MOTM

I have plans to drill a lot of panels for DIY stuff in the future. I'm going
to a machine shop, have them cut a metal template for a 2U wide panel, and
precision drill small pilot holes at every location an MOTM panel could have
holes. Then I can simply bolt the template to a blank using the 4 corner
holes, and get perfectly aligned pilot holes.

Dave Bradley
Principal Software Engineer
Engineering Animation, Inc.
daveb@...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: CHRIS PARKER [mailto:cparker@...]
> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 9:25 AM
> To: motm@egroups.com
> Subject: Re: [motm] Patch Panel
>
>
> Rather than printing the pattern on paper and then taping this to
> the panel, I just cover the whole face of the panel with masking
> tape and draw my hole locations directly on the tape.  This seems
> to work well for me.
>
> >>> Charles Stella <cstella@...> 04/06/00 09:26AM >>>
> Hello all. I just recently received a blank 2U panel from paul that I
> wish to turn into a mutiple patch panel. Similar to the 940 but with all
> 1/4" jacks. I was wondering if anyone had done this and if there were a
> drilling guide available. Also how are people drilling the holes in the
> right places. I was thinking of printing the drilling pattern on a piece
> of paper and then taping it to the panel, then drilling the holes. This
> makes sense to me but does someone perhaps have a better way? Any help
> would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance, Charles.
>