Re: Front panels for stuff

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Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <teslalist-at-qwest-dot-net>" <dhmccauley-at-spacecatlighting-dot-com>

Excellent Link.  I've been looking for something like this for a long time.
I just roughly priced my 120VAC controller panel with some painted text
engraving and the price was about $150.00 for one piece.
Not too bad.

Dan


 > I recently ran across a supplier that may be of interest to those of you
 > building fancy (or not so fancy) control panels, etc.  I haven't used
them,
 > but it looks real slick.
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 > http://www.frontpanelexpress-dot-com/ is a company that you download a little
 > design program which lets you specify the height and width and thickness
of
 > an aluminum panel, and draw holes, machined outlines, engraved text,
canned
 > outlines (Like XLR or D-sub connectors), etc.  You then send the file to
 > them, they machine the panel and send it back to you.
 >
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 > I played around with the software and laid out a 7 inch (4 U) high 19"
 > panel, 4mm thick, with a dozen DB-25 holes, some XLRs and BNCs, with a few
 > legends, estimates out at about $50 (+tax and shipping). (Each D-sub was
 > $0.83.. try that with a chassis punch or a drill, file, and dremel tool)
 >
 > They can make almost every size imaginable.
 >
 > Very slick.
 >
 > I grant it's not going to be perfect for everyone, but it sure is a nice
 > resource.
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