[JMS] Voila! Front Panel Success

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Hi Ronnie:
For the information to all hands, can you give out the
measurements of your work? It will surely beat the
guesswork out for the rest of us who own partial
modulators. Cal. 
--- "ronnie.hull" <ronnie.hull at glowbugs.com> 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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