Re: DEC frontpanel switch replica!

2017-03-16 Thread Pete Turnbull via cctalk
On 16/03/2017 00:30, Philipp Hachtmann via cctalk wrote: I have announced that there will be a kind of handle for the boards this time... I went to my neighbour and showed him some bits and pieces. He has a nice little workshop for concrete artwork (https://www.fritzundfranz.com/) and spent a

Re: DEC frontpanel switch replica!

2017-03-16 Thread Rod Smallwood via cctalk
On 16/03/2017 07:30, SPC via cctalk wrote: Well... I'm needing some of them for my PDP8/E. So I think this is a good idea. Regards Sergio 2017-03-16 1:30 GMT+01:00 Philipp Hachtmann via cctalk : Hi folks, this might be quite interesting for the folks that miss front

Re: DEC frontpanel switch replica!

2017-03-16 Thread SPC via cctalk
Well... I'm needing some of them for my PDP8/E. So I think this is a good idea. Regards Sergio 2017-03-16 1:30 GMT+01:00 Philipp Hachtmann via cctalk : > Hi folks, > > this might be quite interesting for the folks that miss front panel switch > handles! > > As some of you

Re: DEC frontpanel switch replica!

2017-03-15 Thread Toby Thain via cctalk
On 2017-03-15 8:30 PM, Philipp Hachtmann via cctalk wrote: Hi folks, this might be quite interesting for the folks that miss front panel switch handles! As some of you might know I'm currently working (a bit) on a new batch of Omnibus USB boards. And I have announced that there will be a kind

Re: DEC frontpanel switch replica!

2017-03-15 Thread Rod Smallwood via cctalk
Hi They look pretty good to me. How's it done. The originals were injection molded and of course needed a mold. I'll be at the Munich VCF at the end of April. Rod Smallwood On 16/03/2017 00:30, Philipp Hachtmann via cctalk wrote: Hi folks, this might be quite interesting for

Re: DEC frontpanel switch replica!

2017-03-15 Thread ben via cctalk
On 3/15/2017 8:50 PM, Ethan Dicks via cctalk wrote: I think that he can make everything glossy. For matte finish, we'd need a perfect original or see if we can somehow prepare the mould. My memory of all the toggles I've handled (no pun intended) is that they have a glossy finish, not a

Re: DEC frontpanel switch replica!

2017-03-15 Thread Ethan Dicks via cctalk
On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 10:27 PM, Philipp Hachtmann via cctalk wrote: > On 16.03.2017 03:19, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote: >> >> For a prototype that looks very nice indeed! They do indeed. >> Same for the side holes just using the depression as the centre >> point. >

Re: DEC frontpanel switch replica!

2017-03-15 Thread Philipp Hachtmann via cctalk
On 16.03.2017 03:19, Steve Malikoff via cctalk wrote: For a prototype that looks very nice indeed! Yess :-) I agree that for this level of molding precision the pivot axle would be better if done as a separate piece and press fitted. Yes. Even if it is moulded perfectly - the axle will still

Re: DEC frontpanel switch replica!

2017-03-15 Thread Steve Malikoff via cctalk
> Hi folks, > > this might be quite interesting for the folks that miss front panel > switch handles! > > As some of you might know I'm currently working (a bit) on a new batch > of Omnibus USB boards. And I have announced that there will be a kind of > handle for the boards this time... I went to