Dotcomformat

Howdy,

 If you include the bare stripes in the design, all you have to do 
when you get it is nip out the corners and bend the sides, vise or 
metal brake.
Rig


--- In dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com, "sduck409" <sduck409@...> wrote:
>
> No need to take it offline, maybe others will benefit...
> 
> Front Panel Express is a great little company that does aluminum 
panel
> manafacturing - it's not cheap, but it's very easy to use, and 
readily
> available unlike lots of other solutions. They provide everything, 
you
> just supply the design and the money. 
> 
> First thing you want to do is go the the Front Panel Express 
website,
> at http://www.frontpanelexpress.com/ - and download their front 
panel
> designer program. It's small and free. Not terrifically user 
friendly,
> but useable - it doesn't actually do that much, so once you get used
> to the limitations and the interface, it's pretty handy. This all
> presumes you have a pc to run it on - I have to use a windows xp 
setup
> in vmware on my mac, but I used to run it in virtual pc which worked
> fine. 
> 
> Instead of starting from scratch, you can get .fpd files (the format
> front panel designer uses) on several yahoo groups like this one, so
> go ahead and subscribe to the ModularSynthPanels group, and the MFOS
> (Music From Outer Space) group, where you'll be able to download 
lots
> of fpd files to try out and experiment with. Once you have a design
> loaded into the designer, you can generate the current price of the
> panel by clicking the little $ icon on the top row, it'll give you a
> detailed breakdown of the price, handy for finding out what's 
costing
> what so you can trim the price if needed. For instance, the motm WSG
> panel I designed, which you'll find in either of those groups, cost
> something like 88$, including shipping, but you could trim the price
> down a lot by not using color, and using a cheaper font. 
> 
> Because they only work with flat aluminum blanks, you can't get a
> really accurate dotcom style panel, although with some clever way of
> getting the white edges, you could make something that'd fit in 
pretty
> well. And there's a plethora of motm style fpd files, and they'll 
all
> fit in a dotcom modular, if you're not particular about looks. 
> 
> Hope this helps!
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> --- In dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com, turtlerod <turtlerod@> wrote:
> >
> > Yes I was asking you, and thankyou for your response. Did you have
> them make the front panel from thier material or did you supply the
> blank panel? Would you be willing to share the files so I can jump
> start my own design? How much did one panel cost?
> >    
> >    
> >    
> >   If you like we can take this off line at turtlerod@ 
> >    
> >    
> >   Thanks again,
> >    
> >   Rod
> > 
> > sduck409 <sduck409@> wrote:
> >           Are you asking me? The WSG in dotcom format didn't have
> labels....
> > I had a front panel made by Front Panel Express. Designed it in 
the
> > designer program you can download from their website. It's kind of
> > pricey, and not well suited for dotcom format stuff I believe. The
> > panel was the most expensive component in my build. 
> > 
> > Steve
> > 
> > --- In dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com, turtlerod <turtlerod@> wrote:
> > >
> > > What did you use to make the labels for the panel?
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Rod
> > > 
> > > sduck409 <sduck409@> wrote:
> > > --- In dotcomformat@yahoogroups.com, "Erik Karl Sorgatz"
> > > <auzorkmid@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Ok subject line says it mostly..and I added the 3 pics of my
> system as
> > > > a 2, 3 and 4 Tier synth.
> > > > 
> > > > Cheers!
> > > > -Erik
> > > >
> > > 
> > > Very nice! I'm glad to see that I'm not the only wierdo putting 
the
> > > WSG behind a modular ppanel - mine's in motm format, pics here -
 
> > > Front - http://www.flickr.com/photos/sduck409/2040801704/
> > > Back - http://www.flickr.com/photos/sduck409/2040008323/
> > > 
> > > Cheers!
> > >
> >
>