Here is the frontpanel, same layout of the one in the MBFM manual, but handmade panel is a “bit” worse.
As soon as i can i’ll build the case, with 8mm multistrate wood and all the wiring, i hope to play frist songs in the next month!
Stay tuned!
I love when people do woodwork!
It’s gonna be sweet seing that finished MBFM.
Hahahahah I was sitting there waiting for that massive image to load from that very slow server, looking at your tiles, wondering why you didn’t crop it… Then I figured that it was because you wanted to show us that pubic hair in the top corner ;D
Pretty precise drilling for a DIY job, good one!
You are right, next time i’ll remove the floor tiles, your modem will appreciate ;D
I’m on a 22Mbps connection, my modem was fine, but…my eyes! heheheh
…pubic hair…hihihiihihhi ;D
I concure, pretty precise driling.
When i drill…well…it looks kinda messed up.
So i put more details on to fool the eyes.
And can you believe it, it never works! :o
When i drill…well…it looks kinda messed up.
Hot tips:
measure three times, drill once
clamp everything FIRMLY
Use a drill press
centre tap thoroughly, and consider starting the hole with a super high speed drill with a tiny bit in it - less friction means better accuracy. The big bit will follow the hole after that.
Personally, I first punch it with a sewing needle, then a centre punch, a dremel bit, then a full size drill bit. With the drills, get the highest rotation speed possible, and slide the bit in and out s l o w l y .
Keep i mind, that furniture and cabinet makers must drill their holes to very fine accuracy, so it is possible to do it 
HTH!
I use the “stryd drilling process” ;D but with an improvment:
I draw the panel with autocad, print in 1:1 scale, glue the printed sheet with the aluminium panel, and drill everything frist with dremel and a 1 mm bit. Thats all 
Yeh that’s how I do it too I have some kinda nice plotters at work heheh
Still, I follow that old rule, and measure three times, when I ensure that the printout is properly aligned.
If any of you guys end up doing an etched panel, you can print little dots on your layout that end up working perfectly as pilot/starter holes. I did that on my last one and it made things a lot easier. I’ve got a benchtop Delta drill press and still usually screw up all my holes. ;D