Vemuram question

[Marbles]

Hi Guys and Girls,

It's been a while :)

A friend of mine asked me to build the Vemuram Jan Ray and ofcourse I will..

I was just wondering about omitting the switch in the layout:
http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com/2013/03/vemuram-jan-ray.html

My thought to omit the switch would be: Extend the board 2 columns on the left and put 2 diodes there that extend from row 1 to 4. And then that's it.

When browsing through the comments, IVIark said:

Oh and I forgot another important step, make a link between the Sw2 and Sw5 points on the board to complete the diode connections


This throws me off a bit. I thought with my initial thought I would not have to do that.

Is that maybe referring to a different way of placing the diodes? Or is what I had in mind just simply a wrong way of doing it?

Hope someone can help me!

[Blackboarcult]

By the way it looks to me, either jumper Sw5 and Sw2 (1st switch position, up) OR put two diodes facing opposite sides (2nd switch position, down), not both.

[Marbles]

That's what I thought too. I probably misread it then and will continue with my initial thought Thanks!