[sdiy] Drills (again)

[James Patchell]

I can second this as well....

Here is the panel I had done (8 u)

http://www.oldcrows.net/~patchell/synthmodulesII/frontpanel.jpg

http://www.oldcrows.net/~patchell/synthmodulesII/ModularSequencer.pdf

That second link is a graphic...

That panel cost about $400

At 04:01 PM 6/22/2004 -0700, Harry Bissell Jr wrote:
>1/8" steel ???
>
>wow thats gonna be hard to work, even with a drill
>press.  Was there a reason to not use aluminum ?
>
>also... consider Front Panel Express (Schaeffer) who
>makes engraved front panels to your spec.  It might
>cost a bit of money but with their CNC capability you
>can easily design a panel and get it made perfectly.
>
>H^) harry
>
>
>--- allenre at umich.edu wrote:
> > I ordered a steel rack panel to put my synth on.
> > Turns out that the 6U panel
> > weighs close to 8lb (it is 1/8" thick), and I think
> > this dashes my dreams of
> > using a hand drill.  I was going to use the DeWalt
> > Model D21008K, but now I am
> > seriously considering a drill press.  Any
> > reccomendations?  I'll probably pick
> > it up at Home Depot.  You can respond off of the
> > list since I'm sure most have
> > heard enough about drilling here.
> >
> > Ryan
> >
> >

         -Jim
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