Pedal Worklog - Krankosaurus (finished) and Little Angel (finished)builds - Page 2

tired · 19th February 2012, 5:53 PM

Thanks I appreciate it guys.

Btw, the pedal looks great Willy

Willybomb · 14th May 2012, 12:05 PM

Finished the Krankosaurus over the weekend. Once again, I had to restart a number of times due to impatience and other factors.

After drilling the new enclosure I got from Jaycar:

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After the black base was applied. Imagine there's a couple of coats having gone on over the course of a day or so.

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Black artwork mockup

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White artwork mockup

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Went with the black, this is the t-shirt transfer applied to the pedal.

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This is what happens if you apply too much clear to the first clear coat. The transfer will do wierd stuff, so I scraped it off with a scraper (!) and started again, about 4 times.

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I took it easy the 5th time, applying bugger all clear, waiting a fair while before doing another coat. I had a couple of bumps in it, so instead of trying to make the clear perfect, I wet and dried it very lightly and then cut and polished it up.

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And here's a gutshot:

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And an actionshot:

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So that's it. Done like a dinner. Still want to make more pedals, but I really don't have the patience for it!

rm -rp ./Matt* · 14th May 2012, 12:30 PM

I'm glad someone else's pedals come out looking like spaghetti, looking on the diy pedal forums they make wiring pedals an art form, aka wire porn.

That and the making decals are the most time consuming bits of pedal making if you want good results, you spend all this time soldering the chip then jam it in a rats nest of wires :s

As for the decals I tried printing out stuff like you have but it starts peeling and gets air bubbles, the simplest best looking results I've had are from metal etching, though I haven't tried painting the metal etch so all the pedals come out looking the same which gets a bit boring.

19th February 2012, 5:53 PM	#16
tired Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Melbourne Posts: 5,610	Thanks I appreciate it guys. Btw, the pedal looks great Willy __________________ OCAU Guitar Players Club Folding@Home Millionaires Club Last edited by tired; 19th February 2012 at 8:42 PM.

14th May 2012, 12:05 PM	#17
Willybomb Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Ballarat Posts: 6,269	Finished the Krankosaurus over the weekend. Once again, I had to restart a number of times due to impatience and other factors. After drilling the new enclosure I got from Jaycar: Click to view full-sized image! Hosted by UGBox Image Store After the black base was applied. Imagine there's a couple of coats having gone on over the course of a day or so. Click to view full-sized image! Hosted by UGBox Image Store Black artwork mockup Click to view full-sized image! Hosted by UGBox Image Store White artwork mockup Click to view full-sized image! Hosted by UGBox Image Store Went with the black, this is the t-shirt transfer applied to the pedal. Click to view full-sized image! Hosted by UGBox Image Store This is what happens if you apply too much clear to the first clear coat. The transfer will do wierd stuff, so I scraped it off with a scraper (!) and started again, about 4 times. Click to view full-sized image! Hosted by UGBox Image Store I took it easy the 5th time, applying bugger all clear, waiting a fair while before doing another coat. I had a couple of bumps in it, so instead of trying to make the clear perfect, I wet and dried it very lightly and then cut and polished it up. Click to view full-sized image! Hosted by UGBox Image Store And here's a gutshot: Click to view full-sized image! Hosted by UGBox Image Store And an actionshot: Click to view full-sized image! Hosted by UGBox Image Store So that's it. Done like a dinner. Still want to make more pedals, but I really don't have the patience for it! __________________ Rockstarguitar - Guitar lessons in the Ballarat area Looking to teach or learn guitar? Then you need my book! 30+ successful trades and counting Offical OCAU Musicians Guild Member #15 OCAU Guitar Players club

14th May 2012, 12:30 PM	#18
rm -rp ./Matt* Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: in the computer Posts: 621	I'm glad someone else's pedals come out looking like spaghetti, looking on the diy pedal forums they make wiring pedals an art form, aka wire porn. That and the making decals are the most time consuming bits of pedal making if you want good results, you spend all this time soldering the chip then jam it in a rats nest of wires :s As for the decals I tried printing out stuff like you have but it starts peeling and gets air bubbles, the simplest best looking results I've had are from metal etching, though I haven't tried painting the metal etch so all the pedals come out looking the same which gets a bit boring.