For those of you curious as to what the front panel will look like, here’s the design. The gray background here will be black – it’s just so you can see the bend-lines of the eclosure.

Nothing too fancy, or specific, since functionality will change depending on the firmware.

UPDATE

The manufacturer is unable to do silkscreen printing within 3mm of a bend, so I’ve had to adjust the design somewhat. I chose to keep the circles around the pots in their altered form. It’s more as a design element – but someone may still have a practical use for it.

Here’s a first look at the completed design for a sheet-metal enclosure. Kudos to my brother who obviously spent a lot of time working on this. We’ve sent the design to a local manufacturer and are waiting for them to come back to us with a quote.

UPDATE:

The manufacturer suggested we simplify the design into two shells (top and bottom) only. I’m expecting an example in a week or so. The enclosures should be available early in November 2013.

We’ll keep this design in case we ever want to do wooden end cheeks – classy!

UPDATE 2 (2023-10-05):

We’ve just received a sample enclosure from the manufacturer – it looks great! (Click to enlarge.)