Thanks to the 3D printer I’m building the control cabinet.
… and the electronics faceplate.
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ABS + generate support 
Angolari nuovi 2.gcode (3.6 MB)
You have used quite a heavy gauge wire. It may prove challenging to fit it all in. You could have probably have used lighter gauge to make construction easier. A long time ago I bought a pack of thin hook-up wire in lots of colours and stripes which was excellent for this kind of work. I long since used it up and haven’t seen similar (low priced) deal since. I built so much stuff with that wire, using (and wearing out) some front wire strippers.
It is true that they are large caliber, but they are very soft and do not give any problem in bending … I was going to buy much thinner wires, but from experience I know that when moving them they break on the welds, while these are strong and soft. I didn’t want to put a small piece of heat shrink on each wire …
I used that tool too…
In reality everything is much more ordered … one braid for the left potentiometers, one for the right potentiometers and one for the switches
Now I wait calmly for the blessed frontal from China to arrive … they drove me crazy …
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The first time I designed a panel for a workshop to build I created a detailed drawing with coordinates of each element. The mechanical workshop sent it back, confused! I ended up sketching it on a piece of paper and handing to the technician who machined it up straight away!
Really ? 
What a bunch of wires !
Achieving these wiring and soldering tasks seems impossible to me.
So congratulations (and thank you for sharing your experience @Lanfranco ). Can’t wait to see it in action 
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le51:
A little further up there is a small video with the prototype in operation.
(The barking dog is my Tesla, it’s not a short circuit … 
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Riban:
I don’t know how long ago you did it … but now with numerical control machines it should be a breeze … I designed the panel, exported it to gcode and 5 minutes with a friend’s laser we did it … unfortunately divided into two pieces because the laser is small … the Chinese made me crazy … they wanted the measurements of each hole with respect to the X and Y axes … during the cnc century is madness …
I did it in about 1990, before we had easy access to computers and CAD. (That was the reserve of the drawing office but mostly they still used pen and paper.)
This is the “old” school from which the most beautiful instruments have come out … now everything is similar without a modicum of customization …
You lot don’t know you are born…
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Unfortunately I wanted to become like Ing.Riban and I started a technical institute … but in those years an extra salary in the family was necessary … and therefore, after two years I left school … great regret … young men and women, STUDY! What then you regret!
This is a mad scientist … Tube transceiver for 40/20 / 15mt …
With its “small” power supply for the high anode voltage.
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The Chinese malefics have finished my front … but … with a lot of mistakes and so now they have to do it again … the neverending story …
NOISE VOLIME???
Amount \N Contour \N???
And other… 
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It looks they actually reproduced your design from scratch. Why don’t they just use your design files? That way there would be no mistakes… 
… I didn’t understand it… I sent the files of the design made with Front Designer… as a test I uploaded the files on ArtCam as if I had to mill with the cnc and everything worked. The Chinese drove me crazy…
Yes, its bewildering. Surely its a problem for them as well as you.
What material are they making the panel out of?
From your initial photos it looks like you have access to a laser cutter. Did you consider using an engravable laminate, like TroLase? The laminates are acrylic and have really good contrast which I think would look great on a front panel. They are usually about 1.6mm thick, but you could stick it onto something else (plywood, or acrylic) to make it stronger if needed.
Another similar product is LaserMax made by RowMark.
Thank you for this information. The Chinese engraved a painted aluminum panel for me. This was my first experience with such large panels. Normally I did fronts but using 3D printer. I have a cnc with which I mill pcbs, I’d like to equip it with a good laser, but these days I don’t have a job and therefore I can’t spend too much… otherwise I wouldn’t have gone crazy building the Zynthian but I would have bought the wonderful kit. 