/diy/ - Do It Yourself

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.226280]

A few days ago i made a thread here about switch pop.
Well i solved the problem, but not how i wanted to.
I took one leg of the mix knob and put part of the tpdt switch between it so it just cuts the wet signal out completely when its off. No longer true bypass but it doesn't take too much tone away.I may just make a bypass looper for it.

I know it wasn't the most ideal way to do it but its the only thing that worked.

Here's a recording of it in action:

http://vocaroo.com/i/s0iWMv1IM7G3

Sorry for the shitty playing. I haven't been playing at all lately.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.226287]

swirled handheld media player bump

[Anonymous No.226292]

Very nice stuff as usual.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.226295]

>>226292
thank u kind anon

[Anonymous No.226373]

shit OP,this stuff looks amazing!

[Anonymous No.226432]

I saw your ad on Craigslist and I was wondering if you knew of anywhere around here I could sell some equipment without having to resort to Craigslist.

Not wanting to pawn this stuff, but I also hate going to Mike's because he's insane and stands over your shoulder from the time you walk in to the time you walk out.

[That Anon who keeps pulling you out of holes No.226450]

Silly OP, did you not try and use a pulldown resistor?

Otherwise, nice work. If the buffer is tone sucking try paralleling a 1M resistor between ground and the input. Might help.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.226552]

>>226450
yes. i tried that and a few other things but this was the only way

>>226432
Oh no...the 4chan people have my phone number!!! lol
I'm not racist by a longshot but, good god, Mike's such a jew bastard. Try metro. Greg's pretty cool. What kind of stuff do u have to sell?

[Anonymous No.226686]

>>226552
An Ibanez RG, Line 6 Spider something amp, a cabinet from 1970 something, and possibly a Yamaha keyboard. Stuff that I bought to possibly replace my older gear, but I rarely ever use any of it.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.226700]

>>226686
would you be willing to trade the cab for any of my items? my cab is pathetic...and where was the rg made?

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.226916]

self bump

[Anonymous No.227993]

>>226287
>>226280
Don't mean to derail the thread, but how do you paint your pedals to get that swirled look?

[Anonymous No.228386]

>>227993
ive been puttin off making a new swirl thread. use this and check back here in a week or so and ill have the definitive swirl guide up

http://theswirling.com/Tutorials/BoraxMethod.aspx

http://theswirling.com/Tutorials/BoraxMethod/WhatWillYouNeed.aspx

http://theswirling.com/Tutorials/BoraxMethod/SwirlingYourGuitar.aspx

[Anonymous No.228437]

only one question for you swirlybird, what's the ideal temperature range? that's the one thing i've forgotten lol

[Anonymous No.228445]

>>228437
between 75 and 80 degrees f is good
i swirl at exactly 77

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.228451]

oh and too warm and it dries into a skin on the water.
and too cold and it beads up and/or runs

[Anonymous No.228464]

>someone on /mu/ mentions that /diy/ has a couple music project guys
>eh fuck it let's see
>this thread
Awesome.

[Anonymous No.228506]

>>228386
Awesome, thanks!

[Anonymous No.228511]

I feel like a goddam autist, but for the life of me I can't get swirl painting to work. I have pasty oil paints that I'm thinning with mineral spirits, but they never spread out or stick to anything well, and water usually washes it right off. I've used many different amounts of Borax, and always let them sit quite a while before I start. Can you recommend a certain kind of oil paint, or is there something big I'm missing here?

On topic though, your pedal sounds fantastic. 1:35 it starts to sound a bit distorted though. I have no recommendation how to fix it or help though, just pointing it out.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.228517]

>>228511
i mostly use testors

for you i would say use testors (1103)red and (1147)gl black

that combo always works well for beginners

also be mindful of water temp,borax to water ratio, and how you prep the surface to be painted

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.228521]

>>228517

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.228523]

>>228521

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.228524]

>>228523
oops wrong pic...thats a kidney stone that raped my ding dong last year
heres the pic i meant

[Anonymous No.228525]

>>228524
Shit dude, sorry to hear about the stone, that thing looks like quite the fucker. And thanks for the paint advice. Looks like I'll be making another run to Hobby Lobby later.

Bitchin Warlock as well.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.228526]

>>228525
be sure to post results good or bad. i always like to see peoples attempts and i can give advice.

pic is someone from a old swirl thread that had success.

[Anonymous No.228542]

>>228526
Unfortunately I can't do it today, but /diy/ threads stick around a while right? (new to this board)
Also, I'm hoping to swirl an N64 controller and console, but I'll likely be posting failed test objects.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.228552]

>>228542
yea. its a slow board

[Anonymous No.228791]

i was looking in to how you do this and am wondering why you haft to put borax into the water??

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.228815]

>>228791
it makes the paint spread out super thin.
have you ever been doing dishes and theres some shit floating in a bowl of water and you dab a little soap and it reacts by moving away from the soap...it works like that

pic unrelated

[Anonymous No.228857]

>frozen patty
gtfo my /diy/
infinitely better recipe

roughly how long does it take from the time you put the borax in to when you take the item out, for a beginner?
I can't have something control water temp for me, i'll have to do it manually by adding hot and cold water, ideally more cold since it's less contaminated. wondering if thats plausible.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.228862]

>>228857
its called a hobo for a goddamn reason.

that aside, i will usually mix hot and cold too.
i dont use a heater/cooler

you mix in the borax and stir till the water is as clear as it can be.
as for a timeline it depends.
besides prep work(primer and base coats) i can swirl a pedal in 15-20 mins

[Anonymous No.228874]

do i have to worry about enclosed spaces with any of it? other than primers, base coats, etc. those are spraypaint so obviously.
But if i did the swirling inside would it be a health hazard?

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.228911]

>>228874
it definitely has a smell but it has never bothered me. testors enamel is solvent based so ide say at least have a fan in the room or a cracked open window.just dont have air blowing on the water because it will dry the paint on the water

[Anonymous No.229469]

is this the kind of paint that i would need ????

[Anonymous No.229606]

>>229469
Waitasecond... You wanted to post a picture but failed, but then you also saged which is fail because you need a response to your question, but THEN you tried to sage with a picture at the same time which doesn't work.
That's quite the fail there anon.

[Anonymous No.229613]

My god OP
Both your playing and the pedal sound amazing

[Anonymous No.229618]

>>229606

He wasn't saging, he included his email address.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.229637]

>>229613
my pedal-yes
my playing-eh, not so much

but thank you though

[Anonymous No.229640]

>>229606
Its his email, not sage
Youre the fail

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.229679]

I figured id share this. I made another analog delay and a few hours ago i had a little mishap with some ferric chloride. I was etching a visual representation of the doppler effect and i didn't realize that it reacts a lot faster with aluminum. So it started bubbling and getting hot, but i managed to save it.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.229680]

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.229682]

i used a vinyl decal i made with a plotter

[Anonymous No.230236]

>>229679
>>229680
>>229682

Sadly, I have no idea what you are talking about, but it looks seriously awesome.
Can you describe the process to me step by step?

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.230277]

>>230236
ferric chloride is used for etching printed circuit boards. it dissolves metal.
i had a vinyl decal made to put on the aluminum case so the etchant would only eat away at the exposed parts.

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2102868

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doppler_effect

pic: new knobs