[R-390] On the subject of manufacturing front panels...

[Tim Shoppa]

[Anodizing]
> Good idea, but the front panel needs to be electrically conductive.  Unless
> you mask certain areas, it wouldn't work very well.

True.  When I've done this at home I can always go back in
with a drill bit to clear the anodizing out of a hole or a mill
to scrape stuff off the back for bonding to the rest of the chassis.
I'm not sure what order FPE does stuff in but I'd think that
by default all the machining comes before anodizing.

Tim.