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Title: Liquid Mercury Phaser
Post by: m-Kresol on November 21, 2016, 01:15:25 PM
drolo's fantastic Liquid Mercury phaser. Came together nicely without problems and the combination of yellow 5mm LED and 2 tayda LDRs works well and sounds nice. thanks to chuckbuick for the tipp.

I added a Tap sync jack which is basically just synchornising the 5V tap of the tap switch with other taplfo devices (in my case Jon's Cardinal tremolo). I might resolder it to the other lug of the jack. This way, if someone accidentally inserts the 9V supply there, it will only put GND on the 5V pad instead of 9V, which might damage the IC. I need to add the jack to the tremolo to confirm it works, but according to the datasheet it should work.

The etch turned out really well and the epoxy really brings it to live. Lots of detail on this one. First attempt at a multi-coloured theme as well. Lots of work putting tiny pieces of masking tape on there. I didn't have 6 knobs of the same kind, so it's missing one and the waveform selector will also get a white one in the future.

(http://felix.kalium.org/upload/pictures/Pedals/LiquidMercury/LM1_small.JPG) (http://felix.kalium.org/upload/pictures/Pedals/LiquidMercury/LM1_big.JPG)

(http://felix.kalium.org/upload/pictures/Pedals/LiquidMercury/LM2_small.JPG) (http://felix.kalium.org/upload/pictures/Pedals/LiquidMercury/LM2_big.JPG)

(http://felix.kalium.org/upload/pictures/Pedals/LiquidMercury/LM3_small.JPG) (http://felix.kalium.org/upload/pictures/Pedals/LiquidMercury/LM3_big.JPG)

(http://felix.kalium.org/upload/pictures/Pedals/LiquidMercury/LM4_small.JPG) (http://felix.kalium.org/upload/pictures/Pedals/LiquidMercury/LM4_big.JPG)

(http://felix.kalium.org/upload/pictures/Pedals/LiquidMercury/LM5_small.JPG) (http://felix.kalium.org/upload/pictures/Pedals/LiquidMercury/LM5_big.JPG)
Title: Re: Liquid Mercury Phaser
Post by: Boba7 on November 21, 2016, 01:52:59 PM
That etch is FANTASTIC!! Out of this world... Just cant believe it. Ah ah. BOTY!

I have to build one at some point... Have to...

Amazing job.
Title: Re: Liquid Mercury Phaser
Post by: chordball on November 21, 2016, 01:53:20 PM
Fantastic build Felix! That etch is perfect. 8)
Title: Re: Liquid Mercury Phaser
Post by: alparent on November 21, 2016, 01:58:11 PM
NICE!

Great etched enclosure.
Super clean build.
Title: Re: Liquid Mercury Phaser
Post by: cajone5 on November 21, 2016, 03:47:30 PM
Love it -- great etch

Can't wait to build this one myself.  Super versatile. 
Title: Re: Liquid Mercury Phaser
Post by: selfdestroyer on November 21, 2016, 04:11:32 PM
Awesome etch Felix. Love the multi colors. Came out fantastic.

Cody
Title: Re: Liquid Mercury Phaser
Post by: Ralfg on November 21, 2016, 04:53:22 PM
Wow, looks amazing. Did you etch the letters in or etch away to top of the enclosure so the letters are raised?

I've been wanting to do a multicolored enclosure like this. Inspirational! Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: Liquid Mercury Phaser
Post by: selfdestroyer on November 21, 2016, 05:13:06 PM
Quote from: Ralfg on November 21, 2016, 04:53:22 PM
Wow, looks amazing. Did you etch the letters in or etch away to top of the enclosure so the letters are raised?

I've been wanting to do a multicolored enclosure like this. Inspirational! Thanks for sharing.

You are correct, its a reverse etch. I'm a huge fan of that method also.

Cody
Title: Re: Liquid Mercury Phaser
Post by: m-Kresol on November 21, 2016, 05:58:12 PM
thanks guys, I appreciate your feedback.

Quote from: Ralfg on November 21, 2016, 04:53:22 PM
Did you etch the letters in or etch away to top of the enclosure so the letters are raised?

as Cody already said, it's a reversed etch. Just to be clear, that means that the letters are raised. That gives more room for experimenting with different colours in contrast to the bare aluminium after sanding the raised parts. Regular etch with lowered letters is never as colourfull, as the most part of the enclosure will be bare aluminium
Title: Re: Liquid Mercury Phaser
Post by: stringsthings on November 22, 2016, 12:03:04 AM
That's an awesome pedal !!
Title: Re: Liquid Mercury Phaser
Post by: Leevibe on November 22, 2016, 12:38:15 AM
Amazing etch and coloring, Felix! This belongs in BOTY my friend.
Title: Re: Liquid Mercury Phaser
Post by: Lubdar on November 22, 2016, 12:56:32 AM
That looks absolutely killer!!!
Title: Re: Liquid Mercury Phaser
Post by: nzCdog on November 22, 2016, 02:10:36 AM
Ubersauce! 8)
Title: Re: Liquid Mercury Phaser
Post by: lincolnic on November 22, 2016, 05:19:47 AM
That looks incredible, fantastic job!
Title: Re: Liquid Mercury Phaser
Post by: Coda-effects on November 22, 2016, 02:17:49 PM
Beautiful!
And wonderful reversed etching
Title: Re: Liquid Mercury Phaser
Post by: bcalla on November 22, 2016, 02:23:53 PM
Well done!
Title: Re: Liquid Mercury Phaser
Post by: Rootz on November 22, 2016, 02:39:15 PM
This one looks amazing Felix, inside and out.
Title: Re: Liquid Mercury Phaser
Post by: neandrewthal on November 22, 2016, 04:45:19 PM
A stunning etch indeed!
Title: Re: Liquid Mercury Phaser
Post by: flanagan0718 on November 22, 2016, 05:33:29 PM
I'd vote for it...just saying  ;)
Title: Re: Liquid Mercury Phaser
Post by: Timko on November 22, 2016, 07:30:09 PM
That's a great looking etch.  You painted the blue, sanded, then masked off the red?  I've got to try that!
Title: Re: Liquid Mercury Phaser
Post by: Timko on November 22, 2016, 07:31:49 PM
Also, the circuit is amazing.  I built one in the spring and it has yet to come off my board.
Title: Re: Liquid Mercury Phaser
Post by: m-Kresol on November 22, 2016, 08:32:57 PM
Thanks guys.

Quote from: flanagan0718 on November 22, 2016, 05:33:29 PM
I'd vote for it...just saying  ;)

I might do it if I get the knobs in time. Just ordered them with tayda. I planned to do the interstellar overdriver I built some time ago as it is my own pcb design. Let's see how much time I'll find.

Quote from: Timko on November 22, 2016, 07:30:09 PM
That's a great looking etch.  You painted the blue, sanded, then masked off the red?  I've got to try that!

I first sprayed base coat, masked everything that was going to be red, sprayed blue, demasked, masked all the blue parts, sprayed red, sanded, masked the top, clear coated the sides, demasked and then envirotexed the top :) I cut a lot of tiny squares of painters tape that I then applied with tweezers for the mask.
Title: Re: Liquid Mercury Phaser
Post by: Dminner on November 26, 2016, 12:37:49 PM
Crazy fine detail in that etch. Awesome job!