I know exactly who those white snips are made by and I've got a few sets of them. I have exactly the same gripes as you with them too 🤣 I've even looked at the super knips but kept putting it off as the ones I have work... For now haha. There's a UK based seller on Amazon has some of the 1mm step bits from 3-12mm. They're great, but you need a 12mm drill bit to finish for the footswitch as it's not quite big enough! The Vero hack is genius! 😁 This is a really helpful video, and I could have done with this last year when I started! One day I'll make a P2P circuit, it won't be like yours though 🤣
thank you for taking time to make this video, i very much appreciate any help. i love your work , you turn these circuits into art . if its not to much of me to ask, could you do a video with you putting together a point to point fuzz face. starting with an empty enclosure to plugging in a guitar and giving it a test after its complete. it would make me really happy to try and follow along with you step by step as you build a point to point FF. if im being to bold or asking to much please just ignore me. thank you for the help.
Hey Markus - this was a really awesome introduction to building…a question I had that I’m not sure was covered is what diameter solder to get? Do you have a size that you prefer? Thanks in advance!
Hi Markus, thanks for the advice! I was looking around for the Quicko T12-952 you recommended and came across quite a few references to inadequate grounding leading to possible safety issues and/or voltage potential at the iron tip. Also I noticed that they have no markings from a safety agency (in the states they are known as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory or NRTL) such as TUV, UL, Intertek etc... Not a big deal if you are handy and can add the proper ground connections and/or use a Ground Fault Interrupt (GFI) protected receptacle or extension cord, but definitely something I would want to check if I get one. Alternatively, if money is not particularly tight and I plan on making a long term investment in my set up, I may just spend the extra ~$200 and get the Hakko FX-951 that uses the T12/T15 tips.
Hey Markus, just thought I’d circle back around on this since I’ve learned a bit more since this post, the main concern is that the metal case is not grounded, so if a power trace were to come in contact with the case it would not trip the breaker (or fuse), and there would be 120V or 220V on the case. Easy fix by opening it up and adding a green w/yellow stripe wire from the ground terminal of the IEC connector to the case. Also the newer versions of the 955 and 959 do have a ground to the soldering handle.
Hey Markus. So, ive tried to start building pedals so many times that ive accumulated all the tools and peices, but i have a very heavy learning disability and cant really get the ball rolling. i have a bunch of really cool looking transistors and diodes and all the other bits, im just stuck not knowing where/how to start. i have a multimeter, and i cant wrap my head around how its working. i have a nice iron, snipper and stripper, mat, wiring, some PCBs, helper hand... i just cant make sense of where/how to start. i have a few different enclosures. i have an older yamaha keyboard that has midi jacks, and i want to take ONLY the keys and midi jacks to use as a controller without all the preset sounds and speakers and such. i found some old tube radio and wanna make it into a cheesy lil tube amp, but cant make sense of what connctions i need to make... what do you think my next step should be? anyone, chime in if you know where im at, and know what my next steps should be, please let me know.
I know exactly who those white snips are made by and I've got a few sets of them. I have exactly the same gripes as you with them too 🤣 I've even looked at the super knips but kept putting it off as the ones I have work... For now haha. There's a UK based seller on Amazon has some of the 1mm step bits from 3-12mm. They're great, but you need a 12mm drill bit to finish for the footswitch as it's not quite big enough! The Vero hack is genius! 😁 This is a really helpful video, and I could have done with this last year when I started! One day I'll make a P2P circuit, it won't be like yours though 🤣
thank you for taking time to make this video, i very much appreciate any help. i love your work , you turn these circuits into art . if its not to much of me to ask, could you do a video with you putting together a point to point fuzz face. starting with an empty enclosure to plugging in a guitar and giving it a test after its complete. it would make me really happy to try and follow along with you step by step as you build a point to point FF. if im being to bold or asking to much please just ignore me. thank you for the help.
Thank you man ... I a while build would be a long ass video! I might do some short ones about various P2P joints though ..thanks for watching 👍👍🙏🙏
Hey Markus - this was a really awesome introduction to building…a question I had that I’m not sure was covered is what diameter solder to get? Do you have a size that you prefer? Thanks in advance!
I just picked up a couple of Knipex flat clippers and some harder stock diagonal cutters.... great tools!
Nice one!! They are great .... I didn't even realise tools could be that good in the hand till I used them 🤘🤘🤘
Hi Markus, thanks for the advice! I was looking around for the Quicko T12-952 you recommended and came across quite a few references to inadequate grounding leading to possible safety issues and/or voltage potential at the iron tip. Also I noticed that they have no markings from a safety agency (in the states they are known as a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory or NRTL) such as TUV, UL, Intertek etc... Not a big deal if you are handy and can add the proper ground connections and/or use a Ground Fault Interrupt (GFI) protected receptacle or extension cord, but definitely something I would want to check if I get one. Alternatively, if money is not particularly tight and I plan on making a long term investment in my set up, I may just spend the extra ~$200 and get the Hakko FX-951 that uses the T12/T15 tips.
That's interesting, I've no problems with mine ... But I'll look into it. Thanks for the heads-up brother 🙏🙏 the Hakko unit will be dope for sure 🔥🔥
Hey Markus, just thought I’d circle back around on this since I’ve learned a bit more since this post, the main concern is that the metal case is not grounded, so if a power trace were to come in contact with the case it would not trip the breaker (or fuse), and there would be 120V or 220V on the case. Easy fix by opening it up and adding a green w/yellow stripe wire from the ground terminal of the IEC connector to the case. Also the newer versions of the 955 and 959 do have a ground to the soldering handle.
Hey Markus. So, ive tried to start building pedals so many times that ive accumulated all the tools and peices, but i have a very heavy learning disability and cant really get the ball rolling. i have a bunch of really cool looking transistors and diodes and all the other bits, im just stuck not knowing where/how to start. i have a multimeter, and i cant wrap my head around how its working. i have a nice iron, snipper and stripper, mat, wiring, some PCBs, helper hand... i just cant make sense of where/how to start. i have a few different enclosures. i have an older yamaha keyboard that has midi jacks, and i want to take ONLY the keys and midi jacks to use as a controller without all the preset sounds and speakers and such. i found some old tube radio and wanna make it into a cheesy lil tube amp, but cant make sense of what connctions i need to make... what do you think my next step should be? anyone, chime in if you know where im at, and know what my next steps should be, please let me know.