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Nice, dig the paint job on the rehouse. What does the switch do?

Right, well I managed to get the frequencies in range, had to remove the 1m parallel resistor but watching the biasing videos on YouTube really helped as I understood what I was doing better. I havent gone to the next stage of trimmer twiddling as 130am here so will see how it goes tomorrow.

I just realised that some of the voltages I gave were dodgy, mainly due to the new dmm which auto selects and displays units, even mV which I'm not used to and didn't realise that's what I was reading. Sorry for all the noob errors, and I'm coming up to 3 yrs of building as well!!! (Slaps forehead)

Anyway, I hope these readings make sense. 

Ic 5
1-14
2-14
3-0.1
4-7.3
5-5.7
6-0
7-0.4
8-0
9-0
10-0.3
11-0.3
12-0
13-0.26
14-11

Ic6
1-14.2
2-0.1
3-7.4
4-14.3
5-14.3
6-14.3
7-0
8-0
9-0
10-7.1
11-7.1
12-0
13-14.2
14-14.3

Ic8
1-2.3
2-4
3-3.9
4-0
5-5
6-5
7-5.8
8-15.1

Hope they make sense, there's a lot of zeros there, I can see in ic6 they all connect to gnd on the schemo but not sure what a lot of the pins on ic5 do.

I don't think so but I'll double check when I get back from work

HAve you tried to follow the mooseapotamus videos for calibrating the A/DA? I was flustered and experiencing the same problems with my A/DA clone until I watched. They help A LOT!

Thanks, I didn't know such a thing existed. I was thinking earlier today, I wish there was a video of the calibration.  I'll check it out

Thanks Scruffie, I appreciate the help, especially on 2 hrs sleep. I hope these voltages make sense....

Ic5
1-4.8
2-4.8
3-11.5
4-0.4
5-0.3
6-11.5
7-11.5
8-8.5
9-5.9
10-5.9
11-7.4
12-99.1mV
13-13.9
14-13.9

Ic6
1-14
2-101mV
3-7.5
4-14.1
5-14.1
6-14.1
7-11.7
8-11.7
9-11.7
10-7
11-7
12-11.7
13-14
14-14.1

Ic8
1-2.2
2-3.9
3-3.9
4-11.6
5-4.9
6-4.9
7-5.9
8-14.9

Ok, tried a 1m resistor in parallel with r54 but still same problem. I can't get 69.9 with c max at full cw rotation and have to tweak c range to get to that frequency. Then turning manual cw I have to turn c range ccw most of the way back to get 2.6mhz. Then going back to manual ccw again, I get 7.7-57.3khz
That's with the 1m attached.

Hi Scruffie. 15v confirmed. I measured all the components prior to installing and c26 was measured, it's a tayda mlcc

Im having a hard time biasing the flanger (i always have a hard time with flangers). Im at the stage of trying to get the frequencies in the 69.9-2.6 range of the manual pot. Whats happening is that i have to get c max at full turn to get it at 69.9 but then when i turn manual cw and adjsut the c range i have to turn it fully the other direction to get 2.6mhz. Turning the manual ccw again just gets me in a vicious circle, having gone back and forth with the process several times. Is this normal?  Im getting to the point where the range of the trimmer doesnt get me to the frequency I need to be at within its range.
Any thoughts about this?
Heres a pic. I know i need to post voltages, which i will by the end of the day

Will do

Oh, and I had to switch 1 and 3 of the feedback pot on the de profundis to increase the fdbk clockwise.

Great projects they are too. They already have been verified but heres one more verification along with some crappy pics of my hackjob vero attempts. (Yes thats bits of resistor lead holding 3 pieces of vero together). Anyway respect to rej and mark.

Not boxed yet but they will be going into something that looks unashamedly like a rip off of the alice. Looks like far too much fun to play with from the videos...

Definitely an Uglyface, with different vactrol, LDR/LED combo.

Get a Machette from Rej.

Any suggestions for alternatives. Im thinking putting it on a 4p3t when i get my machette

I think it would be somehow tricky to have those LED/LDR options on a switch, without an uBer amount of wiring, but it can be done.

You would need to have each combo, or the actual LED/LDR mounted on the switch adn then route the wires to those pads on the pcb. It can be done. Easily.... not sure

I was thinking about rolling my own vtl and mounting on a strip of vero and then I guess 12 sets of wires to a switch would get a bit messy.
Something like this:

Sorry for the crappy pic, I drew it on my ipad after a few beers...

What would affect the sweep more, the led or different ranges on the ldr?

You're on a roll with some top notch builds. I've got my flintlock all populated and ready but I've left it on my procrastination pile for the last few weeks as I always have a hard time biasing flangers. Seeing your pics, I might have to get back to it...

Definitely an Uglyface, with different vactrol, LDR/LED combo.

Get a Machette from Rej.

Any suggestions for alternatives. Im thinking putting it on a 4p3t when i get my machette

That thing looks amazing. It's taking DIY to another level