bzdunowski
Member
Does anyone know where people are getting metal name plates for the top of their enclosures like the one on the Protein pedal by Browne Amplification or the Broadcast pedal
Metal name plates for enclosures
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bzdunowski
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What do you think they use then double sided tape to attach to the enclosure?
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Village Idiot
@caiofilipini used one on their duocast build. Perhaps they might hrlp.
SYLV9ST9R
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Yep, the shop he used for the plastic plate also does aluminium plates.
caiofilipini
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@SYLV9ST9R beat me it, but yes, that's the one I used for a plastic plate, and it came with the tape already.
bzdunowski
Member
Did you design it yourself after contacting them?
caiofilipini
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Yeah, I sent them my own design.
Bricksnbeatles
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Generally, with the pedals I own that use faceplates like that, they’re all just attached the the enclosure via the footswitch and potentiometer mounting, a few that only have a single footswitch and a single knob have a little bit of double stick tape just to keep it extra secure, but they all are otherwise just held in place by the pots and footswitches
JamieJ
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I have used this company (https://www.marktek.co.uk/builder/administrative-signs) for plastic engraved name plates and they were good. You can use their online design software. They have metal signs too.
JamieJ
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I had a name plate that couldn’t be fixed with potentiometers of foot switches so I used a small amount of superglue and that had stuck well.
giovanni
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That looks really promising! Does anybody know if there something like that in the US?
JamieJ
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They might post internationally. They are a Europe wide company.
JamieJ
Well-known member
Yeah you have to drill it yourself unfortunately. Pots tend to be okay because the knob coverage give you a bit of extra space to get away with. I have found the switches tend to be more difficult to drill for. It’s a case of measuring three times before you drill to make sure. I drill the enclosure then put the plate over the top then drill from the already drilled holes on the inside.
Feral Feline
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Another option is to attach the plate with a bolt and nut, ala Union Tube & Transistor.
Doing so also gives you the option for some creative knob placement as you can offboard wire everything and still secure the PCB with standoffs mounted to the plate's bolts.
Makes for a very robust build.
Doing so also gives you the option for some creative knob placement as you can offboard wire everything and still secure the PCB with standoffs mounted to the plate's bolts.
Makes for a very robust build.
mjh36
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I checked out the Marktek site it was so cool I tried to make a plastic faceplate. But I dunno if they ship to USA, it showed European countries and China as choices in the shipping checkout. Looked really useful and a good price too!
bzdunowski
Member
It shows on their FAQ page they ship worldwide
FAQ | Marktek
Materials of signs, production time for custom orders, delivery options and more. The most common questions are answered here!
www.marktek.co.uk
