{"id":27208,"date":"2018-01-01T12:38:05","date_gmt":"2018-01-01T17:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=27208"},"modified":"2018-10-06T11:35:54","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T15:35:54","slug":"board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ok-cleek.com\/blogs\/?p=27208","title":{"rendered":"Board"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of my projects this past week was to build a pedalboard to corral all of my various effects pedals. They've been sitting in a bag for years because wrangling them, with all the cables and the always-dead 9V batteries, was just too much work.<\/p>\n

But if I could get them all arranged in a nice compact group with short cable and dedicated external power supplies, I might be tempted to use them once in a while.<\/p>\n

My first idea was to take an old bamboo cutting board from the kitchen, add some feet and cut some holes in it to snake cords through. But, it was just a bit too small to hold all my junk. So, I had to get a bit more creative. <\/p>\n

It took me four days, but I did manage to build one that would have worked, but was just simply terrible. It was all misshapen and obviously hacked-together, because I rushed and didn't plan or measure or cut or assemble carefully. It sucked. And because the design was so simple to begin with, I couldn't stand looking at such a fucked-up failure. I threw it away and started over.<\/p>\n

After laying out all the pedals, in the right order, I figured out I needed two rows of at least 17 inches each. So, I planned on a 18\" wide board. We have a bunch of leftover flooring planks in the attic - already finished on top, stiff as can be and very light. They're 'engineered' wood - 1\/8\" of the top layer on a stiff plywood base. The planks are 7\" wide, and so are just big enough to accommodate the two big pedals in my collection.<\/p>\n

First, a frame. This is made from pine 1x4s - just a couple of simple triangles joined by two straight boards. The hardest part of the whole thing was cutting the hypotenuses of those triangles - that took a backsaw and lots of patience. Then I trimmed the tips off the triangles. Sanded a bit and then stained with the only stain I had on hand : ebony. Rustic. Glued, then screwed it all together. Couple of light coats of polyurethane for added spiffyness. <\/p>\n

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\niPhone\n<\/p>\n

(The frame is actually upside down in that pic)<\/p>\n

Then I glued and screwed the top planks onto the frame. <\/p>\n

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\niPhone\n<\/p>\n

The gap between the planks is there to run cords and cables underneath.<\/p>\n

Needed to put the screws near the top of the plank on bottom level, because the screws I used are so long.<\/p>\n

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\niPhone\n<\/p>\n

The ebony stain worked out well enough with the color of the floor boards, I think. And the sexy black drywall screws really bring it all together, right? \"Not completely hideous\" is a win, in my book.<\/p>\n

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\niPhone\n<\/p>\n

Four runs of super-strength velcro across the top boards, and matching velcro on the bottom of each pedal.<\/p>\n

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\niPhone\n<\/p>\n

And there it is, with all the cables and power supply cords. I put some soft rubber pads on the bottom, to keep it from sliding around. I'm going to get some cable tie action underneath to tidy-up the power cords. And, I need to get a cable with right-angle connectors to handle that run from the chorus in the bottom-left up to the phaser top-right. The cord that's doing it now looks untidy.<\/p>\n

Sure, it looks like it was made from scraps - which it was - but, it's completely functional!<\/p>\n

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\niPhone\n<\/p>\n

And it fits perfectly in the little nook where all my other rockstar crap lives.<\/p>\n

All dressed up and nowhere to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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