Measures for milling xlr / ac / meter holes

[atticmike]

As I'm putting my first 1176 blue rev unit together, I was thinking about how to drill / mill the holes for all the 1176s ins / outs best.

Since most of you have already put such a unit together, I was wondering whether you could share the measures for milling holes such as XLR or AC with people on the board.

There is probably a website with all the standard measures and such which however I haven't come across yet :/ Also progress report / helpful hints would be greatly appreciated.

Guess that'll be of use for anyone lurking around the board.

Mike

 

[Ptownkid]

Data sheets my friend. Xlrs and IEC (ac power) inlets come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, you need to pick your parts and reference their specific data sheets to get your cutout size/shape.

Example: neutrik d series xlr http://www.neutrik.com/zoolu-website/media/document/1767/Drawing+NC3FD-L-1

It shows the size hole one should make for use with this connector

Cheers

 

[gemini86]

yes yes, data sheet... we can't tell you what size your components are.

 

[atticmike]

guessing for most of the rotary switches it is m9 right ? standard ones

 

[Ptownkid]

Don't make that assumption...each and every part should be looked up or measured.

 

[zebra50]

I found that the easiest way to do XLRs neatly was to buy a punch.

If you go for the D-series Neutriks, they are all 24 mm, so you can just have a standard hole, and just a 24 mm punch.

(They even do power nice connectors in that size, although most would prefer an IEC inlet).

 

[atticmike]

I found that the easiest way to do XLRs neatly was to buy a punch.

If you go for the D-series Neutriks, they are all 24 mm, so you can just have a standard hole, and just a 24 mm punch.

(They even do power nice connectors in that size, although most would prefer an IEC inlet).

Hah, I don't have the machinery for punching holes but got it done with a huge freakin cutterhead.

Also, does anyone have the measures for milling out the area for ratio / meter switches? There are no documents provided by hairball.

 

[gemini86]

this has been covered once or five times...

drill holes in the corners and use a metal hacksaw, or if you're impatient like me, a jigsaw. Just on the inside of the desired cut path, then file it to finished size.

And the punches he's referring to are mechanical hand-crank greenlee punches. No machinery required.

 

[atticmike]

this has been covered once or five times...

drill holes in the corners and use a metal hacksaw, or if you're impatient like me, a jigsaw. Just on the inside of the desired cut path, then file it to finished size.

And the punches he's referring to are mechanical hand-crank greenlee punches. No machinery required.

thanks Gemini but I'm rather talking about the screw hole which is quite close to the top button.

 

[Ptownkid]

IIRC they are C&K switchbanks

http://www.ck-components.com/13342/fpush_31aug10.pdf/