<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-size: 13px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family: arial,sans-serif;">How about a simple piece of aluminum channel, cut to length?<br><br>Add a sheetmetal back, and some wooden endcaps, and it'll be pretty solid.<br><br>Here's one example:<br>https://www.onlinemetals.com/merchant.cfm?pid=14670&step=4&showunits=inches&id=1008&top_cat=60 <br><br>-Byron Jacquot<br><br><blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px; border-left: #0000ff 2px solid; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: black;">-----Original Message-----
<br>From: Jean-Pierre Desrochers <jpdesroc@oricom.ca>
<br>Sent: Sep 20, 2015 11:21 AM
<br>To: synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl
<br>Subject: Re: [sdiy] Diecast enclosure for footswitch board with 12 switches..
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</o:idmap></o:shapelayout></xml><zzz![endif]--></zzz![endif]--></zzz!--[if></zzz![endif]--></zzz!--[if></zzzmeta></zzzmeta></zzzhead><zzzbody link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="FR-CA"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">So far, the best I found would be to ‘unite’ 2 Hammond 1550G side by side<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">But with their united sides sawed before uniting them ( with their side removed).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">So their ‘U’ shaped sides would be screwed together.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">This would give a ( 8.7 inches x 2 large) by 5.7 inches deep enclosure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The height would be the result of the bottom angle sawed to give like<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">one inch high at the front and around 2.5 inches at rear.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.hammondmfg.com/pdf/1550G.pdf">http://www.hammondmfg.com/pdf/1550G.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The final bottom can be any metal plate with rubber feet.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I’ll probably use some kind of self-adhesive silkscreen top<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">To hide any junctions of both enclosure and give<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">A professional look.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thank you all for your thoughts !<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">JP<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="FR">De :</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"" lang="FR"> Walker Shurlds [mailto:walkershurlds@gmail.com] <br><b>Envoyé :</b> 19 septembre 2015 17:31<br><b>À :</b> Jean-Pierre Desrochers<br><b>Cc :</b> synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl<br><b>Objet :</b> Re: [sdiy] Diecast enclosure for footswitch board with 12 switches..<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div id="mbx-wrapper"><div id="mbx-content"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="mbx-old-email"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I'm looking for a diecast aluminum enclosure<br>to build a footswitch board with 12 pushbutton switches..<br>I'm looking for something like this:<br><br><a target="_blank" href="http://www.hammondmfg.com/1590B2_B.jpg">http://www.hammondmfg.com/1590B2_B.jpg</a><br><br>But BIGGER !<br>Something like 15"wide x 12"deep x 2"thick max.<br>A slant top would be fine too.<br><br>Hammond enclosures web site has a whole collection of<br>diecast enclosures but they are all 'boxy' instead<br>of being flat. When the enclosure is large enough<br>the thickness is too high for footswitching..<br><br>I found some slant enclosures but they are not large<br>and deep enough and are made of 1/16" thick aluminum (not diecast)<br>that would bend with many actions on the switches.<br>Not very reliable..<br><br>If anybody has a link on something..<br>Thanks<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="mailbox-inline-edit"></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="mailbox-inline-edit"></span>You could use the kinds of chassis people use for guitar amps. Maybe not dicast aluminum though. Something like this: <a target="_blank" href="https://www.amplifiedparts.com/products/P-H1441-26">https://www.amplifiedparts.com/products/P-H1441-26</a><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Although this one is 16"x8"x2", not 15x12 like you said. There is a 17x10x2 that this site had but it's special order only, whatever that means for them.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Walker<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div></zzzbody></zzzhtml></jpdesroc@oricom.ca></blockquote></div></body></html>