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This is a fantastic build! Such a clean etch. Way to go!

I think next time I need to smooth out the enclosure a bit more before etching. I should probably also etch a little deeper.

Next time, right?

Thanks for all the kind words guys! Here's the finished product.



Believe it or not, this is one of my cleanest builds and wire jobs to date. I tried a 3DPT daughterboard, but I couldn't get it to work. So I went old school.

I was having a heck of a job not getting the switch to pop like crazy. Threw a 1M resistor on the output and BAM (or not bam, I guess).

This thing sounds GREAT. I'm a little bummed it's going off to my bro in law for his birthday tomorrow.

Referring to his own name, if misspelled 

Oh! Awesome!

That's an awesome job for your first attempt! It looks great.

Thanks!

Nice work! And I certainly approve of the name! 

Thanks man!

Are you referring to the Slow Build name?

Hey guys!

I'm in the process of building my first Madbean design. This is also my first attempt at etching a board and enclosure. I'm using Cody's methods for the most part except that I used muriatic acid and hydrogen peroxide instead of ferric chloride.

The results are not as good as I was hoping for, but probably as good as should be expected for a first try. I wasn't going for a distressed look, but that's how it turned out. Still pretty happy with it though.



The clear coat is curing now. I'll post an update when I get it wired tonight.

Thanks guys!

Thanks Tim!

I've chatted with Cody already but I'm glad to hear of another builder close by. I've actually been following Cody's blog for some time and found out afterward that he's a Central Valley guy.

I'm just south of you guys in Porterville.

Here I am posting in the Parts Jar before I've even given a proper introduction. Apologies for the forum faux pas.

I'm John. I live in the San Joaquin Valley of California. I've been building pedals for about a year and a half now. I have 17 builds completed and about 6 more scheduled. I mostly just do little one offs for buddies. I've been building on vero from the beginning, but I'm looking forward to getting into etching my own boards. I just watched JMK's Eagle tutorials and recreated the Madbean Spark Plug schematic without any errors.

Hopefully I can be a contributing member of this community. Thanks in advance for all the help I'm sure to receive.

John