[sdiy] round project enclosures

[Paul Dickow]

Maybe I shouldn't give away to the list why I'm looking for a round
enclosure, but ideas are to be shared not hoarded, so, why the round
enclosure you may ask??

I got a mostly-populated-and-assembled old TB3030 Oakley pcb and I'm
buying it from the friend & listmember who has been helping me learn
to synth-DIY.

I realized that I should probably make this into a SMILEY FACE
enclosure- 11 knobs is surely enough for two eyes and a mouth in black
knobs. One yellow powdercoated round enclosure should do the trick.

For those list members who aren't/weren't into acid house the classic
smiley face is a sort of ad hoc logo for the genre. I was going to
paint my enclosure with a smiley face logo in honor of Acid House but
I think the entire 3030 unit must become a smiley-synth.

Not a practical shape but, good for parties

Just waiting on a bunch of capacitors and pots to arrive so I can
finish the project and see if I can make it make some 303-esque
noises.

Paul

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 8:07 PM, John Mahoney <jmahoney at gate.net> wrote:
> At 09:49 PM 12/3/2008, Paul Dickow wrote:
>>
>> thanks for everyone's replies. Will check mcmaster later, what a huge
>> and great resource, someone recommended that to me for a different
>> material...
>
> Heh... Could have been me, though I'm hardly the only McMaster fan here. I
> learned of it through my wife who was a "Technical Buyer" at a large cruise
> line. One point she made is that while McMaster-Carr carries (and stocks)
> practically everything, it's rarely the cheapest source. It's a tremendous
> resource, though, and I love using its website to find specific materials.
> (Don't get me wrong -- I buy from them, too!)
>
> John
>
>



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