[sdiy] plastic front-panels?

[epeasant at telusplanet.net]

Or how about a very thin sheet of whatever metal you can get cheap from your
local metal shop?


Take care,
Doug

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>How about copper/tin/aluminum tape?
>
>Rob
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "harry" <harrybissell at prodigy.net>
>To: <mikko.a.helin at nokia.com>
>Cc: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 12:21 PM
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] plastic front-panels?
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>> The conductive paints might be good at 100MHz and up....
>>
>> H^) harry
>>
>> mikko.a.helin at nokia.com wrote:
>>
>> > Aren't there some conducting paints you could use to paint the inside?

>Would it be useful for anything?
>> > -Mikko
>> >
>> > >     Grounding may or may not be a problem, depending on how
>> > > you look at
>> > > things.  If you are using phone jacks, the plastic might be good.  It

>> > > would cut down on the potentials for ground loops.  Mechanically, if
I
>> > > remember right, lucite is pretty brittle (or was that
>> > > lexan?).  Plastic
>> > > is also a lot more difficult to drill, but it can be done.  If memory

>> > > serves me right, other list members have done it and will
>> > > tell you how.
>> > >
>> > >     Another neat thing is you should be able to engrave the legend in

>> > > the panel, and when you light it up, it should be quite visible.
>> > > Although, I don't know if you want to do that in the front or the
>> > > back..??  Although, the engraving part could get expensive.
>> > >
>> > >     Definately a lot of posiblilities...
>> > >
>> > >     -Jim
>> > >
>> > > denshi wrote:
>> > >
>> > > > hi all!
>> > > > its been a dream of mine for a long time to have a
>> > > > glowing pink modular.  weird dream huh?
>> > > > well, i want to make the panels using semi-opaque
>> > > > lucite, or some similar plastic that is decently
>> > > > strong, and of course milky pink.
>> > > > are there any electronic considerations?  grounding,
>> > > > static?  mechanical considerations?  thanks!
>> > > >
>> > > > seth s. nemec
>> > > > denshiblocks at yahoo.com
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