Archive for the 'BYTE HEAVEN R&D' Category

New trackball bearing kits are live!

Wednesday, June 1st, 2022

For the first time in my life I get to say “New and Improved” unironically! After months of prototyping, I finally have the new trackball bearing kits up for sale on eBay. And they are both new, as in completely redesigned, and improved in several ways. They are also significantly cheaper, which is definitely an […]

I learned how to 3D print stuff just for trackball bearings

Wednesday, May 25th, 2022

As I wait for replacement parts I thought I’d post a quick update on the state of CST trackball bearing replacement kits. In short: new 3D printed kits are in the works. This has absorbed a lot of my time and put me behind schedule with the new guitar pedal prototypes. Right now, on eBay, […]

More of everything is needed?

Friday, January 21st, 2022

Well, that’s it, I’m down to one new and one “B stock” Sugar Britches pedal, and need to make more bearing kits. At least there are plenty of Singlecross pedals left. The plan is to make more pedals, but I want to do some redesign, and apparently there are supply chain issues with parts. (Imagine […]