Hi
The products I mentioned are Lazertran paper and Quick Laser.
Lazertran can be printed on an inkjet printer too. There is a way of make it even more
durable if you use your oven. Read on their site if you are interested.
Other examples are Ken's panels, Serge old panels, Ray Wilson SoundLab minisynth, and
some you can find in this group's archives or in the net from many SDIYers.
All you have to do is design, print, punch, drill, apply panel legend (whatever method) and
may be apply some protective coating.
In my case I like white panels (an hibrid between Buchla, Serge and EMS) so I plan to have
the alu cut at shop, paint them white, drill, apply Lazertran+oven, coating and build.
I design panels in FreeHand but any software with good printing quality will do.
For installing PCBs you have many options. Usually you need different approaches for each
PCB/panels. Little L brackets, surface brackets (like Larry's), pots holding the PCB (like
Oakley or your own test boards)...
Have fun!
Fernando
P.S. Just to clarify, Larry's panels, Front Panel Express, Stooge panels, etc. are very well
done and are of good quality, it's just that I can't expend = or > money on panels than in
the pcb/parts... and I preffer total freedom for panel design (designing with FreeHand or
similar software)
The products I mentioned are Lazertran paper and Quick Laser.
Lazertran can be printed on an inkjet printer too. There is a way of make it even more
durable if you use your oven. Read on their site if you are interested.
Other examples are Ken's panels, Serge old panels, Ray Wilson SoundLab minisynth, and
some you can find in this group's archives or in the net from many SDIYers.
All you have to do is design, print, punch, drill, apply panel legend (whatever method) and
may be apply some protective coating.
In my case I like white panels (an hibrid between Buchla, Serge and EMS) so I plan to have
the alu cut at shop, paint them white, drill, apply Lazertran+oven, coating and build.
I design panels in FreeHand but any software with good printing quality will do.
For installing PCBs you have many options. Usually you need different approaches for each
PCB/panels. Little L brackets, surface brackets (like Larry's), pots holding the PCB (like
Oakley or your own test boards)...
Have fun!
Fernando
P.S. Just to clarify, Larry's panels, Front Panel Express, Stooge panels, etc. are very well
done and are of good quality, it's just that I can't expend = or > money on panels than in
the pcb/parts... and I preffer total freedom for panel design (designing with FreeHand or
similar software)
--- In cgs_synth@yahoogroups.com, "Fernando" <fdi@r...> wrote:
> Hi, in my opinion using that companies to do your panels is too expensive.
> You can do it your self in many ways.
> You can buy the aluminium cutted or cut it yourself to size and then for panel legend
use
> some transfer product like Lazertrans or others. This way you have it exactly as you
want.
> You can also use paper and some kind of laquer product. Look at Ray Wilson site for his
> MiniLab synth, he did it this way and the results are great. The Serge was done similarly
in
> the old times and that synth panels are still OK!
> That machined panel-making methods can do only letters and a few signs, no curves,
etc
> very boring and too rigid to me...
> I'll post some links of transfer materials when I have a minute, but check that Ray W.
site.
> f
> *
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>
> --- In cgs_synth@yahoogroups.com, "Larry T." <larry@u...> wrote:
> > Hi All
> >
> > I see the photos of the MOTM format modules and I really want to know,
> > How Do You Do That? I have quite a number of modules to do, and I am
> > always put off by the issue of making panels.
> >
> > Larry