I blame you all

[Shaggy45]

I blame you all for my addiction to this disease. I now have thousands of components, a drill press, jewelers press, two laser printers, vinyl cutter, multiple pana vises with the base plate and the cool alligator arm attachment thingie from amazon, dremels, enchant, paint, smoke absorber, audio probe, multimeter, books, wire and a ton of other stuff. I currently have 46 enclosures. who needs 46 enclosures? And now i'm looking at desktop cnc machines. You sons of bitches should be ashamed!





It's just something about making something with your hands that is so fulfilling and it brings me joy.

thank you all

[kuzieem]

Tell me about it... I'm not far behind you. Highly addictive hobby, especially when you succeed at it.
Another downside is, I sacrificed playing/instrument practising for soldering/improving sound.

[Sensei Tim]

Shaggy45 wrote

I blame you all for my addiction to this disease. I now have thousands of components, a drill press, jewelers press, two laser printers, vinyl cutter, multiple pana vises with the base plate and the cool alligator arm attachment thingie from amazon, dremels, enchant, paint, smoke absorber, audio probe, multimeter, books, wire and a ton of other stuff. I currently have 46 enclosures. who needs 46 enclosures? And now i'm looking at desktop cnc machines. You sons of bitches should be ashamed!

soooooo what's the problem exactly?  :)

[IvIark]

Yes I realised it was a problem when I noticed I had about a quarter of a million resistors.  I'm sure I could start a reasonably large pedal building business and not have to buy any stock for years.  No chance I'll use everything on stuff for myself.  On the plus side I don't have to buy anything any more, and if I ever lose my job I've got a plan B

[nocentelli]

IvIark wrote

 I could start a reasonably large pedal building business and not have to buy any stock for years....  

This is the point at which i stopped buying parts. It also coincided with a rapid decline in the frequency at which i actually build anything....

[IvIark]

nocentelli wrote

This is the point at which i stopped buying parts. It also coincided with a rapid decline in the frequency at which i actually build anything....

Exactly the same here, but to be fair it coincided with the trapped nerve problems I had with my back, so that was the real thing that kerbed my enthusiasm.  And it's still not right years later

[balazs.bencs]

Shaggy45 wrote

I blame you all for my addiction to this disease. I now have thousands of components, a drill press, jewelers press, two laser printers, vinyl cutter, multiple pana vises with the base plate and the cool alligator arm attachment thingie from amazon, dremels, enchant, paint, smoke absorber, audio probe, multimeter, books, wire and a ton of other stuff. I currently have 46 enclosures. who needs 46 enclosures? And now i'm looking at desktop cnc machines. You sons of bitches should be ashamed!





It's just something about making something with your hands that is so fulfilling and it brings me joy.

thank you all

Wait for a sec. Until you don't have at least 2-3 tube amps on your desk and transformers laying around, you have nothing to complain about. Just sayin' :P

[Mulekicker]

I finally started building pedals about 2 years ago and have been obsessed ever since. I mean, ive always been obsessed with FUZZ pedals, since I got my 1st Big Muff in the early 90's. I always wanted to build, but not until I found this site did I really feel confident enough to start. I owe lvlark and everyone else a huge debt of gratitude. Without this blog, i would've never started. I maybe would of put together a few kits, but pcbs dont really appeal to me (unless its a huge circuit). I love the hand made, diy sense of accomplishment vero brings to the table. The only downside is that I play a little less and dont sleep as much as I should. I have 2 little kids so my free time is limited. Its totally worth it though because I always have some new, inspiring little box under my foot. Good to see lvlark getting back in the game because this site made a huge impact on my life. In closing, THANK YOU!

[kirshman]

What cnc machine are you looking at?

[Muadzin]

IvIark wrote

Yes I realised it was a problem when I noticed I had about a quarter of a million resistors.  I'm sure I could start a reasonably large pedal building business and not have to buy any stock for years.  

I'm sure you still have to buy some parts eventually. On average any build eats through more 10K resistors and 100n caps then others.

As for the OP, go digital and your addiction will go away. Once I started using my Axe FX I went through a cold turkey stop on pedal building. Its not that the Axe FX does everything better, but it can do everything I need reasonably enough to no longer have to use any amps and pedals. In the past I used to build 4 to 6 pedals a month. Most would just go into a big banana box (I got 4 of them), but I justified it to myself that some might make it onto my pedal board. And some did. Now that nothing makes it onto my board again I just don't see the point of building new pedals. It would be building something for the sake of building that would go straight into a storage box. Haven't finished a pedal build in a year.

In a way its a shame, as I really did enjoy doing it. I found soldering to be incredibly relaxing. Almost zen. But on the plus side I found oceans of time for other things. Like sports.

[Shaggy45]

kuzieem wrote

Tell me about it... I'm not far behind you. Highly addictive hobby,
especially when you succeed at it.
Another downside is, I sacrificed playing/instrument practising for
soldering/improving sound.

Yeah, practicing has taken a dive for sure

Sensei Tim wrote

soooooo what's the problem exactly?  :)

back you evil enabler! back!

IvIark wrote

Yes I realised it was a problem when I noticed I had about a quarter of a
million resistors.  I'm sure I could start a reasonably large pedal building
business and not have to buy any stock for years.  No chance I'll use
everything on stuff for myself.  On the plus side I don't have to buy
anything any more, and if I ever lose my job I've got a plan B

You need to box up a bunch of stuff and ship it on over to me. It's the only way to clean your conscious for what you've done. Plus Your gonna want a U.S. distributor

balazs.bencs wrote

Wait for a sec. Until you don't have at least 2-3 tube amps on your desk and
transformers laying around, you have nothing to complain about. Just sayin'
:P

Tube amps scare me. I own 4. I'm not ready to go sticking my hands in them yet. That and it looks expensive.

Mulekicker wrote

I finally started building pedals about 2 years ago and have been obsessed
ever since. I mean, ive always been obsessed with FUZZ pedals, since I got
my 1st Big Muff in the early 90's. I always wanted to build, but not until I
found this site did I really feel confident enough to start. I owe lvlark
and everyone else a huge debt of gratitude. Without this blog, i would've
never started. I maybe would of put together a few kits, but pcbs dont
really appeal to me (unless its a huge circuit). I love the hand made, diy
sense of accomplishment vero brings to the table. The only downside is that
I play a little less and dont sleep as much as I should. I have 2 little
kids so my free time is limited. Its totally worth it though because I
always have some new, inspiring little box under my foot. Good to see lvlark
getting back in the game because this site made a huge impact on my life. In
closing, THANK YOU!

Same here in every aspect. Me and a buddy use to talk about trying to start building pedals about 12 years ago and just never got around to it. Wish i would have started then. But i'm always late to the party on everything lol. I have one kid and try to manage my time as to not impede on the family. I work swing shifts, so i save building mostly when I'm on midnight shift and no one is home during the day.

kirshman wrote

What cnc machine are you looking at?

I started looking at the othermill first because it seemed perfect in a nice little package. But the price is just
to much for what it does and what I'll use it for. Then i started looking at the Prometheus pcb mill and it looked cool, but still expensive and right now it seems to be vaporware. Then i started looking at cheap china mills. Now i'm considering the Millright M3

Muadzin wrote

As for the OP, go digital and your addiction will go away. Once I started
using my Axe FX I went through a cold turkey stop on pedal building. Its not
that the Axe FX does everything better, but it can do everything I need
reasonably enough to no longer have to use any amps and pedals. In the past
I used to build 4 to 6 pedals a month. Most would just go into a big banana
box (I got 4 of them), but I justified it to myself that some might make it
onto my pedal board. And some did. Now that nothing makes it onto my board
again I just don't see the point of building new pedals. It would be
building something for the sake of building that would go straight into a
storage box. Haven't finished a pedal build in a year.

In a way its a shame, as I really did enjoy doing it. I found soldering to
be incredibly relaxing. Almost zen. But on the plus side I found oceans of
time for other things. Like sports.

Yeah, not gonna happen. lol not because I'm a snob about digital. My first thought is i wanna make my own digital stuff too. I just love the building process and having lots of stuff to play with for me and my buddy when we jam. To me it's kinda like playing a video game. But at the end when you slay the boss, instead of unlocking a achievement, you get a pedal  much more rewarding and less empty feeling.