<![CDATA[ChipMusic.org - Tool for making a pro-sound]]> 2012-12-15T23:58:04Z PunBB https://chipmusic.org/forums/topic/9498/tool-for-making-a-prosound/ <![CDATA[Re: Tool for making a pro-sound]]> I have a step bit that I got from Lowes. It wasn't very expensive, and it worked for my plastic guitar amp foots-witch. It looked like the ones in the above amazon link, but not as expensive.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/SketchMan3 2012-12-15T23:58:04Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/146608/#p146608 <![CDATA[Re: Tool for making a pro-sound]]> Yeah well... I wouldn't use it for more than just that... xD

]]> https://chipmusic.org/DogTag 2012-12-15T21:36:01Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/146591/#p146591 <![CDATA[Re: Tool for making a pro-sound]]> well they're pretty damn handy anyway.

for more than just modding gameboys

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Grymmtymm 2012-12-15T21:33:57Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/146590/#p146590 <![CDATA[Re: Tool for making a pro-sound]]> Thank you all for your answers!

I think I'll go for the "take it easy" thing. I'll start with the thinnest bit I have and then keep changing it to a bigger one until it fits perfectly.

I know a dremel is the best thing for mods, but I'm not planning to do this "massively", so it's not worth for me to get one right now.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/DogTag 2012-12-15T21:27:00Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/146589/#p146589 <![CDATA[Re: Tool for making a pro-sound]]> yeah a dremel comes in real handy when you're doing stuff like modding gameboys, models, etc, etc.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Grymmtymm 2012-12-15T20:41:50Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/146586/#p146586 <![CDATA[Re: Tool for making a pro-sound]]> Get a dremel son.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Bit+wish 2012-12-15T19:47:09Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/146584/#p146584 <![CDATA[Re: Tool for making a pro-sound]]> I used an exacto knife and a lighter, the result is ugly, but the jack's little ring covers up the hole anyway so unless you have one of those premade prosound boards where the jack's just like the standard dmg jack, it doesn't have to be perfect, just don't crack the plastic and it'll look like this:

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Xuriik 2012-12-15T19:21:15Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/146577/#p146577 <![CDATA[Re: Tool for making a pro-sound]]> A screwdriver and a lighter.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/eme7h 2012-12-15T19:00:21Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/146573/#p146573 <![CDATA[Re: Tool for making a pro-sound]]> Best bit for this:
http://www.amazon.com/Insty-Bit-1-4-For … B001ENU79Q

]]> https://chipmusic.org/thursdaycustoms 2012-12-15T16:29:23Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/146567/#p146567 <![CDATA[Re: Tool for making a pro-sound]]> Only heavy duty drills for metal are made of cobalt afaik. You don't really need that.

edit: and Timbob is correct, 5.5mm or 6mm is fine for 3.5mm jack (you need to drill the outer diameter, not the inner 3.5mm)

]]> https://chipmusic.org/ashimoke 2012-12-15T16:26:27Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/146566/#p146566 <![CDATA[Re: Tool for making a pro-sound]]> @Timbob It's supposed to be for a female minijack. What you meant is a jack like the one on guitars right?

@kineticturtle Dear god, how expensive xD

]]> https://chipmusic.org/DogTag 2012-12-15T15:28:08Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/146558/#p146558 <![CDATA[Re: Tool for making a pro-sound]]> http://www.amazon.com/Irwin-Industrial- … s=step+bit

]]> https://chipmusic.org/kineticturtle 2012-12-15T14:08:10Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/146555/#p146555 <![CDATA[Re: Tool for making a pro-sound]]> I just use a drill. Start with 2 mm or so, then 4 and then 6 mm to fit in the female jack thing.
not really rocket science i guess.

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Timbob 2012-12-15T13:39:30Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/146553/#p146553 <![CDATA[Re: Tool for making a pro-sound]]> DogTag wrote:

I forgot to say that the man in my local shop offered me a 3.5mm bit made of cobalt, which he said was perfect for plastic.. Any tip on that?

I don't have any idea from that, sorry sad
If you use standard drill bit to do a hole, it might be good idea to do first a small hole with smaller bit. I've heard otherwise plastic would crack...

]]> https://chipmusic.org/Pale 2012-12-15T12:03:36Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/146547/#p146547 <![CDATA[Re: Tool for making a pro-sound]]> Pale wrote:

I wonder if they used dremel with conic bit in the videos..?

Yeah that was exactly what I was meaning. Sorry but I sometimes forget important English technical vocabulary xD

I forgot to say that the man in my local shop offered me a 3.5mm bit made of cobalt, which he said was perfect for plastic.. Any tip on that?

]]> https://chipmusic.org/DogTag 2012-12-15T11:45:58Z https://chipmusic.org/forums/post/146546/#p146546