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The Sushi Box FX Secret Society
- Thread starter kranahan
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Alright, everything is all ready for pictures, I'm going to give you all something to read while I get the pictures taken and uploaded 
So my wife does not care about pedals, but that does not stop me from telling her and showing her EVERYTHING about pedals, and sometimes she gives excellent ideas, so if you like this one she's the one you can thank. When I got the UV printer I was super excited because I can print in high quality than the laser can engrave, and it's super repeatable and easier to fix mistakes. So I took all of the files from my laser and converted them over so I could do the exact same thing on the UV printer.
After a while of doing this my wife asked "Why did you buy a machine that's literally 10x the price to keep doing exactly the same thing?" My answer was obviously that I'm not an artist so I'm doing what I can. She pointed out that I didn't even draw the ones that I'm using, I can still just use random pictures from the internet, just nicer ones. I did the Particle Accelerator a little while back to see what a full-color print would look like on the printer, and the response here and elsewhere on the internet was overwhelmingly positive, but I was worried about the cost of UV ink.
Well I ran some numbers, and while UV ink is expensive, a full color print on something as small as a pedal really doesn't use that much ink, and doing color prints on a raw enclosure and finishing with a clear powdercoat is a lot easier and faster than printing over a colored powdercoat. Also since powdercoating is hands-down the most time-consuming part of the build, doing everything in the same clear coat instead of having to switch colors every couple boxes will save me TONS of time.
So starting in April, I will not be doing colored powdercoats anymore. ALL Sushi Box pedals will be a full color UV print over a raw enclosure, finished in my choice of clear coat (almost definitely going to have some kind of sparkles in there). Also all the new models that will be available in March (Westinghouse, Space Heater, and Dr. Wattson X) will only be available like this, no colored enclosure options for them. I'm really excited about this, so if you have a reserved build slot with a colored powdercoat right now I will let you switch over to this option. I'll have to make a cutoff date for the January builds, but if you're in February or March and want a full-color print finish just let me know and I will happily change it over.
I have artwork planned for all of the models, but I don't have finished enclosures for all of them yet, so in a few minutes these are what you will see new artwork for:
Slampegg Bee Pre (regular and X)
Particle Accelerator (just X, but you've already seen regular)
Westinghouse
Space Heater
I plan to get examples of the rest done soon for everyone to see, but I also don't want to delay January builds, so they may wait until January is done.
So my wife does not care about pedals, but that does not stop me from telling her and showing her EVERYTHING about pedals, and sometimes she gives excellent ideas, so if you like this one she's the one you can thank. When I got the UV printer I was super excited because I can print in high quality than the laser can engrave, and it's super repeatable and easier to fix mistakes. So I took all of the files from my laser and converted them over so I could do the exact same thing on the UV printer.
After a while of doing this my wife asked "Why did you buy a machine that's literally 10x the price to keep doing exactly the same thing?" My answer was obviously that I'm not an artist so I'm doing what I can. She pointed out that I didn't even draw the ones that I'm using, I can still just use random pictures from the internet, just nicer ones. I did the Particle Accelerator a little while back to see what a full-color print would look like on the printer, and the response here and elsewhere on the internet was overwhelmingly positive, but I was worried about the cost of UV ink.
Well I ran some numbers, and while UV ink is expensive, a full color print on something as small as a pedal really doesn't use that much ink, and doing color prints on a raw enclosure and finishing with a clear powdercoat is a lot easier and faster than printing over a colored powdercoat. Also since powdercoating is hands-down the most time-consuming part of the build, doing everything in the same clear coat instead of having to switch colors every couple boxes will save me TONS of time.
So starting in April, I will not be doing colored powdercoats anymore. ALL Sushi Box pedals will be a full color UV print over a raw enclosure, finished in my choice of clear coat (almost definitely going to have some kind of sparkles in there). Also all the new models that will be available in March (Westinghouse, Space Heater, and Dr. Wattson X) will only be available like this, no colored enclosure options for them. I'm really excited about this, so if you have a reserved build slot with a colored powdercoat right now I will let you switch over to this option. I'll have to make a cutoff date for the January builds, but if you're in February or March and want a full-color print finish just let me know and I will happily change it over.
I have artwork planned for all of the models, but I don't have finished enclosures for all of them yet, so in a few minutes these are what you will see new artwork for:
Slampegg Bee Pre (regular and X)
Particle Accelerator (just X, but you've already seen regular)
Westinghouse
Space Heater
I plan to get examples of the rest done soon for everyone to see, but I also don't want to delay January builds, so they may wait until January is done.
Alright, time for photo overload:
The Westinghouse, Space Heater, and PA all look amazing!
The Slampegg... well, not my cup o' tea. I think the honeycomb design makes it a little hard to read, that's all.
The Slampegg... well, not my cup o' tea. I think the honeycomb design makes it a little hard to read, that's all.
There have been mixed reviews on that one, I promise it's more readable in person. I actually tried white lettering on it first thinking it would be more readable and it was worse.The Westinghouse, Space Heater, and PA all look amazing!
The Slampegg... well, not my cup o' tea. I think the honeycomb design makes it a little hard to read, that's all.
I notice the Westinghouse shown above is labeled 12V, however the website says 9V.
Ah, whoops. I didn't even catch that. The website is right, it should be 9V. I'll go edit the file before I forget.
Good thing that one is mine
Slampegg is too busy. Hard to read text on all of them. I think your priority should be readability.
You're really veering away from the original charm.
You're really veering away from the original charm.
Apparently I'm alone here, but the Slampegg is my favorite - I think it looks great! (and I think it's actually the most readable - I must be crazy).
I'm actually playing with the Slampegg right now to see what I can do with it for readability. Adjusting colors is helping, I just need to settle on something I like.
I like this one. Make sure not to swap Hi and Lo switches
Yup, already fixed those after last monthI like this one. Make sure to not swap Hi and Lo switches
Lowendtech
Happily trending in my own peculiar direction.
So the powder coated pedals are about to be collectors items, I reckon. 
Nice work Señor Sushi.
Nice work Señor Sushi.
I mean no more so than my old CNC engraved enclosures or laser engraved enclosures, but if you feel the need to collect them then sureSo the powder coated pedals are about to be collectors items, I reckon.
Nice work Señor Sushi.
