Something is required to prevent the pots from shorting out the back of the PCB. Many things
work; all the way from expensive pot dust covers, to a couple of pieces of insulation tape stuck on
the back of the pots, to a piece of cardboard stuck between the board and the pots. My current
favourite solution is to cut a piece of stiff overhead transparency plastic and fit it between the PCB
and the pots. If you make holes in it for the legs of the pots to pass through, they hold it in place
once soldered and it can’t fall out. This is cheap (steal the plastic from work), simple (get a grown-
up to help you with the scissors), and effective (none have blown up yet).
Install ICs
If the voltage check was ok, you can install the four chips; two dual op-amps, the BBD, and the
Electric Druid FLANGE chip.
The PCB is done! Well done!
Drilling the enclosure
The PCB is designed to be mounted in landscape format in a Hammond 1590BB enclosure or
equivalent. The board is held in place by the pots.
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