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RE: 14 ga Aluminum Chassis

There are a lot of ingenious ways to make home-built gear look good. The need to do this on a regular basis led me to put together a small CNC mill some years back. Now I can engrave lettering and designs into aluminum panels and cut any size or shape hole. The 2" panels I bought will get this treatment, and for that reason, they have to be mounted on the outside. It's OK, I can probably adjust the opening at the front of the amp cabinet so only the panel itself sticks through. The error will be most obvious in the rear, but no one including me will ever pay much attention to that.

Here's a panel I made last year for a project that's momentarily on vacation. This is 1/2" thick 6061 aluminum, brushed and clear anodized, then filled with gloss black enamel. Even with the mill, lots of hours in this one.











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