Oh, how I've wanted to get a post out here.
For all of the RIOs out there that want as close to 1:1 as you can get, I've been meticulously working on a new panel that should look quite familiar... and of course, I'm happy to share the files for it once I have the rest of it cinched together. Measurements and designs for the panel were taken as closely as I could get them from the local Tomcat we have at our city museum so they should be pretty close to accurate.
So far, I've made the model for the selector knobs, SVG maps for the hole cutouts and the text labels, the mechanism for selecting which of the 43 positions to use on the thumb wheel, and the mechanism to turn two BCD 0-9 encoders for the DLVY OPTNS selectors. Last couple pieces involve shaping the small metal flip shield for SEL JETT and getting the gears for the WPN TYPE wheel printed or machined so it works as expected. Overall, this has taken about a month of work, but I'm excited to make this my next years-long hobby project.
Feedback to any of it is always welcome!!!
On that note, would it be best to assume SendCutSend is going to be my best option for getting the acrylic cut the way I need it?image.png null
