[sdiy] Needed metal enclosure for footswitch board with 12 switches.. (16 switches finally)

[Tom Wiltshire]

Very cool, JP. Nice to have found a place that can do custom work for reasonable prices.

1/16inch is only 1.5mm, which doesn't sound very thick to me. Are you sure it'll stand up to being stomped on?

I suppose it would be easy enough to add extra supports internally.

On 28 Sep 2015, at 14:22, Jean-Pierre Desrochers <jpdesroc at oricom.ca> wrote:

> I finally decided to have an enclosure manufactured
> (folded 1/16" thick metal sheet) from a local company..
> It will accept 3 rows of 6 footswitches. (18 overall)
> Here is what will be done:
> 
> http://www.arcenson.com/public/MIDI_foot_controller.pdf
> 
> The toling + material will be around $30.00CAD overall !
> 
> I think it's the best way..
> 
> Thanks everybody.
> JP
> 
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> 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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