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This week we are delving into rehousing and modifying a pedal for Mr. Andrew Osenga to make it more road-worthy.
Check back for pictures and the steps involved to turn this pedal that was literally falling apart, into a tough piece of gear.
As promised, here are the pictures and "Journal" of what we've been doing with Andrew's pedal.
Okay, first off is a picture showing the carcass of the old space station.
We're trying to decide what purpose it's gonna serve now.... it's way too big to be a paper weight here at the office.
I immediately noticed that there was an LED readout on the back of this board. I knew that this was going to be a problem, so I made a wiring harness and transferred it to the top of the board. This had to be done because there wasn't enough space to fit a switch for true bypass; as well as various controls involved, without flipping the board around (it was originally hung upside down in the original enclosure). I desoldered the LED readout and transferred it to a small board that I could mount to the new chassis. Look at the beautiful job !!!!
I had to think about how I was going to mount the small LED readout board in the new enclosure. I chose to machine some custom made clips so that I could rivet them to underside of the new box. I don't like machine screws as they usually loosen being on the road with the constant vibration that comes with tour buses, trailors, and planes. Rivets won't have that problem.
Two of these clips didn't make the final cut. Can you guess which two? (Hint, the ugly one on the left).
Here is a picture of the board with the clips riveted in, and a sneak peak at the new enclosure:
Now that's done, we have to rid ourselves of the atrocity of board mounted 1/4" jacks (notice the "dead bugs" to the far right)...
