Don: I'd be interested in a bracket for permanent mounting ... not just alignment. You might consider over-sizing it in one or both dimensions and then letting builders trim it down to fit their particular application. The critical dimensions are the interior and mounting holes themselves; the outer perimeter (dimensions, shape) much less so.
How thick a plate are you intending to use? On Sun, Dec 7, 2014 at 11:40 PM, Don Caprio <[email protected]> wrote: > Folks are starting to get the switches for the FP mini board and asking > about > a switch bracket. > > The switch bracket has two important purposes. One is for the positioning > of the > switches when you solder them in. I've tried doing this without a bracket > and it's > very difficult to get them lined up perfect without some sort of jig. > > I already have a quote from sheet metal fabricator here in town to produce > one. > In small quantities it was $15 USD. > > I'm thinking that I can do these on my mill, probably five or six at a > time for just the > cost of materials. I already have drill bits and tap for the tiny screws. > I'm going to give it > a try this week. > > If your interested in a bracket please let me know so I can gage the > interest level. > > We may be to produce a few and pass them onto other builders on a 'loaner' > basis. However my original plan was to use the bracket for installation > and as a > strain relief in the chassis. > > Please feel free to send along your ideas and suggestions. > > Thank you. > > > On 12/ 7/14 03:17 PM, G. Beat wrote: > >> Before I setup the bench for assemblying this board, later this month, >> Did someone develop a switch frame (or std. Process) for maintainibg >> alignment, as I solder these switches? >> >> > -- > Don Caprio > [email protected] > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "N8VEM-S100" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "N8VEM-S100" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
