[sdiy] source of correct 3u eurorack pannel blanks for modular?

[John L Marshall]

I make my own panels from surplus aluminum sheet. I use a small table saw to
cut the aluminum to size.

I bought a used hand operated 5 ton punch press to make holes. The punch and
die are maybe $30 each.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Perry" <pfperry at melbpc.org.au>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2004 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] source of correct 3u eurorack pannel blanks for modular?


| At 12:28 AM 19/05/04 +0100, julian at 22host wrote:
|
| >My issue is finding panel blanks that don't have either elongated oval
| >mounting holes (schroff & rittal), or extra alignment holes ( apw/vero ).
| >
| Since the 'elongated holes' are an industry standard, which doepfer has
| ignored in the interests of cheapness, you could do the same thing,
| just find any small local metal work shop & have some aluminum drilled
| & anodised at the local electroplaters.
|
| For example, I found a 2 man business that makes (among other things)
| custom fume extractors for kitchens, they were able to cut the aluminum
| to size & drill round holes. But, when I wanted odd shaped cutouts, I had
to
| go to a much larger operation with a metal punch (and, for a particular
size
| rectangular led cutout that they didn't have in stock, it was $A 400 for
the
| tool..)
|
| paul perry (Frostwave) melbourne australia
|
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