stomp box housing sources?

[Harry Bissell]

I just bought a small box from Mouser
Hammond Diecast Aluminum Alloy Boxes...
They'd be about $10 for stompbox size...
BUT (otoh) they have a nice Baked Textured Black finish (sound good enough to
eat... but watch those dentures... its tough)

It's just like the traditional MXR type boxes. Costs money but the finish makes
it worth it...

(think primer, paint, and then the damn shit wont stick to the aluminum for
very long...)

Fot those on the Champagne budget... Eagle makes a Black Nylon coated Aluminum
Box... I was buying that one till I found the Hammond Box for cheaper...

I uesd this "on" a guitar so finish was definately an issue.

:^) Harry

tomg wrote:

> Hi Berry, depends on how big it need to be. I have used those
> 5 1/4 x 3 x 2" aluminum p-boxes Radio Shack sells for $2.79
> (#270-238) If you don't want the rectangular shape and would
> rather have a sloping case.
>
> Take the box apart. Set the bottom (inset) piece aside.
> Get a pair of sheet-metal shears.
> Cut one end side of the top down to 3/4".
> Widen the places where the folds come together on the
> other side so it can be bent in.
> Bend the side you cut off out and the folds you cut in.
> Shape the top in a sloped stomp-box form.
> Set the bottom next to the top and mark the shape.
> Cut the sides then slide it back into the top.
> You will need to drill new holes for the 3/4" high side
> because you will cut the originals off.
>
> JDR has 3 cheap die-cast enclosures (mxr type)
> the biggest and most expensive being 7.5 x 4.3 x 2.4"
> ($8.99 - 3125C) 1-800-538-5000
>
> >What would you guys recommend as a source for a generic stomp box housing?
> > I'd like something like the cast aluminum Bud boxes that MXR used but
> >they are too cost-prohibitive now.  Are there perhaps overseas
> >manufactures of these that price them much cheaper?
> >
> >I have been thinking of doing effects box circuit kits or at least a book
> >on them, and you can get a commercial product for less than the parts cost
> >I would have to pay to make one on my own, yet alone resell it.  Anyone
> >have experience with the packaging aspects of such efforts?
> >
> >I'd ideally like to find a cheaper alternative to the Bud box and then
> >perhaps even just go with the stock non-painted surface and apply thick
> >aluminum stickers for the labeling.  Get fancier if its justified later
> >on.
> >
> >
> >
> >Barry