NYC_George
Well-Known Member
I decided to redo one of my smaller control panels because more remote switches were added after I built the helix and upper deck. So I decided to show everyone how it’s done. Photo 1 shows the old control panel. I going to take that apart and install the updated version.
The first thing you have to do cut all the components to the same size. Looking at photo 2 you have 1. The layout plan where all the DPDT switches and pin stripping will go in relationship to the panel. 2. The 1/8 inch clear plastic top. 3. The thin black plastic pin stripping base made from an old school notebook. 4. The base that everything sits on.
In photo 3 everything gets put in its proper place and taped together. I’m drilling a small hole through all the parts so they will later be aligned properly.
In photo 4 I expanded the small drill hole in the clear plastic top to a ¼ inch, the size of the toggle switch throw shaft. The same was done to the thin black plastic. The wood base 1/16 “ hole was expanded to ¾ of an inch. I want the toggle switches to attach to 1/8 “ clear plastic top and not the wood base. I need the wood base to support the plastic but not the switches.
Part 2 will show how everything gets attached to the frame and the pin stripping gets applied.
The first thing you have to do cut all the components to the same size. Looking at photo 2 you have 1. The layout plan where all the DPDT switches and pin stripping will go in relationship to the panel. 2. The 1/8 inch clear plastic top. 3. The thin black plastic pin stripping base made from an old school notebook. 4. The base that everything sits on.
In photo 3 everything gets put in its proper place and taped together. I’m drilling a small hole through all the parts so they will later be aligned properly.
In photo 4 I expanded the small drill hole in the clear plastic top to a ¼ inch, the size of the toggle switch throw shaft. The same was done to the thin black plastic. The wood base 1/16 “ hole was expanded to ¾ of an inch. I want the toggle switches to attach to 1/8 “ clear plastic top and not the wood base. I need the wood base to support the plastic but not the switches.
Part 2 will show how everything gets attached to the frame and the pin stripping gets applied.
