[sdiy] Diecast enclosure for footswitch board with 12 switches..

[bill bigrig]

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On Mon, 9/21/15, Roman Sowa <modular at go2.pl> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [sdiy] Diecast enclosure for footswitch board with 12 switches..
 To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
 Date: Monday, September 21, 2015, 12:52 AM
 
 How about CNC cut from one solid
 block of aluminum? This may turn out 
 cheaper than you think. Then you can go wild in shape
 design.
 
 Or just bent 2mm plate, or even 3mm, also at custom angles,
 with 10mm 
 thick aluminum sides. Result will be solid like tank.
 
 Roman
 
 W dniu 2015-09-17 o 20:54, Jean-Pierre Desrochers pisze:
 > I'm looking for a diecast aluminum enclosure
 > to build a footswitch board with 12 pushbutton
 switches..
 > I'm looking for something like this:
 >
 > http://www.hammondmfg.com/1590B2_B.jpg
 >
 > But BIGGER !
 > Something like 15"wide x 12"deep x 2"thick max.
 > A slant top would be fine too.
 >
 > Hammond enclosures web site has a whole collection of
 > diecast enclosures but they are all 'boxy' instead
 > of being flat. When the enclosure is large enough
 > the thickness is too high for footswitching..
 >
 > I found some slant enclosures but they are not large
 > and deep enough and are made of 1/16" thick aluminum
 (not diecast)
 > that would bend with many actions on the switches.
 > Not very reliable..
 >
 > If anybody has a link on something..
 > Thanks
 >
 >
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