Andy 40's Madbean Snarkdoodle (Overdrive Pedal)

[DrNomis_44]

Cleaned with Epoxy Thinner (its just brutal trying to clean with turps) and drilled.

Attachment 18892

Methylated Spirits seems to work pretty well when used to clean all the resist off a PCB, it's also good for cleaning residual solder flux resin too.

I've also found that you can use an Exacto knife to fix up any unintentional bridging between solder pads, or other copper tracks on the circuit board too.

[wazkelly]

G'day Andy.

Either your have more time or patience than me to be taking on such a task.

Has any booked the post project therapy sessions yet haha?

Cheers, Waz

[mjg]

Hey Andy,

Props to you for rocking it old skool. I'll generally just use perfboard, or buy a PCB these days.

I am tempted to do some etching on aluminium to make the front of the enclosures for pedals... will have to give that a try one day when I have access to a laser printer.

[Dedman]

trying really hard to ignore this entire section as I really don't need a new obsession. Note I did say "trying"

[Andy40]

You should really give it a go Deddy, it would help on the times you have to stay inside.

See how for the rabbit hole can go bwwahhahahahahaha

Had some time to mark my parts (I'm slightly color blind so it helps)



and have two attempts at breadboarding (both failed). I'll diagnose on a another day.

[Dedman]

GET THEE BEHIND ME SATAN! er I mean Andy!

[Andy40]

(nudge nudge)

[Simon Barden]

You can get resistance code reader apps for your phone, if that helps with the colour blindness thing, Andy.

[wazkelly]

My eldest son is red/green colour blind and thankfully he ended up as a Mechanical Engineer as he would have struggled big time if he wanted to do Electrical Engineering instead.

Just adds a bit more degree of difficulty to your new found indoors hobby.

Pre-made pedals are really, really cheap these days...... and so are Valve Amps too as I reckon that is where you will end up next.

[stan]

Some nice work there Andy - this whole guitar pedal, amp thing is just getting out of hand haha... some forum member will be making their own tubes next...