Scary builds

[alanp]

Has anyone tried the Solderman FL3 World's Smallest Flanger build at all?

[juansolo]

Just looked that up 


Impressive!


But no, noooooooooooo. I don't think so. I'm just not that much of a masochist!

[alanp]

Thinking of trying it.

(Oh, and Manas -- I only came to MBP initially because I heard the LaVache sounded good! I only bought half a dozen OTHER PCB's with it because the cost of shipping seemed a waste otherwise! Now look at me... Doppelgangers and flangers, oh my... Brian's overdrives are gateway drugs.)

[Cortexturizer]

My mate successfully built one.
I have it etched somewhere but gave up on it at the time cause I made an electric mistress instead.
Solderman stuff is solid, I did his 1590a phase 45, and it was fine.

[Haberdasher]

i just etched a subwave for someone the other day.  very compact!

[pickdropper]

I'm tempted as I tend to like masochistic mini builds.  My only hesitation (other than lack of free time) is that I think it has a footswitch mounted board, which I think is usually not ideal.

[midwayfair]

I did his Tri-Vibe and it more or less convinced me that I don't want to do any more of his ultra-tiny ones. But his layouts certainly work. The traces are VERY small and there are a lot of standing parts. The way the PCB attaches to the switch is very picky and can lead to bending the board, shorting against the top, etc.

I dunno, I'll cram anything in a 1590A, but I have some standards!

[pickdropper]

I did his Tri-Vibe and it more or less convinced me that I don't want to do any more of his ultra-tiny ones. But his layouts certainly work. The traces are VERY small and there are a lot of standing parts. The way the PCB attaches to the switch is very picky and can lead to bending the board, shorting against the top, etc.

I dunno, I'll cram anything in a 1590A, but I have some standards!

And that is the crux of the argument against mounting a board of that length to a Footswitch.  While I haven't calculated the cantilever force, the beam is long enough that I expect it to pose a long term reliability risk.

Apparently, I have standards as well, and I've jammed some tight things into a 1590A.

[alanp]

Gah. The LFO is not working (everything else is). Checked values, and for shorts, resoldered everything. Stupid flanger.

The o'scope is very useful for troubleshooting, though!

[haveyouseenhim]

Go for it man. My first 1590A build was the phase 90. After seeing this I am very tempted to build the WSF.

In the diysb thread about the WSF he had a solder bridge that made the LFO not work. So get out your magnifying glass.