Members warriorpoet Posted March 27, 2013 Members Share Posted March 27, 2013 In this log I will be building a hand-etched PCB provided by GuitarPCB. I will use techniques typical of my personal builds, and hopefully give the new builders here some ideas. I also hope experienced builders will contribute their techniques and tricks as well; it's all about empowering our bretheren to make some great stuff! Here's where I started: Masking the copper side PCB Side PCB Paint Fresh Paint Masking removed Raw sides PCB side "industrialized" with steel wool Sides dyed black with Sharpie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warriorpoet Posted March 27, 2013 Author Members Share Posted March 27, 2013 Now for the enclosure: Raw enclosure and stencil sample Enclosure paint Rough metallic "stamp" Masking for clearcoat Enclosure clearcoat Ghetto spray booth (ALWAYS test spray can before applying to pedal) First coat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warriorpoet Posted March 27, 2013 Author Members Share Posted March 27, 2013 Completing the basic finish application and preparing components for soldering (tomorrow): Clearcoat layer 2 Laying out components and watching paint dry... Layer 3 and masking (20 minutes between layers) Masking remove and label relief Sharp clearcoat line (to be buffed with steel wool tomorrow) To do tomorrow evening: 1. solder basic components to PCB (diode, resistors, capacitors) 2. socket transistors (will measure and test when offboard wiring is complete) 3. mount and fit offboard components 4. buff edges of clearcoat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cybersecretary Posted March 27, 2013 Members Share Posted March 27, 2013 ok! I'll be watching. We are starting to build here. we fix a lot of our stuff and turned a small bedroom into a "lab" . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GilmourD Posted March 27, 2013 Members Share Posted March 27, 2013 :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warriorpoet Posted March 28, 2013 Author Members Share Posted March 28, 2013 Continuing from yesterday... Tools of the trade: Temperature controlled soldering station 63/37 solder X-Acto knife Steel wool Organization and newspaper Not pictured: nail clippers (for clipping component leads) wire strippers/ cutters forceps (for wire tidying) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jpnyc Posted March 28, 2013 Members Share Posted March 28, 2013 You make it look so easy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GilmourD Posted March 29, 2013 Members Share Posted March 29, 2013 I was looking as the GuitarPCB site to see if they had a clean boost. If they do I can't quote figure out which it is. They all seem like ODs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members warriorpoet Posted March 29, 2013 Author Members Share Posted March 29, 2013 The Stage 3 is an amazing clean boost that is roughly the size of a 3PDT switch, MKC1 can do clean boost (It's a Klon derivative), SHO 'Nuff is a Super Hard On derivative, and Stage 357 is a clean boost with switchable clipping. I've build probably a dozen Stage 3s and 4 MKC1s, and they're both really, really good (especially with documented mods). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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