Finally rigged up a testing station based off of "The Amazing Beavis Board". It's not pretty, wasn't meant to be, but it is functional. It sure beats alligator clips and rats nest test setups ::). I followed the design of the beavis board, except I have two spare slots on the terminal strip if I want to use them for something else and I wired the voltage pot so it would sag as I turn it clockwise. Took me about 3 hours from start to finish. There has been testing rig talk previously here so I decided to post it for anyone was looking into this option.
Josh
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Looks pretty nice, to me.
Those pics along with the Beavis documentation are going to give me an idiot proof guide when I re-do mine! :)
btw, I like that knob for this. where did that come from? thx
The knob is from mammoth. I'm a perfectionist so the little things like the labels being crooked drive me nuts. But I just wanted to get it functional.
Ha ha, I can totally relate. If I have a stack of papers I'll sit there and shuffle them until they all align perfectly on top of each other. If they don't, I feel a little unnerved.