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

[Jean-Pierre Desrochers]

I'l put a small piece of wood right in the midlle
of the board width to withstand the stomps.
Because I chose steel against aluminum,
1/8" thick would be hard to make holes in
and manufacturers get harder to find when folding 1/8" steel comes in..
1/16" steel is perfect.

JP


Le 2015-09-28 13:03, Timothy a écrit :
> 1/16" aluminum might be too flexy, but 1/16" steel would be pretty 
> stout.
> 
> --TimR
> 
> On 9/28/2015 9:54 AM, Tom Wiltshire wrote:
>> 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
>>> 
>>> ***************************************************
>>> Jean-Pierre Desrochers jpdesroc at oricom.ca
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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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