DIY Faceplate for American DJ 4-switch power center...

[Redbellyjx]

I have one of these here:

And I got the brilliant Idea to build a new face plate for it. It would be a little bigger, and I wanted to mount my RKL to it. It would also serve as a beauty board to cover all of my wiring. Insert amazing MS paint art here:

Cutting the steel would be the easy part. i have access to machining tools. How do I do the lettering? I was thinking a local print screening shop would be able to do this.

Has anyone made anything like this? I would like to see your ideas!

 

[jose7878]

Nice idea. Will would look super clean. You can always go to any of those vinyl or car wrap sticker companies instead of having it screen printed.

 

[Redbellyjx]

Its something I've been wanting to make for a while, but just haven't got around to it.

I have all of my electronics in a 'dry' cabinet in my stand. the wiring is a mess. I was going to try to clean up the wiring a bit this weekend, and make a template for the face plate. The design isn't finalized, but that's the general idea of what I wish to do.

 

[Adkins.its]

Can't wait to see the progress!

 

[Redbellyjx]

As I said, my wiring is a little cluttered. Would be great to hide all of this with a flush mounted plate.

The frame of my stand is built with 1x4 pine, all joints sealed with calk, sprayed some flex seal over it just for a little extra, and them painted with an epoxy paint. I wanted to be assured that my electronics would be safe if the event of a catastrophic tank failure.

Also... I need to make doors!!!

 

[Adkins.its]

I like to live on the edge lol. All my stuff is jammed into one place haha.

 

[Redbellyjx]

Wow

Every thing is so organized and clean!

 

[Adkins.its]

DIY Faceplate for American DJ 4-switch power center...

Thanks! Here is a panel I made for my electrical setup.

I'm a fan of making the custom panels for sure.

 

[caribbeanguy]

Nice professional clean looking panel!!

 

[Adkins.its]

Thanks! Trying to give OP some ideas.

 

[Maxxingout]

I race remote control off road cars. I get all my bodies custom painted but some people use custom decal wraps. You could give them a call and tell them what you're looking to do. Here's one company many use:
http://www.rcidcustom.com/

Also before racing remote cars I raced off road motocross. I used custom wraps on my mx bike. MAybe you can gice them a call or email also.
http://www.decalmx.com

 

[jonwright]

Just about any sign joint can make you a vinyl lettering. Application could be easy by the sheet/colors you want. Screen printing wouldn't be cost effective I'd think.

 

[Nick Milligan]

Another option would be to hit up a trophy store and have a plate laser engraved.