[JMS] Voila! Front Panel Success

[ronnie.hull]

thanks Don

sorry Ive turned into such a pain on this.

Ronnie

On Sun, 03 Dec 2006 13:42:08 -0600, Don Buska wrote
> Hi Ronnie,
> 
> Here is something I sent you in March of 2006.  Is this it?
> 
> "When I did my Millen 90831 I first made the chassis cover for the
> modulator.  That required accurate holes drilling for the MIC Jack,
> Level Pot shaft, CW-Phone Switch and the Meter.  I also drilled four
> holes that would attach the later front panel to the chassis box and
> those on the side lips to match up with the chassis screws that hold 
> the two sides together.  Once that is completed and checked by 
> assembling it together, I took it apart again.  The chassis cover 
> then was used as a hole template for the rack front panel.  Your 
> right the front panels are not cheap so centering the chassis cover 
> onto the back and scribing the markings onto the back of the front 
> panel needs to be done with great care.  Repeat the drilling rules 
> used on the chassis cover to the front panel.  The four screws that 
> hold the front panel to the chassis were flathead counter sunk 
> types.  So after the front panel was painted one of the first things 
> I did was to mount the chassis cover to the front panel.  Once the 
> aluminum plates are glued onto the front those screws will be hidden 
> and not easily accessible.  You might try working without those 
> mounting screws, but that would mean the meter and CW-PHONE switch 
> are the only things holding the front panel to the chassis assembly. 
> That's pretty much weight and meter mounting screws have a tendancy 
> to break out of the meter case.  If you aren't going to try and replicate
> the aluminum front Millen Style panel you won't have to hide the chassis
> to panel mounting screws.
> 
> Since metal is not forgiving this stuff takes time.  A reasonable
> investment in good tools is worth all the aggravation poor tools will
> produce.  Once you've thrown away a few front panels or chassis you come
> to the conclusion that the initial investment in tools more than offsets
> the cost and times wasted."
> 
> 73
> 
> Don N9OO
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