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Subject: RE: [motm] Patch Panel

From: "Dave Bradley" <daveb@...>
Date: 2000-04-06

OK, I'll design the template and get some quotes on it. I'm thinking 1/8"
aluminum or steel.

Dave Bradley
Principal Software Engineer
Engineering Animation, Inc.
daveb@...

> > From: Dave Bradley <daveb@...>
> >
> > I have plans to drill a lot of panels for DIY
> > stuff in the future. I'm going to a machine shop,
> > have them cut a metal template for a 2U wide
> > panel, and precision drill small pilot holes at
> > every location an MOTM panel could have
> > holes. Then I can simply bolt the template
> > to a blank using the 4 corner
> > holes, and get perfectly aligned pilot holes.
>
> Bradley, you stooge! You are a freakin' genius. Since you are going to
> all the trouble, how about counting how many list members would like to
> have one of those templates and getting a quantity break for
> yourself too.
> I would buy one.
>
> Larry H