Got the copper sheet cut into the rough shapes today.
I marked out the lines to cut with digital calipers, a set square and a #26 scalpel blade. I was not looking forward to cutting the metal with a hacksaw so I thought I would try just scoring it repeatedly with a stanley knife, about 20 times down the marked lines each side and then gently bending at the weakened points until the pieces snapped off, much easier :THUMBS-UP:
Each layer is about 1mm larger all round than required, to be made good and sanded down later.
Reference drawing
I also marked out where the glass, optic and MCPCB will be situated through the front piece using the digital calipers with one point held in the centre marking and the other point used to scribe the circles around.
These circles will help to keep me right when taking out this material with a hand file.
More work on the wood today, this is quite difficult when all you have is metal working tools. Hats off to you cabinet makers out there :THUMBS-UP:
I marked out the rectangle shape to be removed with digital calipers fixed to 8.5mm for the long sides and 10mm for the top & bottoms as these still have work to be done on them. I drilled a series of holes inside the lines then used the drill bit(s) to go around connecting the 3mm holes. Snapped five bits doing this :TIRED:
I tidied the holes up with a file, might sand down further later.
I can totally understand that
I thought about the wood for a while going between american walnut, ebony, rosewood and a couple of others but being honest I chose this piece because it was the closest cut to the dimensions I required
Yeah an ex got that vice for me at lidl about 7 years ago, best thing she ever bought me
More work on the rosewood, drilled 3mm holes for the red bottom LED's, charging indicator & top momentary switches and cut out a channel for the USB charging port with a junior hacksaw.
Had an idea to cover the back end of the auxiliary LED's with a mix of glow powder and resin.
The USB port I have taken from an old converter that I had.
Sanded down two momentary switches.
Marked out and drilled holes for wiring in the mid copper layer.
Anybody else still confused about what this is supposed to turn out like? I looked at the renders in the OP, and all these progress pics, and it still eludes me. I see it has a quad? And then the 5mm AUX LEDS go on the “bottom” along with a charging port?