noise box
December 22, 2008
I went over to machine project on Saturday for an electronics class. We ended up building a little synthesizer that was more or less a circuit board with a battery pack that hung from two wires. When I got home I decided to make a little enclosure for my new toy:
The kit we built didn't have an on/off switch. If the battery was plugged in then it was drawing power. So I modified the kit slightly by adding a nice little red power button. You have to hold the power button down while you are using it so I tried to place it in the most ergonomic place possible.
The box itself is made out of birch. I used a combination of my dremel tool and a sanding block to try to achieve round soft corners. The power switch needed a home so I sanded down a piece of scrap wood, and bored a hole through it. I sanded the thing for what felt like hours, but it still wasn't enough. My wood-working can use some help.
There was a little small and flat disc on the board that you could turn to change the pitch. It was hard to grab so I added a little knob to make it easy to turn.
My "noise box" is going to sit on my desk at work where I'm sure I'll get hours of entertainment annoying the hell out of my co-workers.
Posted by christopher andersson at 1:04 AM