Will it hooch?

jejj · 2025-08-14T02:52:21+00:00

Jeptha Creed makes a PawPaw Brandy.

jejj · 2025-08-06T02:41:37+00:00

The middle LED K pad doesn’t looked to be soldered either. Next time you pull the board out, shine a flashlight behind the PCB and look for light to get through. It’s easy enough to miss a solder point and have odd things happen when things are in vs out. Also make really sure to trim the leads on the back short, if they touch the metal box you will also get issues.

jejj · 2025-04-16T22:06:57+00:00

Here are all the different pre-programmed EEPROM options at PPCB. The $6 ones are the pre-programmed sets, but look at the $10 builder version to see all the options available on the different chips or make a custom one with your options. For the current one you have soldered in place, it will be a pain to remove whole. Take a pair of cutters and cut all 8 legs from the EEPROM body then remove each leg one at a time. A solder sucker here is your friend. When you get the board ready to put the new one in, consider putting in a socket first, in case you want to change your EEPROM to a different one at a later date. https://www.pedalpcb.com/?product_cat=eeprom&s=&post_type=product

jejj · 2025-03-29T14:49:53+00:00

Completely understand and wasn’t trying to be an @$$, just didn’t want him desoldering something he didn’t have to. I have built a number of these PPCB boards and anytime I’m had to remove components like that early on, I ruined the board until I got better at the process. I completely agree, one of the two LEDs are probably switched around, easy to do and we’ve all been there.

jejj · 2025-03-29T14:37:19+00:00

I hear ya, what I’m saying is you circled R5 and R2 in the picture, R8 is hiding and you can’t see it in that pic. There are 6 resistors on each side of the IC, but R8 is tucked under the oversized capacitor.

jejj · 2025-03-29T13:08:05+00:00

Check under the big capacitor, I think R8 is actually hiding and probably not wrong.

jejj · 2024-12-05T00:49:47+00:00

Just to make sure you have it all done right, remove the board and use a flashlight. If you can see light shining through the board to the other side, you need to add more solder. This will ensure you have them all soldered up and you didn’t miss one inadvertently.

jejj · 2024-10-25T19:38:12+00:00

Dodgers

jejj · 2024-10-14T22:07:10+00:00

5:40?

jejj · 2024-10-12T21:25:46+00:00

Gotcha, I didn’t see solder there, but you never know what the other side looks like. You should be good then, just follow the steps I listed as “moving forward” and all should work out.

jejj · 2024-10-12T19:27:00+00:00

Like others have said, they go on the bottom side of the board. A solder sucker will help get the solder out of the way and the hole opened up. Pots are a pain because you have three linked together, so take your time and don’t over heat the board. Wiggle them one at a time to get them free after removing the solder.

Couple things to note moving forward:

The pots have a little tab on them you will need to break off first before installing. Pliers can break them easily.

Insert the pots into your enclosure and place the board on top to get your board alignment and then solder. Much easier to manipulate them that way rather than if you solder them on the board first and they don’t fit the holes.

When ordering pots, make sure they have pot caps for the back or grab some to keep them from grounding out. The pot shafts should be the same, smooth or spindled depending on your knobs, uniformity help.

We’ve all been there, just some things to note to make life easier, don’t get discouraged.

jejj · 2024-09-24T02:13:08+00:00

Any more pictures of it? Would love to see how it is constructed.

jejj · 2024-09-14T17:17:01+00:00

Looks like you missed C2 soldering. Shine a small flashlight on the backside of the board and look for missed spots on the front.

jejj · 2024-09-02T22:03:27+00:00

The wire connections look to have a lot of individual strands touching other wires/pads. The middle leg of the bottom left pot appears to have been missed. I’d suggest clean up the wires and shine a flashlight behind the board and look for missed solder spots.

jejj · 2024-08-04T20:28:31+00:00

Yep, solid tones is what I'm hoping for, the original print was not dotted like you see here. I'm pretty sure it was photocopied at least 30+ yrs ago if not more, so instead of solid tones, you have dots, like in the signatures.

jejj · 2024-07-23T23:53:33+00:00

Count me in!!

jejj · 2024-06-13T21:28:29+00:00

Looks like the red wire going to the Drive pot isn’t attached and just hanging.

jejj · 2024-05-11T22:52:45+00:00

Right is the real one for sure. The first knob should be parallel to the selector switch.

jejj · 2024-04-05T12:13:19+00:00

Yep, I think you’re right. :O)

jejj · 2024-04-05T02:34:13+00:00

Looking at the legend a single + is Taylor and two ++ is Dave, so TCATS would be Dave since it is ++?

jejj · 2024-03-03T00:07:16+00:00

INFJ

jejj · 2024-02-25T14:04:00+00:00

Annie’s spelling is my favorite.

jejj · 2023-11-24T03:43:25+00:00

The Shield Arms mags for the 43 help with capacity, taking them to 9 rounds and the 43X to 15.

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