/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Wew, first time holding a soldering iron in 11 years. And first time soldering together anything significant. Went pretty well I think.
What an absolutely relaxing way to spend your time.
Anyway, just built my first real guitar pedal (well, the actual first was an A/B box but that doesn't count cause there's not really any circuitry in it). Was kinda worried about the holes (which I drilled by hand) since with the A/B box the drill fucked off on me and the holes weren't in the right place. Took it slow this time. Centerpunching and first drilling a really small pilot hole with some WD40, then drilling a big enough pilot hole for the step drill, and then carefully drilling the rest of the hole. Came out perfectly.
Now I just need to think of a nice way to finish it. Kinda wanna etch it but I've never done that before and storing corrosive chemicals in my bedroom doesn't sound like the best idea.