Pedal Board Destruction and Rebuild

[Chienmortbb]

I bought one of the 3D printed kits from Ebay. It just needs some 25mm x 25mm stripwood and eight woodscrews. 

 

I carefully cut the stripwood, 4 pieces, to the length I wanted. All good  and I used some dark mahogany wood stain I had in the garage. There was a little bit of a wobble so I unscrewed the screws slightly and pressed on two corners to try to straighten it out. CRACK!

 

 

B*gger. After calming down, I used the remainder of the wood to replace the broken brackets. I also added some feet to give an angle and some small blocks to add strength.

 

 

 

 

Adding the new side pieces adds 50mm to the width, and it is now bigger than the padded bag I keep my pedal board in!

 

Here it is with the wood colour on again:

 

 

 

 

[Pea Turgh]

I like the wood version much better!

[Chienmortbb]

It is really strong now, there are 75m wood screws  (8)  although I know that the adhesive should be enough on its own. 
 

I have a surprise or two tomorrow as the project progresses. 

[Chienmortbb]

Me too.

[nekomatic]

People with 3D printers being so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think about whether they should. 

[itu]

75 m bolts! That's cool, where did you find them? From a submarine dockyard?

 

The board looks cool, much cooler than with those printed parts.

[Al Nico]

Perfect.

 

[Chienmortbb]

On 09/05/2025 at 19:21, itu said:

75 m bolts! That's cool, where did you find them? From a submarine dockyard?

 

The board looks cool, much cooler than with those printed parts.

I did have to cut them down with a hacksaw, lol. They were of course 75mm or 3" to any ludites. 

 

Yes I am pleased with the look although in hindsight, I should have re-thought it and perhaps made it bigger. I have been unwell for the last 10 days so not more progress to report.

Edited 59 minutes ago by Chienmortbb

[itu]

3 hours ago, Chienmortbb said:

...in hindsight, I should have re-thought it and perhaps made it bigger. I have been unwell for the last 10 days...

Get well soon!

 

Name this board REV M, and make two more: REV S, and REV L. Everybody has extra pedals lurking in the corners: one board is never enough.