11-11-2020, 03:10 PM
Here are a few pics and resources from my helm & switchpanel project
The switchpanel had seen better days and some water had gotten behind it over the years.
So it was time to give it some love. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing so I used the excellent design tool at frontpanelexpress.com to draw out what I wanted it to look like and had a beautiful anodized aluminum panel shipped to my door for $168.00 including beveled screw holes, engraving, and rounded edges.
Bought switches, housings, and pins at "The Switch Guys" (otrattw.net).
Bought peel & stick rubber backing for the whole panel at rubbersheetwarehouse.com.
Bought a crimper tool from the big rainforest store on the web, and spent the better part of a day learning as I went.
I now know exactly what's back there and how it was done. I still have to add the remote battery switches but after that I hope not to have to think about it again for a long time.
The switchpanel had seen better days and some water had gotten behind it over the years.
So it was time to give it some love. Anything worth doing is worth overdoing so I used the excellent design tool at frontpanelexpress.com to draw out what I wanted it to look like and had a beautiful anodized aluminum panel shipped to my door for $168.00 including beveled screw holes, engraving, and rounded edges.
Bought switches, housings, and pins at "The Switch Guys" (otrattw.net).
Bought peel & stick rubber backing for the whole panel at rubbersheetwarehouse.com.
Bought a crimper tool from the big rainforest store on the web, and spent the better part of a day learning as I went.
I now know exactly what's back there and how it was done. I still have to add the remote battery switches but after that I hope not to have to think about it again for a long time.