How many pedals do you usually work on at one time?

[peAk]

Just curious how many pedals you usually are working on at any given time.

[jkokura]

Working on as in building or working as in using?

I will usually use anywhere from 3 to 12 pedals in a live or practice situation. Usually no more than 1 or 2 if I'm just jamming on my own or practicing, unless I'm practicing with one of my boards that runs 3-12 pedals.

As for building, it's impossible to really say, but I'd put the average at above 4 or 5. I will have plans in the works on at least 8 or 9 pedals, perhaps as much as 12, but they're all in various states - ordering parts, designing PCBs, breadboarding, waiting on enclosures, drilled enclosures, populated PCBs, assembly, tweaking for improvement, playing with an evaluating...

So right now I could have as many as 12 pedals on the go in various states, but it could be more.

[jimilee]

Probably 3 to 5 at a time in various stages.always planning and ordering parts, I seem to  always have 15 to 20 pcbs no matter how many I finish. I think they reproduce while I'm at work or something.

[selfdestroyer]

I usually have 3 or 4 builds going on at once. I will shift through the building phase and testing phase. Sometimes a missing part will stop a build and I will immediately start another one until parts come in. Its really just ongoing... but it keeps me out of trouble.

Cody

[bcalla]

Probably 3 to 5 at a time in various stages.always planning and ordering parts, I seem to  always have 15 to 20 pcbs no matter how many I finish. I think they reproduce while I'm at work or something.

+1
Funny that when they reproduce the balance of my paypal account goes down.  I always suspected a connection there...

[Gledison]

0 !
im currently just building them 

[peAk]

Okay, well ...that's good to know. I was afraid to get a bunch of responses of, "I always just work on one, make sure I have everything I need before I build it, don't start anything else until I am finish, etc."

I seem to always start a few until a reach a point of missing a component and then stop and jump on something else.

Anyone keep an inventory of their components in a software program that allows you to plug in a new BOM to see what you "have" vs what you are "missing"? I keep fantasizing about this. Maybe it's overkill for just a hobby and not mass production but it still sounds like it would be a lot of help.

[muddyfox]

Anyone keep an inventory of their components in a software program that allows you to plug in a new BOM to see what you "have" vs what you are "missing"? I keep fantasizing about this. Maybe it's overkill for just a hobby and not mass production but it still sounds like it would be a lot of help.

I considered playing with vlookups in excel but over time I've developed a gut feeling of what I might be missing parts-wise so I never actually went through with it.

[pryde]

Guess I am the minority but I normally build one at a time start to finish.

That said, I do have 3 builds pending for folks that will likely be in various stages once I get started on them.

[LaceSensor]

I like to build start to finish. I have a couple circuits ive built but never boxed. Thats down to I think...2 right now.

I sometimes have a big project ongoing, but otherwise its one at a time typically.

[pickdropper]

I usually have a lot of things in progress at the same time.  Usually more than ten.

[flanagan0718]

I try to keep it right around 3 but I usually end up having 6 or so. ADD is a terrible thing sometimes.

[icecycle66]

One.
I like to think that I follow the motto, "Do one thing. Do it well. Then move on to the next." (I think I got that from the stuffy bald Major on M.A.S.H.)
But really it's because I usually have too much other stuff going on to bother with keeping track of more than one pedal on my bench at once.

[midwayfair]

One unless I'm missing something expensive before I finish, don't have an appripriate enclosure for the board, or get a customer order in the middle of making something for me.

[Jabulani Jonny]

Up until the latest round it was one at a time, since they were all for me.  Then I let several folks here some of the pedals and it's kind of exploded.  Well, a mild explosion.  So I built 3 Morning Glories and am finishing 4 Klones at the same time.  After that I have 2 more klones, 2 Krakens and 2 Pork Barrels.  I'll be keeping one of the Krakens and one of the Pork Barrels.  I'm really excited about those.