[sdiy] Tolerances for front panels

[David Ingebretsen]

Ditto to Kevin.

Although I don't churn out panels in huge numbers, the 6 or 7 I have done
have worked fine along the other modules I've built that came with panels
just using the standard dimensions and a tolerance of +/- 0.01 inch. There
is usually enough slop in the screw holes in adjacent panels to allow one to
fit everything together.

The Doepfer site has great information on the dimensions they use for their
Eurorack panels. They reduce the panel width by 0.1 mm to 0.3 mm depending
on the exact HP. 1HP = 1/5 inch or about 5.08 mm

The chart is here:

http://www.doepfer.de/a100_man/a100m_e.htm

You could always call out a tolerance of [panel width] inches + 0.00 / -
0.01 inch. Whoever does your panels should be able to deal with that just
fine.

David

David M. Ingebretsen M.S., M.E.
Collision Forensics & Engineering, Inc.
2469 East Fort Union Blvd. STE 114
Salt Lake City, UT 84121
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~~ -----Original Message-----
~~ From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl [mailto:synth-diy-
~~ bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Kevin Haywood
~~ Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 12:20 AM
~~ To: synth diy
~~ Subject: Re: [sdiy] Tolerances for front panels
~~ 
~~ I've always used these standard dimensions, and have never had a
~~ problem with panels fitting next to each other.
~~ 
~~ Cheers,
~~ Kevin
~~ 
~~ 
~~ On Jul 7, 2009, at 8:08 AM, Aaron Lanterman wrote:
~~ 
~~ > A standard frac rack front panel is 5.25" by 1.5", 3", or 4.5".
~~ >
~~ > When putting those #s in FPE, to make sure my panels will actually
~~ > fit next to each other, should I be shaving a tiny amount off that,
~~ > and if so how much?
~~ >
~~ > - Aaron, the mechanically uninclined
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