Harold E. Johnson wrote:

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Charlie, at the next boot sale coming near you, look for the A/B switch
boxes for switching between printers and serial ports and the like. Some are
roughly the size you're asking about and you just have to make a new front
and rear panel for them. (They ARE steel, and a bear to work with) As an
alternative, I have some extruded Aluminum boxes 1/8 th inch wall that are 6
wide by 8 deep by 1-3/4 high. Open front and back but internal ribs for
sliding in a couple PC boards and tapped on the ends for 4-40 bolts for
holding on front and rear panels. If you can live with the reduced height,
one is yours for the postage.

W4ZCB



Harold,

I know the steel boxes you refer to, similar new ones are quite
cheap in the UK. Thank you very much for your kind offer! I think
that your box would be hard to work with as the height is much the
same as the LCD counter I want to use! In fact I have located some
enclosures very similar to the ones you have.


Thanks again!


Charlie.

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I know the steel boxes you refer to, similar new ones are quite
cheap in the UK. Thank you very much for your kind offer! I think
that your box would be hard to work with as the height is much the
same as the LCD counter I want to use! In fact I have located some
enclosures very similar to the ones you have.


Thanks again!


Charlie.

No problem Charlie, and wish you well in your search. The length and width
of these were exactly your specs and I have, after seeing someone else do a
similar trick with a A/B box, slit the two sides and expanded the height
with nothing more than a pair of pieces of Aluminum to bolt top and bottom
together. The 1/8 inch wall allows countersinking the bolts and looks quite
professional.

W4ZCB