[sdiy] Front Panel Express Template question

[Grant Richter]

Download and run the Front Panel express design software (Windoze only).

The panel setup page has options for default rack panes with mounting  
holes.
The software is real good at letting you play "what if" games. Just  
get ready for the sticker shock.
I have to give then credit, while expensive, with the legends done  
with paint filled engraving, it is impossible to scratch then off  
with your fingernails.
I can't imagine a way to make a better faceplate.

When I asked them to, they even found "glow in the dark" florescent  
paint for me.
This is really cool if you use you modulars live on stage.
In the dark you can still see your knob and jack legends.
The only drawback is the "glow in the dark" paint is not as white  
under normal light.

If your interested, ask them about the Wiard Synthesizer glow in the  
dark text fill paint.

On Aug 6, 2005, at 9:58 AM, <synth at oldmail.charlielamm.com>  
<synth at oldmail.charlielamm.com> wrote:

> I am considering getting rid of all my frackrack stuff and going  
> with a
> different solution.
>
> My current thought is to buy some sort of rack enclosure (like a 2u  
> one
> from sescom--http://www.sescom.com/enclosures/rack_chassis.html)  
> and then
> substitute a front panel express front panel for the one sescom  
> supplies.
>
> What I am afraid of is not providing FP Express with the correct
> dimensions for the front panel, and ending up with something expensive
> that doesn't work with the rest of the sheet metal.
>
> Does anyone know of any templates for this--a starting point for FPE's
> software that will allow me to create front panels for rack mountable
> enclosures where the front panel is correctly sized and drilled for  
> the
> rest of case and standard 19" rack rails?
>
> Or do I just have to buy the sescom or equiv. stuff and take really
> careful measurements?
>
> (I am not married to sescom BTW.  If anyone knows of some "Front Panel
> Express Ready" rack enclosures and templates I'd love to hear about  
> it.)
>
> Thanks.
>
> --CL
>



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