Congratulations on your simple, sturdy, robust layout and enclosure design. It may look simple but it is well thought out. I too like to work with wood when I can, as it is so easily available and one can use a lot of hand tools to achieve a lot. I have used potentiometers where the cylindrical drive was also made of wood and I simply looped the string twice around the cylinder and this could be slipped around the cylinder to set the pot. Once set the continuous looped action on the pot stays put, though one could anchor it in the mid part. Well done and the description is so clear with excellent diction.
80# braided Dacron fishing line. I obtained the original wire wound pot free from a neighbor, but replaced it with a Bourns from Mouser a couple years ago. The new one performs much better, producing a beautifully controlled arc.
A very well thought out design. I would like to make a pedal like yours. It looks like you may have machine tools as evidenced by the slots for the dust cover. I have the tools to do this too. Would you be willing to share some overall dimensions? I will probably start by building a 3D model. Thanks for sharing this.
I chose a pine board for the bottom (3/4 x 10 1/2 x 3 1/8) to ease attachment of the components. Overall dimensions are 11.25 x 3.75 wide x 2.25 high. I cut the 1/4 thick aluminum sheet to size on my table saw with a carbide tipped blade. Cuts like butter, but produces lots of tiny slivers, so wear adequate protection. Slots for the dust cover were, also, cut on the saw.
@@Patriottoo2 Thanks for the quick reply. I tried to estimate the dimensions using a CAD program and video capture and the known 1/4 thick sides and got 3.23 board width and 11.4 board length. I estimated the height of the side to be 2.5. Not bad for two of them. I have used the table saw for cutting aluminum and been showered by shards too. Cutting the slot on the table saw too obvious for me to see (ha ha). I estimated the angle cut on the side to be about 20 degrees, but that seems a little too small when I sketch things out.
This pedal is very unique. I like the simplicity of its design. Can you please explain the attachment on the potentiometer so the string will turn the pot? I'm in the process of design and building one and had decided to use a string as well. Thanks in advance
Thanks for the good words. A lot of thought went into the design and build of my pedal to keep it simple... I've rebuilt V8's in less time. The pulley is secured to the pot shaft by a setscrew, and knots at the end of the strings on the inside of small holes secure the strings to the pulley.
@@Patriottoo2 Good and simple design. Where did you get the "attachment" to the potentiometer? Did you have to crave out the groove for the string to wrap around?
@@dreamfly555 My pedal has worked, reliably, for over 10 years, but I replaced the original pot with a Bourns from Mouser, which improved the response. The attachment is a pulley I made on my lathe from a 1" piece of aluminum rod into which I made grooves for the string.
Hiya! Nice build! I'm in the process of making a pedal myself and I'm wondering how you size the pot's pulley relative to your pedal stroke? I thinkni am over thinking it or looking past an easy calculation! Thanks heaps if you can help. Hope all is well.
I made no calculations, prior to my pedal build... just got lucky that the prototype dimensions worked out the first time. I sized the pot's pulley from the 1" solid piece of aluminum scrap that was sitting under my lathe. 🙂 To determine what you need for your pedal stroke just wind a piece of string around the pulley, and measure the distance that is needed to move it to its extremes... simple, ain't it?
Thanks! I've rebuilt V8s in much less time than it took to conceive and build the pedal. The reward comes every time I place the it on the floor to use, and it functions, perfectly.
like the internals of this desighn , think i ill use the casing desighn from this old tony , its made from box stock and a piece of U profile wish makes the pedal a LOT heavier so it stays in place a bit hetter and it can handle getting kicked around
I like! very creative. Is this just something you wanted to build or is it one of those deals that 160bucks is a lot to spend on a hobby machine. Don't take the wrong way I got several shop made tools. A 2x72 belt grinder and scroll saw to name a couple. I was fortunate enough to get permission from momma to spend about $2500 on my wedding machine. What welder does this go on?
My Diversion 165 came without a pedal, so out of necessity I made my own out of parts at hand. Interestingly, after I learned how to tig, while using the pedal, use of the controls on the torch handle became easy, too.
Sorry you didn't like the audio... I was fluently vocal, prior to sustaining a concussion at about 3.5 years old when I fell out of my mum's moving car, striking my head on a curb. I, probably, would have suffered a more severe injury, had I not fallen on my head. :-) In addition, when I made the video I was recovering from the effects of chemo that successfully knocked back my cancer (currently in remission). I feel very lucky to still be here, so you'll just have to put up with my stuttering thoughts and speech.
Thanks! Just used the pedal a few minutes ago. I should, probably, shoot a video of the arc... it barely lights up when I start to depress the pedal, and progresses to full arc when fully depressed.
Congratulations on your simple, sturdy, robust layout and enclosure design. It may look simple but it is well thought out. I too like to work with wood when I can, as it is so easily available and one can use a lot of hand tools to achieve a lot. I have used potentiometers where the cylindrical drive was also made of wood and I simply looped the string twice around the cylinder and this could be slipped around the cylinder to set the pot. Once set the continuous looped action on the pot stays put, though one could anchor it in the mid part. Well done and the description is so clear with excellent diction.
Its nice im thinking of a pedal build, the one i have atm uses a rack & pinion style and its not as smooth as the string type.
Since I''m a minimalist, I decided the pulley and string would be simple to build, while maintaining functionality.
Nice project😉
Great build. Would like to build my own but a hand throttle similar to radio control transmitter.
This was a great help. What type of string are you using?
80# braided Dacron fishing line. I obtained the original wire wound pot free from a neighbor, but replaced it with a Bourns from Mouser a couple years ago. The new one performs much better, producing a beautifully controlled arc.
A very well thought out design. I would like to make a pedal like yours. It looks like you may have machine tools as evidenced by the slots for the dust cover. I have the tools to do this too. Would you be willing to share some overall dimensions? I will probably start by building a 3D model. Thanks for sharing this.
I chose a pine board for the bottom (3/4 x 10 1/2 x 3 1/8) to ease attachment of the components. Overall dimensions are 11.25 x 3.75 wide x 2.25 high. I cut the 1/4 thick aluminum sheet to size on my table saw with a carbide tipped blade. Cuts like butter, but produces lots of tiny slivers, so wear adequate protection. Slots for the dust cover were, also, cut on the saw.
@@Patriottoo2 Thanks for the quick reply. I tried to estimate the dimensions using a CAD program and video capture and the known 1/4 thick sides and got 3.23 board width and 11.4 board length. I estimated the height of the side to be 2.5. Not bad for two of them. I have used the table saw for cutting aluminum and been showered by shards too. Cutting the slot on the table saw too obvious for me to see (ha ha). I estimated the angle cut on the side to be about 20 degrees, but that seems a little too small when I sketch things out.
This pedal is very unique. I like the simplicity of its design. Can you please explain the attachment on the potentiometer so the string will turn the pot? I'm in the process of design and building one and had decided to use a string as well.
Thanks in advance
Thanks for the good words. A lot of thought went into the design and build of my pedal to keep it simple... I've rebuilt V8's in less time. The pulley is secured to the pot shaft by a setscrew, and knots at the end of the strings on the inside of small holes secure the strings to the pulley.
@@Patriottoo2 Good and simple design. Where did you get the "attachment" to the potentiometer? Did you have to crave out the groove for the string to wrap around?
@@dreamfly555 My pedal has worked, reliably, for over 10 years, but I replaced the original pot with a Bourns from Mouser, which improved the response. The attachment is a pulley I made on my lathe from a 1" piece of aluminum rod into which I made grooves for the string.
Hiya! Nice build! I'm in the process of making a pedal myself and I'm wondering how you size the pot's pulley relative to your pedal stroke? I thinkni am over thinking it or looking past an easy calculation! Thanks heaps if you can help. Hope all is well.
I made no calculations, prior to my pedal build... just got lucky that the prototype dimensions worked out the first time. I sized the pot's pulley from the 1" solid piece of aluminum scrap that was sitting under my lathe. 🙂 To determine what you need for your pedal stroke just wind a piece of string around the pulley, and measure the distance that is needed to move it to its extremes... simple, ain't it?
Great job, sometimes the build is more fun than using the new tool 👍👍👍🇺🇸🙏
Thanks! I've rebuilt V8s in much less time than it took to conceive and build the pedal. The reward comes every time I place the it on the floor to use, and it functions, perfectly.
like the internals of this desighn , think i ill use the casing desighn from this old tony , its made from box stock and a piece of U
profile wish makes the pedal a LOT heavier so it stays in place a bit hetter and it can handle getting kicked around
I like! very creative. Is this just something you wanted to build or is it one of those deals that 160bucks is a lot to spend on a hobby machine. Don't take the wrong way I got several shop made tools. A 2x72 belt grinder and scroll saw to name a couple. I was fortunate enough to get permission from momma to spend about $2500 on my wedding machine. What welder does this go on?
My Diversion 165 came without a pedal, so out of necessity I made my own out of parts at hand. Interestingly, after I learned how to tig, while using the pedal, use of the controls on the torch handle became easy, too.
Great video, but the audio sounds like a ransom tape.
Sorry you didn't like the audio... I was fluently vocal, prior to sustaining a concussion at about 3.5 years old when I fell out of my mum's moving car, striking my head on a curb. I, probably, would have suffered a more severe injury, had I not fallen on my head. :-) In addition, when I made the video I was recovering from the effects of chemo that successfully knocked back my cancer (currently in remission). I feel very lucky to still be here, so you'll just have to put up with my stuttering thoughts and speech.
Very nicejob!
Thanks! Just used the pedal a few minutes ago. I should, probably, shoot a video of the arc... it barely lights up when I start to depress the pedal, and progresses to full arc when fully depressed.
Nice work.