Hardware : screws, spacers and squares
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As far as I am concerned, in
DIYing a synthesizer the most exciting part certainly is electronics,
from the design of the schematics and PCBs to the trimming of the
prototypes... Next come the design and assembly of a decent cabinet and
front panels. At this stage, a lot of hardware is required and the
quality of these small hardware pieces such as screws, nuts and bolts
play a very important part altogether in the quality and "finish" of
our beloved machines.
Here is a selection of useful parts for the final asssembly of electronic boards. |
| Visible screws |
 These are the screws that will show on the front plate of the synth. I use black screws to match the dark colour of the Synthesizers.com's blank panels.  |
| Hidden screws |
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| Spacers |
 The spacers are very useful to
fix the PCBs behind the front plates. Those shown on this pictures are
short models. As amatter of fact, I use a longer model (i.e. 40mm long)
in order to avoid that the PCB tracks ever come into contact with the
jacks and potentiometers mounted on the face plate.
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| Squares |
 When the PCB is too big to fit
behind the front panel, it has to be mounted perpendicular to the back
of the face plate
Here is an example of a PCB mounted with squares :  |