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| Havok:
--- Quote from: mmmPeanutButter on April 21, 2006, 08:29:14 am ---I used a greenlee on my cp also (it's awesome). Just one question/comment... wouldn't you have been better off putting the artwork on after the holes were punched? I guess it might not even matter. Anybody else have a comment on that? --- End quote --- I would think the artwork served as a guide on where to make the punches. I wouldn't do it any other way - I can see me measuring, doing the punches, ok now time to put on the artwork. Dammit! They don't line up!!! |
| Ken Layton:
This is the way I do it: Strip the control panel bare. Remove all traces of old control panel overlay/graphics. Remove old glue, too. If the new CPO is too wide and/or too tall then trim approximately to fit and leave a good half inch excess all the way around. Center the overlay and temporaily tape it in place. Now scribe the hole positions on the metal panel. Remove the overlay and NOW punch the holes in the panel. Here's a tip to make punching easier and keep the punch sharp: Drench the punch dies and bolt in WD-40 before each punching operation. It'll cut like butter through that panel. I have built hundreds of control panels (wood and metal, mostly metal ones) over the years and I punch the holes first in the metal before an overlay goes on. |
| mccoy178:
Since it is 48" piece of art and I kept the templates on the art, I decided to mount it first. If I would've had a clear piece of plastic on top(literally almost anything), the process would've been perfect. When I received the art from Scott, it was not perfectly flat on the paper backing, so I couldn't just lay it on the metal and scribe the location of the holes. |
| mccoy178:
I used a dremel tool and bees wax to widen the holes to the necessary width. Worked like a champ and took about thirty minutes. The holes are nice and clean. I had the 3" trackball machined out with a milling machine. It was very neat and quick. |
| mccoy178:
Here is the cp with the buttons sitting in place. |
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