<div dir="ltr">Being a synth panel, surely you are holding the PCB in place using the 3.5mm sockets and potentiometers ;-)<br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>Kindest regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Doug Jackson</div><div><br></div><div>em: <a href="mailto:doug@doughq.com" target="_blank">doug@doughq.com</a></div><div>ph: 0414 986878</div><div><br></div><div>Follow my amateur radio adventures at <a href="http://vk1zdj.net" target="_blank">vk1zdj.net</a></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, 2 Mar 2024 at 23:26, <<a href="mailto:rburnett@richieburnett.co.uk">rburnett@richieburnett.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">You still have to mount the PCB to the panel somehow though. And the <br>
tolerances mount up if you fix the window to the PCB and then offer that <br>
sub-assembly up to the slot in the front panel.<br>
<br>
It's great fun putting the CD welded studs on though... This <br>
intentional short-circuiting of a huge electrolytic capacitor charged to <br>
nearly 200V and the ensuing shower of sparks is something electronics <br>
people generally try to avoid! It makes quite a "pop" ;-)<br>
<br>
-Richie,<br>
<br>
<br>
On 2024-03-01 21:31, Mike Beauchamp wrote:<br>
> On 2024-03-01 05:45, <a href="mailto:rburnett@richieburnett.co.uk" target="_blank">rburnett@richieburnett.co.uk</a> wrote:<br>
>> If the panel is being professionally cut, some places can do CD <br>
>> (capacitive discharge) weld studs or standoffs onto the back of the <br>
>> panel that are essentially invisible from the front. For anyone not <br>
>> familiar with the process: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx56_NLzeak" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx56_NLzeak</a><br>
>> <br>
>> -Richie,<br>
>> <br>
> <br>
> Good call Richie! someone else also had the suggestion of doing the <br>
> standoffs off the PCB - both are definitely nicer than my idea of <br>
> fasteners through the front panel.<br>
> <br>
> Mike<br>
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