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A big fat 8mm LED in the donut hole would make this even more exceptional.

What I was thinking of doing was to drill a hole in the enclosure where the donut is going to go, and putting an LED inside the enclosure so it shines onto some Lambertian (i.e., diffusely reflective, like a white piece of paper) surface at the bottom of the hole, giving a subtle glowing effect.  Regardless of whether that works, I'm drilling a big hole under the donut.   

Awesome!

And hilarious thread title.   

When I ask Google what this is (via an image search), it says donut:


It definitely looks more donut-like that what I started with:


Here it is on the ivory colored enclosure again:


My kids (3 and 6) think it would look better on a black enclosure, but I'm not too sure.

Just ask Mammoth Electronics what it is.

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But aren't  they usually deep fried....?

I meant my outdoor deep-fryer, of course.  Stupid autocorrect! 

I'm trying a new painting technique here.  I'm using some Blu-tack as a paint mask in order to keep some of the gold and just paint the top of the donut (I think at this point I can safely skip putting quotes around the words donut and sprinkles).
Here is the donut in my outdoor toaster oven.

"Sprinkles" update:

I'm actually quite proud of these.  I'll probably make some more, just to be safe.

Looks more and more yummy...!
Do you also do a gluten free one?

This one is gluten free, sugar free, fat free, and rich in minerals.  Hard on the teeth though. 

Can you weld it to the stomp switch?

A friend of mine just showed me a "Skate Fuzz" he owns.  It has a skate board wheel for the stomp switch.  This made me think of that.

I don't believe I can reliably attach it to a stomp switch, but that is an interesting idea (perhaps a smaller donut would work better, or maybe a donut sticker/decal on top of one of those fancy footswitch caps).  Plus, I'm aiming to get the enclosure completely done before my Mouser order arrives on Tuesday, and I'm already operating dangerously close to the limits of my skill.   

I remembered that I have some wirewrap wire lying around.  Looks like my "sprinkles" will be red, white, and blue (I think I'll recut these a tad shorter than on this pic though). 

I'll put these on top of some gloss white spray paint, I think.

Series of boards shaped like each state. 50 in all

I absolutely swear the following is true:
Before you posted that, I asked myself what would be an especially weird shape for a PCB, and quite randomly, "Oklahoma" is the answer that popped into my head. 

So what was the donut shaped board?

http://www.madbeanpedals.com/projects/Donut/Donut.pdf

Just to explore the realm of possibilities, and because I have a terrible track record of finishing pedals by traditional methods, here is my WIP Donut build.

In this first pic is a raw 1590A enclosure with my brand new Donut board (thanks again, Brian!) on the left, a large metal washer on the right, and the same type of washer in the middle, after it has been coated in JB Weld, primed, and painted with gold spray paint.


Here is the same "donut" washer on top of an ivory colored enclosure.  I rather like this combination (but that particular enclosure is drilled out for another project).


I think I need to put some glaze on the donut before I mount it.

What do you think?
I've also considered painting the donut washer a different color and adding "sprinkles" made from cut up bits of hookup wire.  It's not done yet, so who knows....

Can the next one have sprinkles?  Is that a solder mask option yet?

You didn't see the sprinkles on this one?

Personally, I'm eagerly awaiting the next unusual board shape. 

The Ford Model A wasn't much worse than the Ford Pinto in terms of fuel tank placement, and perhaps it was better.