Pork Barrel Sanskrit Kool-Aid Man (Etched Enclosure)

[spaceboss]

This project involved a lesson in the importance of socketing cheap transistors.     It also involved a lesson in measure twice before drilling. I had to get fairly creative with the dc jack, and it's smooshing the board something fierce.







I'ts 15v with the Road Rage, and sounds way better than I remember Chorus sounding in the 80's. Like it after a Fuzz Face or Cherry Bomb.

Getting the art right on the etch was brutal, but I'm happy with how it turned out. Giant LED's are growing on me too.

Cheers!

[wgc]

Kool!  Interesting how the knob shape is reflected in the etch pattern.

Btw You can oversize your dc jack hole a little bit to give your pcb some relief.

[bigrigg]

Love the Kool Aid guy!  Congrats.  As mentioned above, oversize drill and even more with a washer could get the dc jack out of harms way and leave the cosmetics nicely intact for the exterior finish.

[nzCdog]

Nice build!  That etch is crazy fun, love the look

[jimilee]

Love the Kool Aid guy!  Congrats.  As mentioned above, oversize drill and even more with a washer could get the dc jack out of harms way and leave the cosmetics nicely intact for the exterior finish.

This... I had to use a washer from a stomp switch cause of my awesome handy work with a drill and a metal file. I've since switched to a drill press. Now my screw ups are more pin pointed

[culturejam]

Awesome, man! 

[Guitarmageddon]

I dig that etch

[spaceboss]

Thanks guys.

I hear you about the washer. Unfortunately, I used a snap in dc jack. (Which there was no need to do, as there is plenty of room in the box--especially given my talent  for hole estimation. )

Guitarmageddon you are an inspiration for sure. Every one that you do looks like it comes straight from the pages of "Ferric Chloride Aficionado."

[Bret608]

This looks awesome! I still love my Pork Barrel.

Believe it or not, I can actually read the Sanskrit alphabet (studied Hindi for a short time in college). I wish it was a touch more clear! I can only make out a couple of letters. What is he saying, anyway?

[spaceboss]

This looks awesome! I still love my Pork Barrel.

Believe it or not, I can actually read the Sanskrit alphabet (studied Hindi for a short time in college). I wish it was a touch more clear! I can only make out a couple of letters. What is he saying, anyway?

Heh. He's saying "Oh Yeah!" -- of course. (at least according to Google Translator.)

Hindi/Sanskrit history is fascinating.

[Bret608]

Hey, cool! I can make out the "Oh" and the "_eah" of the "yeah" at least! So Google translator did not lead you astray.

I have build with Thai script coming up just as soon as it's nice enough outside to do clearcoating. That's the one I know much better than Hindi.