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

[Barry]

Downloaded their design tool.  Slick.  You can place tapped holes,
thru-holes, lettering, even "cavities" (counterbored holes) on the reverse
side.  It will tell you exactly how much your panel will cost (minus tax and
shipping).  It looks like it wouldn't be very difficult to design the R390A
front panel this way.

Barry

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Shoppa" <tshoppa at wmata.com>
To: <r-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 9:08 AM
Subject: [R-390] On the subject of manufacturing front panels...


Roy reminded me of the subject of front panels... why was
anodizing front panels (black, other colors too) never very
popular for 50's/60's radios?

Something to do with fungus-proofing maybe?

Certainly by the 70's consumer stereo equipment was being
anodized.

Anodizing with engravings can get a bit tricky (with "grown"
thickness smearing out the engravings) but it's gotta be
less of an effect than painting.

Looks like someone with a little bit of patience and a PC could design
up a pretty spiffy R-390/390A front panel using

  http://www.frontpanelexpress.com/material/examples.htm

and get it anodized black or green or bronze (looiks more olive to me)
or whatever, lettered (engraved, maybe silkscreened?), and delivered
for circa $150-$200.

Tim.
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