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I cut frisket film cut with an exacto knife to make stencils. Low tack made for use on paper. To prevent edge bleed undef the stencil i usually sprayed a clearcoat which would bleed first and seal the edges then spray the stencil color.

Other times i'd apply the stencil and first spray a coat of the same paint the stencil is apllied to then spray the stencil color. Seals the stencil edges. I was using mostly Golden Artists Acrylics through an airbrush.

Should you need them, a couple Mouser part numbers of packages here, won't be the right size but gets you started in the right spot on the Mouser website. Two manufacturers, Heyco and Eagle plastic.

Heyco; 836-2633
Eagle;  561-M2617

If all you really want to do is fill/hide the hole, Mouser and others sell very low profile black nylon plugs in various diameters just for that purpose, inexpensive and really in no way detract from the look of a project.

One daughter, if i was going to be a parent i didn't want it any other way, she's now 28.

If you're taking out the pot why not use a rotary switch in the spot for the switching you want to do, a rotary switch set up for three positions gives you four poles to play with and doesn't take any more room then a 24mm pot.

^Great! Had never seen any like these ones before.

I've only ever used spade terminals that are crimped wire connections, yours are way more complex, are they to be used with banana plugs like these ones?

https://www.muellerelectric.com/products/bu-30211a-02

First saw them in the early 80's,  small club in Toronto, arms length away from the stage at the El Macombo, 10, 9, 8... tour. Quite a few times after that in from larger clubs to headlining stadiums shows, never disappointed.

Hope the show came off, last chance tour...
dave

Remember all the really, really stupid shit you said and did as a teenager? All the cringey clothing you thought was absolutely trendy and hip?

Imagine if you grew up these days, and both photo and video of all of that would live in the Internet forever. We're lucky. Only our mates remember that stuff, and we can claim they're just remembering things wrongly.

Right? I get enough random instant replays upstairs without zucky's help. Glad I'm rid of that place, all the same...

If an egg yolk is cooked all the way through, I don't even want it

Yolk, yes; white, no. This? HELL no:

Hard to imagine a pancake could even get worse.

Your auction/action got a highlight with links in today's newsletter from Love My Switches.

Pictures are too small to make anything out, they're green, i can see that.

Saw today that thetubestore is back on line, looked around but it's been so long since i shopped i have no idea on how much prices have changed of late.

Apparently Western Electric (US based tube maker of 300B's) has the equipment necessary for making other common tubes if the demand is there.

https://www.westernelectric.com/expand

My neighbourhood tube emporium has closed down their website because they are overwhelmed with orders... "We cannot accept any new orders until we get caught up"

http://temporarymaintenance.thetubestore.com/?whence=
dave

Thanks for the kind words guys!

Love the artwork and your nomenclature for the circuit. How'd you print the faceplate? Separate prints or do you have a dual extruder?

Neither actually.  I have an Ender 3, so nothing to fancy. There is a feature in Acura called pause at height (under modify g-code). Tell it what level to pause at (by checking the preview) and to keep the nozzle warm while it's paused and you can just switch out the filament for a different color.

It takes a little practice and usually there is a noticeable artifact when it starts printing again (look at the e in tone), but it's a very cool effect.

I usually aim for a three layer base and three layers with the color, depending on how much there is.

You also need to push all the excess of the first color out before you start the print again.

Sharp, very cool art work! How are you attaching it to the enclosure?
dave

I just use the nuts from the switch and pots to hold it in place. I'd find a better solution but since these are just for me I'm not worried about it.

As far as the artwork, I actually found it on thingiverse, which is a cool resource for open source 3d printer designs.

The Trident in the middle is a national symbol for Ukraine btw, and the design is very similar to a lot of their folk art.

Okay i can see now, hadn't realized it was a faceplate, thought the yellow parts were attached directly to the enclosure. Very nicely done!

Aside... last night bought an 'olden' camera lens from someone in the Ukraine.