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

[Dave Magnuson]

At 05:16 AM 9/7/01 +0200, you wrote:
>5) Now you have a the choice
>a) Mount the strips over the hole or
>b) mount them under the hole.
>Personally I think under looks best.
>Don't forget to leave some room between the stripes for your fader ;)
>
>For mounting the stripes you can use some (super) glue.
>Don't worry, the glue has to do only half the work, so it will hold ;)
>The sliders get mounted with a screw to the front plate.
>So when mounted behind the front the stripes will be clamped between the
>front and the slider.
>Or when mounted in front of the front the stripes will be clamped between
>the front panel and the screw of the slider.
>In the latter case you  _have_  to use a  _non-countersunk_  screw,
>preferably with a wide head.


If you mounted the strips under the faceplate, you could put a second strip
on top of it, so the face would then be flush

Just an idea...

Dave Magnuson




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