Aluminum extrusion guitar pedalboard case with two-part magnetic lid on gas struts — build video

Guitar Pedalboard Case with Unfolding Magnetic Lid — Aluminum Design (Build Video)

What this build is

A custom-made guitar pedalboard case, and one of the most demanding designs we have produced. The two-part lid unfolds and closes on gas struts, held shut by magnets, and the whole case is aluminum extrusion fused with other materials — 1,974 parts in the model.

What the video covers

  • The 2020 extrusion frame and the case shell
  • Building the two-part lid and the magnetic closure
  • Fitting the gas struts so the lid opens and holds itself
  • The finished case opening and closing

Key details

  • Size: 738 × 500 × 298 mm · 1,974 parts in the model

Build it yourself

Guitar Pedalboard Case plans (Download) →

Jigs used in this build

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