Completed Smash!

[Jameson]

Finished the Smash today! That was a fun build.

The top chassis is finished in the same candy orange as my Reduction. I'm waiting on white knobs to match the color scheme.

One general question: should the OD3 glow purplish? Is that expected?

One quick question about the Smashquiet (and Mourquiet) upgrades: Does Bottlehead have any interest in selling me either custom white plates, or the CAD files for the faceplates so I can take them to FrontPanelExpress or a local Makerspace? No worries if not - I can try and replicate as best I can on FPE’s CAD software. Just figured I’d see if there was a way to buy from you all first and save some time on my end.

 

[Paul Birkeland]

It's a good exercise in Front Panel Express.

 

[Jameson]

It's a good exercise in Front Panel Express.

Alright, thanks. It's a little daunting since they don't appear to offer proofs and that part looks like it's about $95 if I have them etch and powder coat also - that's a steep price for a mistake.

Everything good with the 0D3 glowing purple?

 

[Doc B]

The overlay that comes with the kit is styrene and would be easy to spray with oil base model paint. Then just infill the engraving with a contrasting color of water base acrylic model paint.

 

[Paul Birkeland]

Alright, thanks. It's a little daunting since they don't appear to offer proofs and that part looks like it's about $95 if I have them etch and powder coat also - that's a steep price for a mistake.

Yeah, tell me about it!  I have had plenty of $500+ mistakes over the years.  If I had a Front Panel Express file laid out with the lettering in their font, I would just send that to you, but I did the artwork in Corel Draw.

Everything good with the 0D3 glowing purple?

Yes, that's part of normal operation.

I do actually think that the black panel would look great against the orange chassis.  You'd have a bit of a KTM color scheme going on. 

 

[Jameson]

Thanks for the reassurance on the glow.

There are definitely worse things in this life than having a black faceplate. I think I'll install it for now and just have a white, orange, and black scheme. I'm having a hell of a time finding 35mm white knobs anyway.

Thanks for the help, guys! Loving the Smash so far!

 

[Paul Birkeland]

Yeah, you may have to use a completely different knob, which may mean a different attenuator overlay.  Things start getting complicated in a hurry.

 

[Jameson]

I have a set of chicken head type ones on order. We'll see!

 

[Karl5150]

Ditto on the FPE ooops. I had an aluminum overlay made for my SII MourQuiet and offset the mounting holes slightly (<0.1") to better fit the case. I actually only offset 2 of the 3. After figuring mechanical attachment to the main panel with a countersunk screw I cut the head off one of the regular brass 4-40s I use and glued it in the empty overlay hole. Cutting off the heads of a couple 8-32 screws also works for the 2 extra holes in the transformer bell, I think it gives it a more finished look.

 

[Paul Birkeland]

I keep a pile of chainsaw files in one of my tool cabinet drawers.  They work wonderfully to elongate small screw holes that aren't quite in the right place.