WooHoo! Finished my Lazy Sprocket

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2016/09/05 23:39:43 (permalink)

WooHoo! Finished my Lazy Sprocket

It took a while but I finally finished this.
 
http://buildyourownclone.com/collections/envelope-triggers/products/lazysprocket
 
And it even somehow miraculously works!  And it sounds really cool.  Now I have to figure out how to do some graphics or lettering.  Does anyone have any advice or tips or tricks on that?
 
It's just purple right now.
 

post edited by SF_Green - 2016/09/06 06:23:12

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    SF_Green
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    Re: WooHoo! Finished my Lazy Sprocket 2016/09/06 05:26:04 (permalink)
    OK, so anyone know how to get image links from Google Drive to last more than 30 minutes? 

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    Re: WooHoo! Finished my Lazy Sprocket 2016/09/06 06:03:40 (permalink)
    "OK, so anyone know how to get image links from Google Drive to last more than 30 minutes? "
     
    Answer...use Flickr

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    Re: WooHoo! Finished my Lazy Sprocket 2016/09/08 15:30:10 (permalink)
    Those BYOC kits are great. By painting the box purple you got farther than I have. My usual approach is to go to an arts and crafts store and hit the sticker isle. I find symbols, lines and words that I cut out and stick on.

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    Re: WooHoo! Finished my Lazy Sprocket 2016/09/08 15:41:02 (permalink)
    Hi John,
     
    Thanks.  I might end up doing that.  I did find a cool video on YouTube where a guy uses Excel and Avery labels to design the lettering.  He printed everything up on the label sheet, then clear-coated it 3 times, let dry overnight then transfers it to the pedal.  Then he clear coats that a couple of times.  Looked pretty easy, let's you customize, and looked pretty good when he was done.  So I might go that route unless I find something better.  There are some people out there with some serious talent though doing custom designs that look pretty amazing.  Unfortunately, I'm not one of those people.
    Meanwhile, maybe I'll check out the local arts and crafts store and see what they have.
    Thanks
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    Re: WooHoo! Finished my Lazy Sprocket 2016/09/08 15:44:20 (permalink)
    Also, +1 on BYOC.  I'm eyeing up their flanger. First I've had this sitting on my shelf for a couple of years and am going to do it next:
     
    http://mutable-instruments.net/shruthi1
     
     
     

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    Re: WooHoo! Finished my Lazy Sprocket 2016/09/08 17:56:02 (permalink)
    I used to make a lot of "homebrew" items.  I used "rub on" lettering to label them.  Used to be able to get rub on lettering at electronics supply and at office supply stores (e.g. Office Depot) but I haven't looked for a long time so I don't know if its still available.  After applying the rub on lettering I would coat the lettering with clear finger nail polish to protect it.
     
     

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    Re: WooHoo! Finished my Lazy Sprocket 2016/09/08 18:11:06 (permalink)
    My buddy has an online store and does a lot of BYOC sales. He actually has people that will do custom box art and charge pretty big bucks for it. When you do small batch or one-off production (like my amps) it's tough to compete with the big guys and have those professional looking results. I've tried most everything and typically fall back on clear sticky labels with black lettering. It's not real professional looking, but the most expensive Boogies I work with are late 70's builds that used black Dymo-Tape for many of the controls.

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    Re: WooHoo! Finished my Lazy Sprocket 2016/09/12 07:16:10 (permalink)
    As far as labeling... One of these:
    [link=https://www.amazon.com/LabelManager-Handheld-Label-Maker-1790415/dp/B005X9VZ70/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1473421432&sr=8-2&keywords=label+maker]https://www.amazon.com/La...p;keywords=label+maker[/link]
     
    With THIS Tape:
    [link=https://www.amazon.com/DYMO-Standard-LabelManager-cartridge-40910/dp/B00004Z5WG/ref=pd_sim_229_7?ie=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=SCGWH12P6DAVGC0TBTNJ]https://www.amazon.com/DY...D=SCGWH12P6DAVGC0TBTNJ[/link]
     
    Should work and look pretty good.  You only see the actual tape close up...And if someone is THAT close to your creation there is a problem!
     
    Just a thought....And you can use it with the tape that came with it (black on white) for studio clean up...wire labels etc.

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    Re: WooHoo! Finished my Lazy Sprocket 2016/09/12 07:39:25 (permalink)
    Stickers are simplest. A lot of auto tint places do vinyl wraps these days and are starting to sell stickers that the customer orders (so the shop doesn't put them on, only mails them out). I never priced such a thing but shouldn't be too much. A shop local to me will dress up graphics and then print for you (they even do mugs, t-shirts, etc. so is also an option for the Cakewalk mug/t-shirt crowd).
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    Re: WooHoo! Finished my Lazy Sprocket 2016/09/12 09:53:40 (permalink)
    Thanks for this idea :-)  As a result, I've just implemented my own in Pro-G by tweaking the main set of controls (attack, release, threshold, ratio and range).  It works pretty well.  It never occurred to me before that you could use a gate to do this.
     
    p.s. the stomp box looks great btw!
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    Re: WooHoo! Finished my Lazy Sprocket 2016/09/12 09:53:40 (permalink)
    [darn it duplicate post, wish you could delete...]
    post edited by ston - 2016/09/12 10:15:16
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    Re: WooHoo! Finished my Lazy Sprocket 2016/09/12 15:53:47 (permalink)
    +1 for the vinyl wrap. You could do any graphics you wanted and send it to a sign shop for them to print on a vinyl sheet. CorelDraw can be used or Illustrator. There are probably free apps as well. You may want to check with the sign company for limitations and acceptable formats. I have done this for full size truck graphics - albeit just one color of vinyl.
     
    As small is this is I wouldn't expect it to cost more than say ~$20 (just a guess). It might be cheaper than trying to get rub on letters and you would get better results.

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    Re: WooHoo! Finished my Lazy Sprocket 2016/09/12 16:28:19 (permalink)
    Small Bear has inkjet printable decals that can be made any way you want.
     
    http://smallbear-electron...l-stock-clear-ink-jet/

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    Re: WooHoo! Finished my Lazy Sprocket 2016/09/13 14:09:43 (permalink)
    Hi all. Thanks for the suggestions! I will be checking them all out. I'll post a final shot when I get it done. Cheers!

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