Doepfer

How about this, instead of going at the 112 panel, just buy a blank 4hp panel and put the mod into that, install the panel next to the 112. If you are feeling confident put a mult in the panel too!


TOny

> To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
> From: partlydrone@yahoo.com
> Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 18:49:00 +0000
> Subject: [Doepfer_a100] Re: Faceplate drilling advice?
> 
> i mean this really unfacetiously: i find it inspiring that there are
> people out there who are so capable and diligent. 
> 
> i just want to get a hole through with the minimum of fuss, even if it
> looks a mess, my whole life is a botch. if i go at it with a dremmel,
> will i basically get through okay?
> 
> --- In Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com, Anthony Rolando <goldenechos@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > If I were adding a switch to a doepfer module I would remove all
> electronics and center punch the BACK of the panel before I drilled. I
> would run my machine at about 3 or 4 thousand RPM. I would use a
> stepped drill and deburr after making the hole. 
> > 
> > I would drill the into BACK of the faceplate to AVOID scratching the
> front (visible) metal and graphics with the aluminum that will spiral
> out of the  hole and spin at  3100 RPM! Place a clothe with a drill
> thru opening on the drilling table to avoid scuffing the fron of the
> panel. I would use a drill press to ensure that the hole was where I
> wanted it... I have done it with a hand tool as well, but it is harder
> to achieve good accuracy with hand tools. I would use a CLAMP to
> secure the faceplate to the drill table TO ENUSRE THAT I DID NOT TAKE
> THE CORNER OF THE FACEPLATE IN THE STOMACH OR THE EYE.
> > 
> > Another option is to punch the hole. This is much easier and safer,
> but fewer people have metal punches.
> > 
> > I would not use a dremmel tool. I am sure you have a friend with a
> proper hand drill or press. Or perhaps they have a hand drill in the
> janitors closet where you work or go to school.
> > 
> > Tony
> > 
> > > To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
> > > From: partlydrone@...
> > > Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 11:25:37 +0000
> > > Subject: [Doepfer_a100] Faceplate drilling advice?
> > > 
> > > Just before I dive in, does anyone have advice or experience of
> > > drilling through doepfer module faceplates? I want to put an extra
> > > switch across jumper J1 of my a112 to switch the LP filter in and out
> > > (I quite like digital artefacts). Should I go through the palaver of
> > > removing all the electronics boards first? Should I really though? And
> > > will my cheapo dremmel-clone go through the aluminium quickly and
> easily?
> > > 
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