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I want to get back into pedal-building but I'm living in an apartment without access to a drill.

I know there are companies that will do large quantities of enclosures, but I'm really just trying to build a small handful of pedals.

Is there anyone in the continental US that would drill a couple enclosures for a fee?

Thanks!

I just got a DIY pedal off of Reverb and the builder drilled all the holes on the face slightly left of center and it's a little irritating to look at. The pots are board mounted so my only options are to file the holes larger and slide everything to the side, or rehouse it.

I don't have a drill right now. Is there a place to go where I can send them the drilling layout (it's built on a Fuzzdog board which includes a layout in the instructions) or maybe a friendly board member that could help out?

Thanks!

I built a Deathklaw and it worked flawlessly. The only construction problem I ran into was mounting the green LED on the wrong side of the board, which meant I had to desolder it, which lifted a trace, which I just used a small wire to connect the correct leg of the LED back to the correct spot on the board.

Like I said though, fired up the first time I plugged it in, sounded great. Didn't need a delay, so I traded it for something else. Guy got it, and tells me the Ghost switch didn't do anything in the position that adds the subdivision (don't recall if that's left or right now).

The next day, he tells me the pedal just stopped working; he turns it on and it's all crunchy and fuzzy. Now I'm frustrated; I packed away all my tools save for my soldering iron and moved to where I don't really know anyone with electronics tools.

The pedal should be returned today so I'm hoping it's something as lame or simple as a chip came loose from a socket in shipping even though it was well packed.

I got the PT2399's from SmallBear, my solder joints were hot and clean.

What else should I check for if it isn't a loose wire or something else stupid?

Can one replace the SPST switch with a momentary stomp switch?

Anyone put a circuit in a plastic enclosure?

Not just a spare Tupperware but one of the Hammond or similar plastic boxes.

There are some in translucent colors that would look pretty neat with the LED just tucked inside the box.

I'm mildly concerned about structural integrity and the circuit not being properly shielded.

I've got a Dunn Effects built Big Game CVLT preamp/ distortion and it's got a super high-pitched whine. The seller (who etched the enclosure) said it was noisy because of the charge pump (9v pumped up to 18v).

I haven't opened it up to see what kind of charge pump there is, or if it's soldered in, but are there different charge pump chips that could cut that noise, or some other simple mod? I could just put a noise gate after it, but I'd like to see if the pedal can be 'fixed' first.

It does this on an isolated outlet on my Truetone CS12 and a dedicated power supply.

I'm planning a 4-in-1 box for my brother, also a bass player, and I'm wondering how the Afterlife and 4:1 compresses compare for use with bass. I feel like he may find the 4:1 easier to use since only 2 knobs control the comp and the 3rd knob is a clean blend. But there's more info on the Afterlife, so I figured I'd ask before choosing one by Rock, Paper, Scissors.

So far I've been buying all my resistors and caps from Small Bear in just the quantities I need for my few projects. But I want to tackle several more projects and I'm starting to think that buying parts in bulk.

There are tons of resistor and capacitor kits on Amazon (Joe Knows Electronics for example). Reviews are good, but am I better off figuring out what the most common values I'll need for most projects are and just buying them from Tayda or Small Bear in larger quantities?