Lens/bezel/window for 7-segment display....???

Hey,

I've been driving myself nuts trying to track down the right part, with no luck after hours of searches.

I built a Dantimax VolControl2 kit, which includes a two-digit, 7-segment display (two of these). Now I'm trying to find a "window" part, for the display to sit behind once it's mounted in the chassis.

Closest I found so far is this low-profile, smoked-lens bezel:
http://www.digikey.com/scripts/DkSearch/dksus.dll?Detail?name=PRD180LPS-ND

However, I would really like to find a smaller-sized window, preferrably round. It would also be nice if the window was domed out (convex). That part from Digikey actually has a recessed lens, which means that for this Dantimax kit, the rotary encoder's shaft doesn't make it out far enough to be secured to the front panel.

Anybody seen what I'm talking about? It's also driving me nuts because about a year back, I saw a shot of this kind of part on a DIY monitor controller, somewhere, and now I can't even find that shot!

Thanks for the help,
Leigh

I found a shot of something close, on a Zoom B2 pedal. Although, again, I would prefer a domed lens. And I don't need the metal ring around it to have cheezy embossed fake rivets:

Maybe a red layer of perspex under an anluminium ring like this... should work for two 7 segment leds:

http://www.nrgrecording.de/temporary/Bezel.fpd
http://www.nrgrecording.de/temporary/red_plexxi.fpd

Frank.

Thanks for the idea!

What kind of files are those? I can't seem to open them.

These are files from a cnc company: http://www.frontpanelexpress.com/

You can use the free software to design what you need and send it to them. There is a windows software. For Linux use "wine" for mac a windows simulator software...
http://www.frontpanelexpress.com/download/FPD350US.EXE

Sometimes you will not find what you're looking for so you have to do it yourselfs. The only disadvantage is... its not cheap.

Frank.