[sdiy] Front Panels for DIY.. using a arbor press for holes

[Jean-Pierre Desrochers]

If anybody is interested in my adapters details
(for my specific arbor press model) let me know.
And can someone bring this link
http://membre.oricom.ca/jpdesroc/projects/Modular/MIDI_Interface/Module%20pictures/
to the Modular Synth Panels Yahoo group ?
I'm not ready for now to join this group
but willing to share any panel techniques..

Cheers,
JP
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 On Tue 05/10/10 11:45 , gino wong wonggster at gmail.com sent:
> This should be posted at Modular synth panels group.
> Getting 3/8 and 1/4” adaptor for any type punch are not anything that
> you can buy from greenlee or any of the other common tools.  Getting to
> the details of the adaptors would be very helpful. 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 8:55 AM, Jean-Pierre Desrochers  wrote:
> 
> I bought this arbor press in Canada at Busybee Tools:
> http://www.busybeetools.com/products/ARBOR-PRESS-2-TON.html [1]
> 
> They now ship to USA!
> 
> A machinist built me some adapters to make the punch usable
> like the upper part that would accept male punch bits,
> the lower part that sits at the punch bottom and
> accepts female punch cylinders,
> (around $100 for both upper and lower adapters to be made)
> punch bits that fit with my punch press and have
> the exact hole's diameters for my needs (males and females) like
> 3/8" for switchcraft jacks or some types of pots,
> 5/8" for Alpha pots,
> 1/4" for toggle switches,
> and some others for leds and panel retainer holes
> etc..
> The bits pairs  cost me around $25 each to build
> See here:
> 
> http://membre.oricom.ca/jpdesroc/projects/Modular/MIDI_Interface/Module%20p
> ictures/Bits%20for%20bench%20punching%20press.JPG[2]
> 
> You can see the holes sharpness here:
> 
> http://membre.oricom.ca/jpdesroc/projects/Modular/MIDI_Interface/Module%20p
> ictures/Front%20panel%20PDF%20sticker%20on%20panel.JPG[3]
> 
> And yes this is so much more clean and precise than drilled holes..
> I'm working with 1/16" thick aluminium here
> so drilling is not a good idea...
> 
> JP
> 
>  On Mon 04/10/10 18:24 , "kinrat" kinrat at dsl.pipex.com sent:
> > Can I ask where you got your punch press and punch tools?
> > Looks a lot easier than drilling!
> >
> > PL
> >
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:
> synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl[synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On
> Behalf Of
> > Jean-PierreDesrochers
> > Sent: 04 October 2010 15:02
> > To: s
> > ynth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nlSubject: Re: [sdiy] Front Panels for DIY
> >
> >
> > I bring my PDF artworks (USB key)  to a specialized photocopy shop,
> > then they print them on auto-adhesive vinyl. This does a very nice job
> > but not scratch proof.. So the second step is to bring the 8.5" X
> > 11"photocopies
> > to a laminating shop.
> > (The places where they 'oven' transparent plastics
> > over big pictures then glue them on a wood frame.)
> > The idea is to just oven that transparent film over my
> > layout vinyls to make them scratch proof and that's it !
> > I just align the final artwork over my aluminum plates
> > and stick them over.
> > I punch all the holes and VOILÀ !
> > By the way I have some 'real' silkscreened modules
> > in my modular mixed with my own 'vinyled' front paneled
> > modules and you can't barely see the 'look' differences.
> >
> > JP
> > ----------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > On Mon 04/10/10 10:49 , legion at helpwantedproductions.com sent:> Very
> nice work!
> > >
> > > What kind of paper and printer do you use to
> > make the sticker?>
> > > D_
> > >
> > >
> > > > Just a bunch of pictures showing
> > another> way> to make front panels with
> > professional> look..> My dotcom synth front panels are laid
> > out> using> this technique.
> > > >
> > > > http://membre.oricom.ca/jpdesroc/projects/Modular/MIDI_Interfac [4]
> > > e/Module%20pictures/>
> > > > J-Pierre
> > > >
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> Links:
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> [1] http://www.busybeetools.com/products/ARBOR-PRESS-2-TON.html
> [2]
> http://membre.oricom.ca/jpdesroc/projects/Modular/MIDI_Interface/Module%20p
> ictures/Bits%20for%20bench%20punching%20press.JPG[3]
> http://membre.oricom.ca/jpdesroc/projects/Modular/MIDI_Interface/Module%20p
> ictures/Front%20panel%20PDF%20sticker%20on%20panel.JPG[4] http://membre.oricom.ca/jpdesroc/projects/Modular/MIDI_Interfac
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