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RE: [motm] Patch Panel

2000-04-06 by Dave Bradley

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@...

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> > 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

RE: [motm] Patch Panel

2000-04-06 by Tkacs, Ken

No, you're right. When I wrote that about filing the holes I was addressing
people who had bought the MOTM pre-painted front panel blanks. I myself have
been using some unfinished 19" rack blanks lying around that I had ordered a
while ago. What I actually do after drilling is hit both sides with a belt
sander. That helps the primer coat stick better anyway.

Pre-painted blanks don't help me since I'm gluing paper graphics over the
panel blanks and coating them in polyurethane, so raw stock is just as well.
"A nudge is as good as a wink to a blind bat," as they say.

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 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Brousseau, Paul E (Paul) [mailto:noise@...] 
Sent:	Thursday, 06 April, 2000 2:34 PM
To:	'motm@egroups.com'
Subject:	RE: [motm] Patch Panel   

Just out of curiosity, why not paint the board after drilling?  That way any
rust-proofing in the paint will cover the whole thing, instead of missing
the insides of the holes?  Or do you loose grounding that way...?  And I
suppose you run the risk of getting too much paint in the hole, making it
too tight of a fit.  But then you can file that out...  Details, details,
details...