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Raising a pedaltrain for less then $5

cosmicevan

cosmicevan

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Figured I'd share a little pro tip I stumbled across this week.

I'm starting to strap more under the board as I set up MIDI for 2 Red Panda pedals (thanks to the disaster area micro.ghost) and Meris MIDI. W all that plus a compressor and possibly a few others on the bottom, it was clear that I needed more real estate underneath. Pedaltrain lift kits are like $35 plus drilling...so I rolled the dice and snagged some rubber feet at the hardware store and BAM!!! works like a charm! Slipped em on and the weight of the board jammed em on pretty tightly.

$2.18 for 4 feet!!!

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cosmicevan said:
Figured I'd share a little pro tip I stumbled across this week.

I'm starting to strap more under the board as I set up MIDI for 2 Red Panda pedals (thanks to the disaster area micro.ghost) and Meris MIDI. W all that plus a compressor and possibly a few others on the bottom, it was clear that I needed more real estate underneath. Pedaltrain lift kits are like $35 plus drilling...so I rolled the dice and snagged some rubber feet at the hardware store and BAM!!! works like a charm! Slipped em on and the weight of the board jammed em on pretty tightly.

$2.18 for 4 feet!!!
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Thx, excellent idea :-)
 
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Real Soon said:
Well hell, that adds some serious real estate to the undercarriage!

I have my RC-30 looper on the front row; do you think those things would handle judicious amounts of stomping right on them?
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seems super sturdy. I was going to glue them in place, but once on the weight of the board really jammed them in place. I still need to wire everything up, but I don't suspect any issues. I'll be stomping on that ES-8 like a madman once this setup is complete.
 
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I replied to this thread over at TGP too....

I saw this one years ago, but the photo hosting makes it hard to get to.... Wooden sides/legs that act like risers. Sorry for the crazy links, just trying to make it easy... couldn't seem to insert the pic. Click on the Google link below & it's the 4th pic. I Googled "pedaltrain raise wood" and it's the 4th pic.

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henryjurstin13 said:
...just trying to make it easy...
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What I quoted from your post is the spirit of my share. Sure, you can cut up and mount wooden blocks or weld additional steel to the board...what I'm suggesting is that for less than $5 (actually just north of $2), takes less than a minute to open the package and mount them, no tools (not even glue) you buy these little buggers and they slip right on top of the feet the board comes with and they fit snug and the weight of the board jams it on tight.

That said, thanks for sharing your ideas. Mine is way more of a cheap fix...if I was a touring musician I'd look into something a bit more permanent, but for moving a board back and forth from jams with the occassional performance, this more than does the job (so far). I'll report back if I find them needing glue or anything.
 
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I don't have any pics right now, but my method was very similar to yours... I have a pair of original PT1 boards that are still going strong. I had to drill holes for the power supplies, and these boards only had a felt sticker as the original feet. I bought some feet from a hardware store that had a washer built in, to help when screwed in place. I'll try to post some pics later...

I grew up on a farm where we always had random scraps of metal/wood laying around to fix problems like these... so I'm all about the cheaper is better solutions. I guess for me - I had access to random bits of wood more than I had access to a store with feet to attach. I really miss the Pedaltrain mod threads from years ago, before Photobucket changed policy....
 
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Bassmike62 said:
Went for it too, after reading this thread. I'll probably need to add glue, though. But still, excellent suggestion @cosmicevan, thx for posting it :).


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So far the Loctite has held perfectly. I haven't taken it out of the house yet, but the Loctite has held the feet in place for when I move the board around. Before gluing they would pop off semi-easily.
 
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