[sdiy] DRILLING TEMPLATE/GUIDE??? Front Panel Designer

[Dan Snazelle]

thanks

luckily for me its usually the other way around

i use 16mm pcb mount style pots, i cut off the pegs and solder into the holes so the pots are usually little more than 17mm diameter. knobs are often bigger than that though.


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> Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:52:56 -0700
> From: xyzzy at sysabend.org
> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] DRILLING TEMPLATE/GUIDE??? Front Panel Designer
>
> On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 09:51:03PM +0000, Dan Snazelle wrote:
>> I am having a real dilemna as i am trying to figure out how many pots i can realistically fit on a panel 19" across by 10.5" tall. so i not only want to draw the drill holes but the AREA that they might take up with a knob. is this possible?
>>
>
> Don't make the mistake of laying out your front panel based only on knob
> size. If you go too dense you won't actually have space to fit the pots on
> the back side... Take into account the terminal sizes and all that.
>
> With futurelec you are out of luck on getting sizes in advance, but if you
> use normal suppliers ( mouser/digikey/allied ) they usually have datasheets
> linked off their website. I've done layouts in the past where I was
> uncertain of all the sizes, so I roughed in holes to do the layout and then
> resized when I could measure and be certain.
>
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