My Resolution? Box all these circuits!

[Highsmith]

I've got like 20 in plastic bags. To what end?

I'm not building anything new until these are all boxed. To make it easier I'll put 2 circuits in one 1590bb.

Red Llama and Purple Platypus in one box, why not?

Bee Gee and and Random Number Generator in parallel? Sure!

[tracer03]

I'm right there with you: I've got 12 circuits tested and bagged, with another 4 ready for debugging.
Must...stop....building new circuits....

[Muadzin]

I never understood you guys with your huge collections full of unboxed circuits. I've never built an unboxed circuit. I never built anything for which I haven't got a ready enclosure. All to often I had the enclosures finished before I even started on the circuit itself. I never saw the reason to try the circuit before boxing (other then to see if they are working). Even if I didn't like the effect once its finished, at least I had fun making the whole thing, plus another pedal for my collection.

I do have a fail box full of boxed circuits that aren't working though.

[Mulekicker]

I have a bunch of circuits that used to be boxed but didn't do it for me. If I don't love a pedal I have no problem ripping out the board and recycling everything else. I have a 125b that has been 5 or 6 different 2 knob fuzzes over its lifespan. I box everything I build, but they might not stay boxed

[BetterOffShred]

I have no circuits that don't work, and currently only one that doesn't work quite right.   But I have like 20 to box.  Boxing is the worst, and ever since I built my prototype box, it's just not my strong suit.  Drilling and wiring it up, no problem .. paint .. no problem..  labeling, no bueno.

Just saying.

[mug]

For me there's basically two kinds of circuits: some just strike me from the (your!) descriptions and I'm super curious and excited to hear what they sound like in my setup -> will be boxed. Others are like "hm, never used an XY-type pedal - wanna try..." Might be boxed if I like it, but could also be butchered for something else.
Then there are some I just want to see if I can do it... and some because I have the right parts... and some "why do the guys at the board seem to like it that much... ok, more than two types - seriously addicted

[tracer03]

Muadzin wrote

I never understood you guys with your huge collections full of unboxed circuits. I've never built an unboxed circuit. I never built anything for which I haven't got a ready enclosure.

That's my New Year's resolution...

For me, it's a matter of time and space: I don't have a lot of space to work on/finish enclosures in the house, so I have to do it in the garage: and in MN, even with an insulated garage, it gets too cold to spray/paint/clear coat. I'm saving up for a garage heater, but until then I wait for the temps to be reasonable. And the wife would have my jibblies in a jar if I tried to spray in the house...

So - while I wait for spray-friendly weather, I keep building...

[Travis]

You shouldn’t use a heater in a room where you are spraying. That is a severe fire hazard

[tracer03]

Travis wrote

You shouldn’t use a heater in a room where you are spraying. That is a severe fire hazard

Of course - but running the garage heater for a bit a couple hours before spraying to bring the temperature up to a manageable level when outside it's 0 F helps...

[Mulekicker]

I'm in ohio and also working outta my freezing cold garage. Had to put building on hold all last week (it killed me) because it was too cold. I stupidly tried to solder a d9e that had been sitting in the garage and it immediately broke.  I knew it would, I just couldn't help myself.

[Travis]

tracer03 wrote

Travis wrote

You shouldn’t use a heater in a room where you are spraying. That is a severe fire hazard

Of course - but running the garage heater for a bit a couple hours before spraying to bring the temperature up to a manageable level when outside it's 0 F helps...

lol sorry I read your post and had to mention it.. wouldn’t want you or someone else blowing themselves up over a pedal enclosure

I feel your pain though. I’ve got a guitar neck that I need to spray but it’s raining and humid