H harps Member May 15, 2012 #1 hello Cutting square holes and making the pcb align to the front panel of a project box can be a bit tricky. I wonder if anyone can recomend a company that can manufature small batches of project box front panels? has anyone done this before? cheers.
hello Cutting square holes and making the pcb align to the front panel of a project box can be a bit tricky. I wonder if anyone can recomend a company that can manufature small batches of project box front panels? has anyone done this before? cheers.
K kubeek Well-Known Member Most Helpful Member May 15, 2012 #2 Dave from eevblog uses PCB as a front panel, so that might not be a bad idea if you can get good looking boards reasonably cheap in small amounts.
Dave from eevblog uses PCB as a front panel, so that might not be a bad idea if you can get good looking boards reasonably cheap in small amounts.
K KMoffett Well-Known Member May 15, 2012 #3 Googled: custom electronics panels Here's a couple: **broken link removed** https://www.acebackstage.com/abc_pages/custom_panels.html Probably more... Ken
Googled: custom electronics panels Here's a couple: **broken link removed** https://www.acebackstage.com/abc_pages/custom_panels.html Probably more... Ken
H harps Member May 15, 2012 #4 kubeek said: Dave from eevblog uses PCB as a front panel, so that might not be a bad idea if you can get good looking boards reasonably cheap in small amounts. Click to expand... very interesting idea. so thats what he did with his micro current tester, he had surface mount the one side! ahh, clever. : )
kubeek said: Dave from eevblog uses PCB as a front panel, so that might not be a bad idea if you can get good looking boards reasonably cheap in small amounts. Click to expand... very interesting idea. so thats what he did with his micro current tester, he had surface mount the one side! ahh, clever. : )
H harps Member May 15, 2012 #5 KMoffett said: Googled: custom electronics panels Here's a couple: **broken link removed** https://www.acebackstage.com/abc_pages/custom_panels.html Probably more... Ken Click to expand... thanks ken , those look great. : )
KMoffett said: Googled: custom electronics panels Here's a couple: **broken link removed** https://www.acebackstage.com/abc_pages/custom_panels.html Probably more... Ken Click to expand... thanks ken , those look great. : )
H harps Member May 15, 2012 #7 all above appear to be in the USA. here is one from germany EU , so postage will be cheaper , no hidden customs charges. and lots of video tutorials https://www.ibfriedrich.com/ front panel: https://server.ibfriedrich.com/wiki/ibfwikien/index.php?title=Frontpanel Last edited: May 15, 2012
all above appear to be in the USA. here is one from germany EU , so postage will be cheaper , no hidden customs charges. and lots of video tutorials https://www.ibfriedrich.com/ front panel: https://server.ibfriedrich.com/wiki/ibfwikien/index.php?title=Frontpanel
K KMoffett Well-Known Member May 15, 2012 #8 For these kind of things, it helps a lot if you say where in the world you're located. Add it to you profile. Ken
For these kind of things, it helps a lot if you say where in the world you're located. Add it to you profile. Ken
H harps Member May 15, 2012 #9 just done it Ken. here is the best i have found so far, near to the uk, free software too, ( ireland) **broken link removed** calculator for cost https://www.panel-pool.com/fpuk/order_productconfigurator.html possible to print colour images onto the panel too. hope this helps someone in a future google search. : ) Last edited: May 15, 2012
just done it Ken. here is the best i have found so far, near to the uk, free software too, ( ireland) **broken link removed** calculator for cost https://www.panel-pool.com/fpuk/order_productconfigurator.html possible to print colour images onto the panel too. hope this helps someone in a future google search. : )