[JMS] Voila! Front Panel Success

[Don Buska]

No Pain - No Gain  Hi 
It's great to see you back into the Millen project and also the traffic 
on the JMS reflector is always nice to see.

73

Don N9OO

ronnie.hull wrote:
> 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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