Front Panel materials (UK suppliers); advice sought

[Dave Halliday]

>      Does anybody know of any UK suppliers of aluminium sheets that could 
>      be cut into module front panels? My guess is that RS and Maplin will 
>      be very expensive for such things.

>     --
>     Matthew S. Padden
>     Computer Music Research Group
>     Room M2/08, Music Dept.
>     Huddersfield University


Two sources come directly to mind...

One, your art department.   People who do copper enamiling and any
sorts of metal work need to accuratly cut large sheets of the stuff.
You could go to a local metal store, order a largish sheet and finagle a
member of the art department to use their sheet-metal shear to cut it 
for you.  Couple of pints or something...  <g>


The other source is the local metal seller...  They will want to charge
shop time to cut the panels for you and if you only want a couple, 
this will be very expensive since you will have to pay for the setting 
up.  Better to order a hundred or so and sell them to other 
synth-diy people...


Good luck!
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