I mentioned earlier that my cousin (he's a machinist and has about 25 years experience, which is why I cite him as my authority on a lot of this stuff) recommended a basic CAD program online. I spent a couple of hours with it and gained more frustration than knowledge, so I decided to break out the compass and pencil.
Two plus hours fiddling with a computer program or 20 minutes of drawing and measuring. I'll take it.
I like these proportions much better than the first, and drawing it in this way allowed me to find all of the angles as well as the overall length of the material I'll need. Next I'm going to put it on some card stock and tape it up to be sure I can fit everything, and I want to see it in three dimensions. After that I'm going to have to source some sheet that will meet my specs, so thank you
@Passinwind for the link above - that site is very helpful. And after speaking with
@temol I have a much better idea of what kind of material I need to look at and how to layout the switch.
Just a quick update as to where I'm at and props to some awesome folks who have helped me out. I'm looking forward to this moving along. Things have gotten a little busier these past couple of weeks so I have slowed down, but putting in a little bit of time when I have it has been keeping me going.
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