[sdiy] Making slots for sliders

[Tom Bugs]

The only time I've done sliders was for the Klee project -- I used my 
CNC machine, slowly routing out the slots with multiple passes -- worked 
out pretty good in the end.
One of the other Beta-testers also used sliders -- Uncle Krunkus -- and 
he put up some details somewhere in a Klee thread (on EM forum) about 
his process. If I remember right he used one of those 'nibblers', the 
hand-tools that allow you to bite off little bits of metal. I think he 
was more patient than I'd have been and his results were pretty good! 
Interestingly, he made use of a separate slider panel which would sit 
above a large rectangular hole on the main frontpanel.

Something I'm going to be doing soon -- taking further steps along the 
PCB frontpanel routes (using 3mm PCB material via PCBcart) -- slot 
cutting using their standard 2mm routing bits, coupled with 30mm Alpha 
sliders (from Futurlec) with rubber switch caps on top (from Small Bear).

Good luck! Slot cutting is certainly not an easy DIY route and I think 
that's a major reason why we don't seen many people using sliders.

Cheers,
Tom / BugBrand

Aaron Lanterman wrote:
> While we're talking about making front panels, particularly holes for 
> pots and jacks - what are the "best practices" for making slots for 
> sliders?
>
> - Aaron
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