[sdiy] advice on cutting slots for sliders in aluminum.

[cacofone]

I'm doing some initial design work while purchasing parts and etc. I've 
gutted an old tape deck (old Teac that happens to have some dolby noise 
reduction IC's in it) that would be about the appropriate size of what I 
want. I don't really want to do it very modular, mostly wanting to make my 
own personal synth and wanting it to be at least semi-portable for live 
shows. I've decided that for certain things I want to use sliders (for 
example, I want at least 2 VCO's, perhaps 4) and I wanted to use sliders 
for the mixing of the VCO's, the frequency, and probably for the 
cutoff/resonance as well. I just like sliders better. It's obvious how to 
drill a hole for a pot, but how about those perfect rectangular slots for 
sliders...

Looking for advice to make it nice looking, something easy, and any tips. I 
know it'd probably be a good idea to use a program to draw it out on first, 
any suggestions on that?

Thanks in advance,
Joshua


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