My grandfather built the actual board for me, as he had some spare wood lying around. I bought the velcro and laid 5 strips across the board. When my grandfather painted the board black, he used a small bit of grain mixed in with the paint to give it a little grip for the velcro, which you can see slightly in this picture.
Because I don't have the "slats" going across the board like on a PedalTrain, I have to lay the cables on the top of the board instead of routing them underneath. Some simple copper plumbing brackets from the hardware store- package of 12 for 99 cents- cleaned that up nicely.
Purchased from Redco Audio, these components are screwed into the side of the board and act as input/outputs. This way, the board is its own entity and I can plug straight into/from the board from one location instead of worrying about doing it to/from a specific pedal. The jacks are locking, as well- a nice feature so that the guitar doesn't come unplugged.
Because the input/outputs route to underneath the board, I put a small hole in the center-ish of the board to pull some cable through. It cleans up the top of the board, as well as gives me a place to put a power supply cord to keep it out of the way.
Here you can see the underneath of the board, with the input/outputs routed up into the actual board. There is a power supply there as well. The cables have all been bracketed so that nothing hangs off the board.
I drilled two half-circles into the bottom of the board that sits on the ground, so that the power supply unit on the actual pedalboard can be routed down and plugged into the supply underneath the board, and that power strip can be routed back out of the board and into whatever outlet I need. The unit on the board didn't have a long enough cord, so I had to rig it up this way. It works very well.
And here is the completed project!
 for me to switch between a few different presets on the amp- delay settings, different clean sounds for some different songs, etc.
It was a lot of fun to finally complete this project!! I know I'll always be subbing pedals in and out, but for now I'm so content with having this massive project done (It's taken me like 6 years to get it the way I want it, here) that I can't bear to change it just yet. Thanks for checking it out! It will be used in its first live show tomorrow night :))
