Tempered Steel Enclosure UPDATE WITH KNOBS!

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Tempered Steel Enclosure UPDATE WITH KNOBS!

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I made a tempered steel enclosure this morning, but I can't tell if it is cool or not. Yay or nay?
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it looks like you're touching it. So, it's clearly cool. :cool:
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Looks cool. Can you drill it?
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Hard to tell from that photo but IMO anything that isn't a generic aluminium cuboid has to be cool - and I'm happy to apply that rule to the rest of the things that constitute the Universe.

Goats? Cool
Armpits? Cool
Mattresses? Cool
Hammond 1590b enclosures? Boring and not cool.
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oldangelmidnight wrote:Looks cool. Can you drill it?
Totally drillable. I'm going to do internal welds on the seams, so it will be clean, but industrial. Definitely not a plain old Hammond box.
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Anymore shots of this?
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Worst angle to tell. Give us some depth. Where'd ya pick it up?
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Yeah! I want more pics! I love the idea of hand-made enclosures.
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I made it with my father. Prototype. The next ones will be prettier, once we have the jig made. He does enclosures, I do internals. I'm posting more pics in a bit.
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Looks pretty cool Chuck!

The only thing I'll say is you have to be careful of rust with steel. So if I were you I'd clear coat it. Steel, in my experience, tends to rust ridiculous fast for no apparent reason.
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Yeah for real. There are some cool gun finishes you could try, though, since it's steel.
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We will be clear-coating, for sure, to prevent rust.

My father is a gunsmith, so case-hardening is on the table.
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Hand Cast Metal Knob!

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