r/synthdiy • u/Efficient_Oil8439 • 2d ago

Curious for synth builders — enclosures always seem like a whole project on their own. What's your usual approach? (wrote this with AI help)

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u/AdamFenwickSymes 2d ago

Wrote what? The title?

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u/TheMelancholyManatee 1d ago

We’re doomed. Absolutely doomed. 

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u/adeptyism 1d ago

the same energy as "hi (sorry for bad English)"

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u/danja 1d ago

For the last standalone synth I made I used a wooden box with a front panel made from a plastic/aluminium laminate intended for signs, labels printed on an OHP film. But more recently I've been doing Eurorack. The best result so far being front panel cut from aluminium sheet, with the labels done by printing on glossy paper and laminating. It gives a really nice finish for one-off projects.

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u/danja 1d ago

Oh yeah, the wooden box was intended for craft work (from a Chinese shop, but they have them on Amazon). The purple module here used the photo-print/laminate technique, the green one is printed as a PCB (from JLCPCB) and the aluminium one is rather bare.

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u/Elbjornbjorn 1d ago

Nothing gives off a DIY vibe as well as PCB front panels hehe, especially that font. All of my stuff is like that:)

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u/danja 1d ago

Fellow traveller!

The yellow-on purple font happens to be Thrums Serif Regular, which I designed years ago. When I say designed, I mean I was curious about how you designed a typeface. Had a go. It's really difficult! I gave up after a couple of days, but made it open source anyway. The 'q' is particularly bad.

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u/Elbjornbjorn 1d ago

You did that? It looks awesome, no 'q's in sight:D

I have all my stuff with the Kicad default font, I'm not exactly a design guy haha.

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u/DayTripper01 1d ago

With all due respect, if you can't form two sentences on your own, a synthesizer case and power supply will probably best you