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Enclosures like Colorsound and Jen pedals?
Posted: 01 Oct 2010, 19:35
by azrael
Where can I get boxes like these?
Closest I've seen is the stuff at pedalenclosures.com. Anything closer?
Re: Enclosures like Colorsound and Jen pedals?
Posted: 04 Oct 2010, 02:19
by HydrozeenElectronics
I would love to find one two for the next pedal I build.
Anyone???
Re: Enclosures like Colorsound and Jen pedals?
Posted: 04 Oct 2010, 09:16
by salocin
I'd be keen! More so for the Jen style than Colorsound
Re: Enclosures like Colorsound and Jen pedals?
Posted: 05 Oct 2010, 18:27
by dune2k
Me too!
I sometime want to build a tonebender with a fitting enclosure...
The only ones I could find were these:
http://www.hammondmfg.com/dwg16.htm
Maybe there's a way to get some manufactured in a smaller quantitiy (100 or so) via a group buy...
Does any of you guys have one of those original enclosures & is able to measure everything/make a CAD model? My dad works in a small factory building medical equipment/parts, maybe he could build some...
Re: Enclosures like Colorsound and Jen pedals?
Posted: 06 Oct 2010, 16:02
by azrael
Find out if he can, I know a guy with a Jen.
Re: Enclosures like Colorsound and Jen pedals?
Posted: 07 Oct 2010, 16:14
by jb351
Speaking as a machinist, don't bother trying to have them made unless you have piles of money to burn or the equipment to do it all yourself.
Most shops charge in the neighborhood of $60-100+ per hour in addition to the cost of tooling and materials. You would have to start with a solid block of aluminum, machine the inside, the outside
and still have to make a coverplate for the bottom.
Find out where the foundry is where they are cast and see if you can get buy some "seconds", defects or raw castings. They would take a bit of rework but it would substantially cheaper.
Perhaps Colorsound may even have some they may sell. It never hurts to ask.