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Aaaand the fugliest pedal of the universe awards goes to....

Started by cooder, July 27, 2018, 07:24:41 AM

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cooder

.... my 'rock it before I box it tester pedal holder thingy device contraption'.



I had a contraption of sorts before but I wanted to do a 10 minute improvement on it  :o so I whacked a few pieces of acrylic together, footswitch even with LED for actual stompbox feel, old input output jack and all the ingredients of a pedal.
Made some pcb holders that slot into the top to temporarily hold the "DUT" (device under test... ::)) and let it rip.











It is quite handy and the quickly interchangable pcb holders with different spacings to hold pots make it easy to test and rock a night shift worth of boards.
Having the footswitch is great as it allows to compare to bypass signal, LED gives me indication to remind me to plug in power... (ask me how many times I thought it's not working only to notice later that I didn't plug in 9V...).
Power input connection etc are made with the alligator clips, quick to set up.

I might add some hot rod flame graphics at some later stage... ;D
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somnif

Ok, the pot mount PCB holder.... thingies are awesome.

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jimilee

Daaaammnnn mines just a 1590A failed project enclosure with power, jacks and the necessary wired alligator clips.


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cooder

Quote from: jimilee on July 27, 2018, 02:07:52 PM
Daaaammnnn mines just a 1590A failed project enclosure with power, jacks and the necessary wired alligator clips.


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And I'm sure it does the job as well. Mine will be uglier though...  ;)
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stringsthings

as long as it does what you want/need it to do.

That's one specific aspect of DIY that I like.  Making your own custom tools.
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