[sdiy] (MOTM style) DRILLING TEMPLATE/GUIDE??? ready to start makng better looking panels

[cheater cheater]

Tom,
how do you arrive at the money savings? Does abacom's software
optimize the designs in some way that the front panel designer from
schaeffer themselves can't?
Best regards
Damian

On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 4:48 PM, Tom Bugs <admin at bugbrand.co.uk> wrote:
> And there's also FrontDesigner from Abacom (www.abacom-online.de)
> - only 30euro or so
> This *may* be more versatile than FrontPanelDesigner as you've got more
> exporting options including HPGL for engraving / milling
>
> You can also, to some extent, make things in the Abacom software and then
> export them (as HPGL .plt files) to FrontPanelDesigner - this, I think,
> offers some potential $$$ savings if you do order panels from Schaeffer
> (Euro) or FrontPanelExpress (US)
>
> Best,
> Tom
>
> cheater cheater wrote:
>>
>> Front Panel Designer
>> http://www.schaeffer-ag.de/index.php?id=75&L=1
>> have fun :)
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 4:12 PM, Dan Snazelle <subjectivity at hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I am working with a large front panel. I want to trace out a bunch of
>>> pots and toggles.
>>> I dont know if there is a program for doing this or if there are
>>> templates somewhere i can download that i can lay on top of my panel and
>>> then drill or make marks?
>>>
>>> How do you all do this??
>>>
>>> I have been just eyeing it for too long... end up with crooked pots, not
>>> enough finger room, and other problems like things not fitting and ending up
>>> with too many holes.
>>>
>>> I am ready to do this right.
>>>
>>> I want to use the larger spacing of MOTM ...it doesnt need to adhere to
>>> that standard but i want to leave more room than FRAK allows. bigger
>>> knobs,etc.
>>>
>>>
>>> thanks for any advice.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------
>>> check out various dan music at:
>>>
>>> http://www.myspace.com/lossnyc
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.soundclick.com/lossnyc.htm
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.indie911.com/dan-snazelle
>>> (or for techno) http://www.myspace.com/snazelle
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 15:48:08 +0100
>>>> From: cheater00 at gmail.com
>>>> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>>>> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Brain filling in fundamental
>>>>
>>>> Andre,
>>>> so you're saying this is merely a mechanical impedance mismatch?
>>>> Same reason why the rotary woofer works as well as it does?
>>>>
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Damian
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 8:22 AM, Andre Majorel  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2008-07-16 20:47 +0100, cheater cheater wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Isn't it that under a certain frequency certain to the object in
>>>>>> question objects will stop vibrating at the fundamental but
>>>>>> still 'pretend' to vibrate? Excuse my terrible language here,
>>>>>> I'm not even sure how to explain this properly. I do believe
>>>>>> that this is a less or more known phenomenon...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Isn't that why electric bass guitars sound this 'harsh'
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Harsh ? When unamplified, you mean ?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - because the guitar body itself would have to be much larger to
>>>>>> 'house' the fundamental?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It's the string that oscillates. The body just follows, and a
>>>>> small body can be made to vibrate at 41 Hz, or 0.00041 Hz for that
>>>>> matter, just as well as a large body.
>>>>>
>>>>> The problem is that the "diameter" of the small body is small
>>>>> compared to the wave length of 41 Hz in air (8.3 m) and as a
>>>>> result, it is not good at making the air around it vibrate at that
>>>>> frequency.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now, if you place your head against the body of an electric bass,
>>>>> you'll hear a very strong fundamental. Making contact with the
>>>>> body eliminates the impedance mismatch at the body-air interface.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> André Majorel
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>>>>> See the URL above for contact information.
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