Screaming Robot (Macheen), my first build

[icecycle66]

This is my first pedal build.
A recap from the Learning pains thread
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=4624.0 thread.

I spent a few weeks trying to start a Macheen build and failed.  I eventually found out that the reason nothing was working was because of my circuit board.  Screw that, I'm not making my own anymore.

Madbean and Haberdasher will get a lot of business from me.

Tonight I finished putting all the wires and parts together.  The effect sounds great. My fingers hurt.  I've burnt the hell out of my left index finger.  I have a burn on the top and my tip is a little cooked.  That sucks.

I drilled my first box tonight, I think I need a bigger bit.

I have nice clean holes for everything but the foot switch.

Also, I don't think I'm going to be able to fit a battery in my box either.  Everything else is pretty crammed in.  You guys will see it all when I'm done and post the build thread.

Oh, here's the pain part of when I was drilling the holes in my enclosure.

I don't have work bench so I do all this work on the table outside.

What I was supposed to do, was clamp a small pieceo of wood between the box and the table.  That way everything is secured to the table, and there is a piece of wood betweeen the drill point and my wifes metal patio table.

Well, when I clamped everything together, I missed the table and only clamped the box to the piece of wood.  This wood is a 14 inches by 5 inches.

I went on to start drilling my holes.  Everything was going fine until my bit caught and twisted the box, which twisted the board (as it was not clamped to the table).

No crap, there I was standing over a spinning box clamped to a 14 inch board with jagged ends.  The board whipped around and slugged me right in the nards.  Luckily, due to shock delay of getting popped in the ping-pong balls, I was able to stop drilling and lay the power tool down before doubleing over. 

I fell back into one of the chairs, clutching my man purse and pondering how this could have ever happened to such a wonderful person.   

The moral is, make sure whatever you clamp to is firmly affixed to something else.

I finished up my first build today. 

And man was it rough, I had to just sort of cram a bunch of stuff in the enclosure.  I'll need to clean up my build technique and move to 125 enclosures.

Nothing too painful, although I did super glue my fingers together.  I'm just gonna use 3mm LED with fancy little metal holders from now on.

Also, I'm not to happy with the graphics, but that's what cheap spray paint will get you

It works!

This is my screaming robot.

[alanp]

I love the picture on the back, so cute 

Good to hear all the pain was worth it in the end.

[midwayfair]

Congrats! It looks very cool. Be careful, success is like a drug. That's another learning pain (in your wallet ...)

[bigrigg]

cool!  The Macheen was my first build too.  Remember, the journey is sometimes more important than the destination.  Congrats.

[Haberdasher]

congrats angelo!
My first few builds were in 1590b.  Now I definitely prefer the 125 size, it's so much easier.