Screen Printing Rig start up
The Speedball hinges came in last week and they look like they will work perfectly. Now I will start making the rest of the rig.
Switches from BLMS
Picked up some cheap 3PDT switches from BitchesLoveMySwitches last week and they got here safe and sound. Looking forward to testing them out. Here is a shot of 25 out of the 50 I picked up.
Instant epic fail
When etching a face plate / name plate MAKE SURE you have your image flipped. I have been etching boards all day and when I made the face plate template in photoshop I did not have it flipped. Doesn’t work to well if you take a minute and think about it. Lesson learned.
Cave Dweller II Build
My buddy Zach wants a Double Cave Dweller so I started it today and wanted to post my progress. I am in need of a few parts to finish it up. Guess he will have to wait a bit. I’m sure it will be worth it.
Laziness strikes again
There is one person who knows how lazy I am and that’s my father-in-law. I told him I was tired of agitating PCBs that are etching and this is what he made me.
Barbershop 2.0
Finally redid the barbershop overdrive pedal that started my DIY bug. I ditched the vero and etched my own board and cleaned up my wire job. Here is the results.
Here was the original one I made almost a year ago. It was such a mess, the knobs touched when turning them and the PCB was on a vero when I was just starting to learn how to solder properly. To top it all off I had no concept how to mount the PCB and I stuck it in a bag so it would not short out. Lol…
My wife chips in
I asked my wife to paint an enclosure for me and she did a beautiful layered swirl that when looked at up close, it has some great depth to it. Both her and I will be trying a few different things with enclosures and trying to figure out the method and look that suits us.
First enclosure etch
This is my first attempt to etch an enclosure. I did the toner transfer method but I did not leave it in the etching solution long enough. More to learn and I hope to try it again this weekend.
New bench tool
I just picked up a Atten ADS1062CAL and it is more than I will ever need and to tell you the truth I don’t know even the basics of using it. I have started some basic online tutorials on how to use a oscilloscope to troubleshoot electronics and to tune frequencies. I got the oscilloscope at a good price so I just look at it as another tool for this DIY adventure.
Here is a shot of my bench after a quick clean up and hooking up the oscilloscope.
Referance
A quick sheet of enclosure sizes.
