distro pcb

just a maybe

case oiling

so im loving this stage of building my modular
i thought doing electronics was kinda fun at the beginning but im so over it. doing all the woodwork was amazing and i feel to much more satisfaction completing things like this. perhaps it is just because building electronics in modular world your fruits are so staggered, until pow, you have a big modular synth. well im only getting to that phase now after 2 years or so. hehe, im totally having a cry about it.

anyway... the blackbutt wood sanded down amazing. damian did an awesome job. i have used this deks olje oil to finish the wood. all along i was trying to avoid dark stains, red stains and yellow stains (as we do). my synth will be silver, black, white and green so i didnt think red or yellow stain wood cases would work. the cool thing about the wood i chose and this oil is that it will allow the wood to naturally darken and this wood will darken in a dark chocolate - black colour. i really like the natural dark wood better than stained dark wood. the trick is i just need to give the wood some sunlight. not that this is going to happen in my current studio :/

i got told that the trick to applying oils is the first wash needs to be left for a long time to allow it to sink into the wood. basically the deeper you let it get the better the finish. if you try to apply 2 coats straight away it wont seep in as much.





here is my new outdoor workshop,
a shadow of the work shop in the warehouse but it does the job.



check the grain.
each panel is made up of 2 floor boards
somehow i made it work pretty well



this wood is amazing



yeah so once my modular is done i think ill do more wood work
or maybe ill actually spend time with my friends if they will still remember me

CV it with a vactrol

here is the layout i made to use in my wave multiplier
i posted a pdf on muff in this thread if you want to etch it

http://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14053

case back from being sanded

teezers / seq switches

mouser order came in with the parts needed to complete this panels
this is a triple ian fritz through zero vco
i still need to make some brackets to mount the pcb plate to the panel
2 of 3 pcbs are stuffed and ready for testing







here is my panel for a combination module called "data switch"
it includes a cgs sequential switch and a fonik sequential switch
they work opposite, cgs has a many to one relationshop and foniks is one to many
so they are named accordingly




ive been working on my mb808 of late and it is driving me nuts so i might try get these done soon. Hopefully i can get my case this week, my modules are looking uncomfortable without the case

matson mini 2040 filter

living vco pretty much done now
sounds great, can't wait for my case to arrive... sigh

started on my matson mini triple filter

mounting the little pre-made filter cards was interesting since i havent got my shipment of aluminium sorted yet. i gave up trying to debug my super controller so i used the 2mm mounting plate out of it. somehow it kinda worked :)







i need to get some connectors for it so i can wire it up
the problem with premade stuff is you have to work to their conventions

i also made the panel for my triple teezer through-zero vco which you can see in the background
i need to get more 10 turn pots before i can fully populate the panel. have to stop buying records and make a shipment to mouser before they stop shipping stuff to australia for cheap

living vco

just moved house and am finally getting back to this synth
it has been expensive procuring all the tools needed to do this
living in the warehouse really had its benefits

i just borrowed a drill press and got my living vco panel done
my case should be sanded and oiled this week so the next task is to etch my distro boards and mount the power supplies