD have you?)
Knobs, Pots and Enclosures - from Tayda. Cheap and good quality. I've bought a shed load of these recently.
Alpha 3PDT switches - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Alpha-Taiwan-3PDT-Footswitch-with-Solder-Lugs-/253111548438?hash=item3aee9fba16
Resistors - I bought a pack like this one https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2600pcs-130-Values-1-4W-Metal-Film-Resistors-Resistance-Assortment-Kit-Set-1-/263532240889?hash=item3d5bbedff9 - and now I top up with 50 packs of the common values like 1k, 10k, 22k etc from CPC.
Electrolytic Caps - I bought 50 or 100 multi-packs from CPC in values of 1uF, 3.3uF, 4.7uF, 10uF, 22uF, 33uF, 47uF, 100uF
Poly box film Caps - I get these from Bitsbox or eBay. Values range from 1nF to 0.1uF.
NP0/C0G MLCC Caps from RS Online - 220pF, 470pF, 100pF, 150pF, 47pF, 22pF, 10pF
Chips, Transistors, Diodes usually from Bitsbox or whoever has them. But I buy these only when I know what pedals I'm going to build.
I compare prices between Bitsbox, CPC, RS Online, Tayda, Mouser. And whoever does the best postage deals.
Maybe not the best layout, but my first!
*** EDIT!!! - The first vero layout was wrong! It had two MPSA13 transistors when, in fact, there is only one. The schematic shows the single MPSA13 as a Darlington pair. ***
Currently building:
Catalinbread Katzenkonig (themed to Custard the Cat from Roobarb and Custard)
Earthquaker Disaster Transport Jr
Fuzz Factory mark II (photos to follow, still waiting for knobs)
Decided to use up my orange Hammond 1590B and Posca Pen on Custard the cat (http://www.roobarbandcustard.tv/ for those too young to remember).
You can see a small bubble in the epoxy Envirotex coating just to the right of the eyes. This bloody bubble appeared out of nowhere about 6 hours after pouring the resin, just as it was almost set so I couldn't burst it with a lighter. Ho hum. ;-)
I always test a new circuit first before boxing it, and this entails connecting all the wires to a breadboard that I have set up with input/output jacks and trimpots for the controls. Then if it doesn't work I can simply work on the circuit board. This pedal was buzzing like a buzzy thing when I first tested it and I spent several hours double-checking and swapping out some components. It turned out that it needed a grounded shield around the circuit and the input wire, so once it was in the box it was fine.
Another nice couple of pedals. My Tayda delivery took just under 2 weeks I think. I am still thinking about making the pedal, meanwhile you have made 2 more