Spudmurphy
Well-known member
Mods - maybe this should be in the General discussion thread, please move it if you see fit.
I'd like to show you how I made a Pedal board case out of scrap materials, namely:-
An old De Walt drill case.
Some aluminium
some roofing batten
Screws / M3 bolts
Power Supply
Old computer mains transformer.
Rubber grommets spilt on Olplayers path by the builder who gave me the case!!
This is how I did it.
First I scrounged an old drill case from my building mate.
I used an old computer mains transformer and removed the female plug. I then cut around the metal in the area shown. I would use this as a retaining plate for the female plug.
I dremelled out a slot in the case and mounted the female plug using the metal backplate
I also dremelled the hinge so that the lid could be removed and in fact I used the lid as the receptacle for the pedals as it gave me a tad more space to work with. I also had to dremel out all the internal plastic mouldings to hold the drill - it was easy really. Here is the case showing a "dry run"
Next, I used some aluminium from the bottom of some old doors in work and a length of roof batten I had lying around
I framed out the case
Then cut some Aluminium
Voila
I'm waiting on my Danelectro Cool Cat Vibe (awesome pedal) and will finish everything off. So it will be a modded Wah, Tokai Metal Driver, Electro Harmonix Soul Preacher Compressor, Cool Cat Vibe, Korg Pitchblack Plus Tuner. Running before the board will be my EB 6165 stereo pedal.
The case will have a shoulder carry strap made from an old guitar strap.
Everything was scrap except the power supply - bought off my mate trade for £15 and £1 for various screws and some m3 bolts which screw the pedals to the aluminium. I recon I've saved myself a couple of bob!!
I'd like to show you how I made a Pedal board case out of scrap materials, namely:-
An old De Walt drill case.
Some aluminium
some roofing batten
Screws / M3 bolts
Power Supply
Old computer mains transformer.
Rubber grommets spilt on Olplayers path by the builder who gave me the case!!
This is how I did it.
First I scrounged an old drill case from my building mate.
I used an old computer mains transformer and removed the female plug. I then cut around the metal in the area shown. I would use this as a retaining plate for the female plug.
I dremelled out a slot in the case and mounted the female plug using the metal backplate
I also dremelled the hinge so that the lid could be removed and in fact I used the lid as the receptacle for the pedals as it gave me a tad more space to work with. I also had to dremel out all the internal plastic mouldings to hold the drill - it was easy really. Here is the case showing a "dry run"
Next, I used some aluminium from the bottom of some old doors in work and a length of roof batten I had lying around
I framed out the case
Then cut some Aluminium
Voila
I'm waiting on my Danelectro Cool Cat Vibe (awesome pedal) and will finish everything off. So it will be a modded Wah, Tokai Metal Driver, Electro Harmonix Soul Preacher Compressor, Cool Cat Vibe, Korg Pitchblack Plus Tuner. Running before the board will be my EB 6165 stereo pedal.
The case will have a shoulder carry strap made from an old guitar strap.
Everything was scrap except the power supply - bought off my mate trade for £15 and £1 for various screws and some m3 bolts which screw the pedals to the aluminium. I recon I've saved myself a couple of bob!!
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