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Dropkick_Wally:
Hi Everyone!

I have been working on my panel for almost a year now. Since I live in an apartment and am in school I haven't had much time.  But it's finally done and I have taken so much from this board, the least I can do is give you a couple of pictures.

The parts I have used are:
Happ Super X2
Happ concave pushbuttons X21
IPAC VE X1

I tired to make a nice and glossy surface with mixed results.  The buffer I used chipped a bit of the paint on the edges away, but it wasn't too bad so i decided not to spend months repainting.  I bought the Supers at different times, so one has the IL on the bottom, the other does not.  I actually found the IL one to be inferior.  The spring on the inside does not seat tightly and causes a little bit of creaking and the odd popping sound which I find to be a little annoying.  I tried to make it a bit tighter by wrapping some thread sealer around the piece that seats the spring but it's not really working.  Anyway, here it is.  Feel free to comment and ask any questions and thanks to everyone for the posts which have informed and inspired me!

Zeosstud:
Looks ALOT better than my first control panel, and in fact my second, now the 3rd one, I am pretty attached to it.

Well Done,

Zeosstud

Timstuff:
Wow, that's some pretty slick work! Better than my panel, at least. I could barely get the friggin' panels to line up right on mine.  :banghead:

Dropkick_Wally:
Thanks for the comments!  Actually, my uncle helped me a bunch with the wood working part as I didn't have a table saw or any place to put one.  I learned a lot and I'm pretty sure I could do it on my own now.
Cheers!

severdhed:
looks great...i like the plain, glossy black look.  that is what i was going for on my first cabinet, but you have better results.

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