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Dude this is rad. Congrats!

Guys plz.... This is how its done.
No in or out just Front...

....and back

It works fine btw

I am planning a rewiring for that poor fuzz this month 

This definitely would've won build of the year.

not just you

legit!

Not quite. I hand draw it and make potentiometer sides/words in reverse and then simply scan that image.

Nice.

How do you do the transfer for the etch?

Chuck

The transfer seems like the most important part. I follow most of the suggestions people have offered out on the forum and its made the process really painless and thorough. High gloss photo paper with max ink density from a laser printer. I then use a clothes iron and heat the image on the surface gradually going from low to high heat over the course of about twenty minutes. I also use a wall paper roller to press hard on the image through the entire process. Heat, press, heat, press, etc. The roller is definitely a very essential part of the process.

They both look great, but that clone theory hits the pro mark.

Thanks for the compliments everyone . I'm really happy the method worked out.. I've been too lazy to learn how to use a vector graphics program and drawing it on the fly makes way more sense to me. I still can't get enough of playing this pedal. Up next is the fuzz war (raw fuzz).

I'm so happy this is finally done. I want to give a quick thanks to everyone that helped me with my LED issue in the tech help forum. Also thank you Stomptown for giving me the LED bypass help. 

This is a Shoot the Moon Tremolo board I've had for a loooooonnnnnng time. This build gave me a good amount of trouble.. and definitely made me realize how lucky I was with some of my more complex builds that I've had no trouble on. Initially because of the backwards LED pads and my inability to trace on a schematic (something that was worked on a little with this build thanks to everyones help on the forum). The other frustration came from getting a little bit of ferric chloride into one of the holes where the screws go so I needed to do some drilling to get the screw to go in and stay. Now it can come out if I apply a little pressure from the bottom of the enclosure.. kinda useless but at least cosmetically serves a purpose.

I went back to etching via high gloss photo paper and it really does make a world of difference compared to using sharpie (even industrial high heat sharpie). For this one I drew the drawing on a piece of paper after tracing an outline of the enclosure and went to staples and scanned it.. (D's are backwards oops.) but I'm really happy with the way the etch came out along with the green theme. The D1 LED is wired as the main bypass LED and blinks when engaged.

I love this circuit.. It sounds wonderful and its so versatile. It can get anything from smooth swashes to dirty choppiness even into somewhat ring mod sounds.

Thanks guys about the calibration information after it's built.  I think I may have to wet my feet with one of the Mutable Instruments Ambika's or Shruthi's before tackling this.  I wouldn't have know about those synths without seeing this thread.  I know MI doesn't make those anymore but a couple places do sell the boards.
Cool stuff

Nimm could you post your findings for shruthi boards?? I would love one of those fellas sometime in the future.

I apologize if this is detracting too much from the original Minimoog topic but here are the requested links.
MI still has a Shruthi kit:  http://shop.mutable-instruments.net/products/shruthi-1-kit

This site has boards for both synths (US supplier):  http://www.laurentidesynthworks.net/

Thank you Nimm. That bottom site is a gem!

Thanks guys about the calibration information after it's built.  I think I may have to wet my feet with one of the Mutable Instruments Ambika's or Shruthi's before tackling this.  I wouldn't have know about those synths without seeing this thread.  I know MI doesn't make those anymore but a couple places do sell the boards.
Cool stuff

Nimm could you post your findings for shruthi boards?? I would love one of those fellas sometime in the future.

Paul i'm somewhat interested in your enclosure as well . Please let me know updates/if you plan on being down to do some for others (enclosure/faceplace or even just faceplate.)

Besides the Arturia mini or micro brute, the Korg MS-20 Mini is really rad. That was my first synth and I still find new sounds out of it all the time. They're relatively cheap considering how much they can do and how good they sound. It's fully analogue and monophonic.

Also in case you guys didn't see this thread. This is a mutable instruments pcb group buy thread that I believe is pertaining to the modular euromount stuff you were talking about:

https://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=133725

dude I was thinking about a shruthi the other day! The minimoog will be such a fantastic project though. And in comparison it's hard for me to justify how much that guy costs. I wish the shruthi was just sold as a board with a  b.o.m.

I'm not sure what ima do. I'm interested in seeing your guys' panels. Maybe I could pitch you something to have one made if it's not a tricky thing to do?