josh_vinyl_guy wrote:
One of the best investments I made in my working setup is some magnifying glasses like below. I would have a much harder time without them!!
https://www.amazon.com/Vision-Aid-Magni ... th=1&psc=1Ooh! Sexy! I think my wife would never let me live it down if I wore those in the house, but... I still want them? And not just for the 1/8W resistors - for all the things!
sjaustin wrote:
BTW: I might suggest trimming back the LED leads on the component side of the board, if you haven't already. They probably won't cause problems, but I don't like to leave anything sticking up that could cause a short.
Thanks. Because of the tight fit for the LEDs, I had to solder them in place after the board was in the enclosure. And because of all the tall components right beside the LED leads, it was really tough to clip them very short with my giant clippers. I did cut them back short enough not to touch the enclosure, and I figure they won't move much inside the enclosure, but if I ever have problems with the pedal, that's the first thing I'll look at.
duhvoodooman wrote:
Thank you - I'm quite pleased with how the enclosure turned out, and the pedal sounds great. I should say, though, this isn't my first build - just my first
BYOC build. I've done a handful of kits from Aion and a few PedalPCB and TonePad PCBs before this one. I certainly don't consider myself anything close to an expert, but I worked out a lot of the kinks in my soldering and enclosure-planning processes before tackling this one.