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Post by UnklMickey on Apr 21, 2006 18:14:34 GMT -5
Frank, i thought something was wrong with your drawing the moment i looked at it! i thought the poles were missing, until i looked more closely at the drawing.i really liked the way you depicted them in the "big fat ten". guitarnuts2.proboards45.com/index.cgi?board=schem&action=display&thread=1144359090IMHO you should always use that method. i agree with Mike, you seem to have a natural ability to make your drawings look simple and inviting, they are much "plainer" than anything i have ever produced. Mike, your mod is legendary around these parts. but, i never really looked at it because the hand-drawn stuff just is just too hard for me to follow. i'm hoping to look more closely at it in the coming weeks, to fully understand it. unk
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Post by fobits on Apr 21, 2006 20:11:18 GMT -5
I made the drawing two or three months ago, from the original hand-drawn version. The style of the Super Switch, the slightly odd DPDT switch and the numbering of the positions are all from my first efforts - but still easy enough to understand, I hope.
It's been sitting on my drive all through this long discussion, but I didn't post it because somebody (I forget who) was quite adamant that since it was Mike's design, he should have the honor of presenting his own drawing.
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Post by Mike Richardson on Apr 21, 2006 21:02:11 GMT -5
If you see the Word version I've been doing, I won't seem so "legendary" any more.
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Post by UnklMickey on Apr 21, 2006 21:42:56 GMT -5
...It's been sitting on my drive all through this long discussion, but I didn't post it because somebody (I forget who) was quite adamant that since it was Mike's design, he should have the honor of presenting his own drawing. i betcha i know who that was! i won't mention any names, but his initials are unklmickey. lol i don't actually recall the conversation, but if i said you should contact Mike first, and offer to post your drawing, before actually posting it, i stand by that. unless it's your own original idea, it's much better form, to allow the original designer, the option of reworking his own drawing, than to just put yours out there. most people will be glad you saved them the effort. a few will be insulted, thinking you're trying to steal credit for their idea. some just want to do their own work. safer to offer, and give the option. but, look who's talking here. i've always been famous for my cautious approach! LSH... If you see the Word version I've been doing, I won't seem so "legendary" any more. the press around here was " it's got the selections every one wants and it makes sense in operation." for a long time, it was considered to be "THE mod". seems legendary to me. unk
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Post by Mike Richardson on Apr 22, 2006 1:56:14 GMT -5
I've just about got the Word version of the wiring diagram (not schematic) finished. The one remaining thing is to label some stuff. The problem is I can't find a way of putting text into the drawing. When I create text, it's always outside the drawing.
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Post by JohnH on Apr 22, 2006 2:06:42 GMT -5
Mike - the trick is to use a text box. Its on the 'drawing' toolbar with a icon that is a letter "A" and some lines. Write what you want in the box in a suitable font, then move it around and stretch the box as if it was a shape object.
John
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Post by CheshireCat on Apr 22, 2006 2:35:09 GMT -5
Two questions: first, am I going to have to do up the UUSS like this? And, second, how did you do this? What software/method did you use?
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Post by Mike Richardson on Apr 22, 2006 3:17:16 GMT -5
Okay. The diagram is ready. It no longer looks like clown vomit. I tried the Irfan view, which worked fine with the TinyCad image. It doesn't seem to work with the Word image. Don't tell me there's MORE stuff I need to download.
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Post by JohnH on Apr 22, 2006 3:22:59 GMT -5
I do the same screen capture method with Word as for any other windows program. I wonder what the problem is? John
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Post by Mike Richardson on Apr 22, 2006 12:44:52 GMT -5
It's most likely operator error.
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Post by Mike Richardson on Apr 22, 2006 13:07:51 GMT -5
When I try to use the Irfan View on this new pic, I notice that at the bottom there are the words "Not A File" in three places. What's up with that?
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Post by Mike Richardson on Apr 22, 2006 13:10:02 GMT -5
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Post by CheshireCat on Apr 22, 2006 14:05:32 GMT -5
You know, as neat as all this CAD stuff is (and I'm definitely someone who likes his gadgets and gizmos), I still prefer the Mikey R, hand-drawn font.. There's just something stylistic about it.
Still, that said, hmmmmmmmmmmm . . . . well, I'm still debating it.
Chesh
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Post by JohnH on Apr 22, 2006 17:17:03 GMT -5
Good Mike! - Nice work. Now if you go back to the gif file you posted, open it again in Irfanview, drag the pointer arrow over the main area of the picture, then "edit' and 'Crop selection', youll have a neatly trimmed file.
cheers
John
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Post by Mike Richardson on Apr 22, 2006 19:01:27 GMT -5
Like This?
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Post by sumgai on Apr 22, 2006 21:06:24 GMT -5
Mike, Please issue sunglasses with that drawing! You might recall that some people in the world are a tad bit color blind. For me, those thin yellow lines disappear into the white background, almost to the point where I wondered why "M+" was hanging out in the breeze. If it hadn't been for the large yellow blocks they attach to, I would have missed them entirely. Sorry, gotta tell it like it is. When I did finally overcome my handicap, I also realized that I'd scratched a hole in my remaining hair, because I couldn't locate "B-". Did that suffer the fate of "an exercise best left to the reader"? sumgai
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Post by Mike Richardson on Apr 22, 2006 21:56:59 GMT -5
Sorry about B-! I totally forgot about that! I know what you mean about the yellow lines. I'll have to remedy that.
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Post by Runewalker on Apr 23, 2006 16:11:15 GMT -5
Mike:
What combinations does this provide. Do you have a table of the A and B combos?
There are a couple of versions on GN2. Is this one of those or something different?
RW
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Post by Mike Richardson on Apr 23, 2006 18:26:10 GMT -5
This is the original version. The hand-drawn diagram was posted on GN1 some time ago. Same 10 sounds.
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Post by ChrisK on Apr 23, 2006 21:24:47 GMT -5
Chesh,
My drawing was done in AutoCAD lt (for lite, although I do have the full Autodesk suites).
It was printed (poured) as a pdf, and saved from Acrobat as a .png. This was then downsized to a document sized format (~1000 x 800'ish) in one of the MS viewers.
It appears overly complicated for three reasons:
The first is that the schematic at the very top is just the schematic (and as simple as any other's rendition). It shows the basic switching circuit AND the tone controls and PP phase pots that I used.
The main drawing is a sche'wiring diagram, exactly as I wired it (done for the schematically challenged). Of all that have used it, no one has ever asked how to wire it! A few have asked how it works, but challenged is.
The right side is my proof table for checking the actual realized modes.
I use these tools because I have them.
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