Where to get nice/pretty enclosures and knobs?

May 19, 2006 at 5:44 AM Thread Starter Post #1 of 5

ashpool

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I'm sure many people have preferred sources for enclosures and knobs. Where do you get them? I'd like to house my next project in something prettier/sturdier than one of those black Hammond project boxes.
 
May 19, 2006 at 5:47 AM Post #2 of 5
Directly from the DIY links post

CHASSIS , ENCLOSURES , FABRICATION , PROTOTYPING

Hammond Enclosures: Very large selection
http://www.hammondmanufacturing.com/scpg.htm

Design,build,Listen-off the shelf and custom work
http://www.designbuildlisten.com/

Active Plastics
http://www.activeplastics.com/

On-Line Metals
http://www.onlinemetals.com/

http://www.thlaudio.com/

Front Panels Made to Order
http://www.frontpanelexpress.com/

PacTec Enclosures
http://www.pactecenclosures.com/

Beautiful Wood! Perfect for that Tube Amp.
http://www.welbornelabs.com/woodchassis.htm

Yeager Audio-A really nice chassis at a fair price that is perfectly sized for a stereo tube amplifier.Is finished in s oft gloss black,c\Comes with the IEC jack,Fuse holder and rubber feet so all that is left is the actual tube socket hole cutouts.
http://www.yaegeraudio.com/

LMB/Heeger
http://www.lmbheeger.com/

BUD Industries
http://www.budind.com/index.php3

SESCOM - good selection , custom chassis punching available
http://www.sescom.com/enclosures/enclose.html

Lansing Enclosures
http://www.lansing-enclosures.com/

PAR metal
http://www.par-metal.com/

AudioKits-small but nice selection of audio specific chassis/enclosures at a fair price
http://www.audiokits.com/products.asp?catid=111

IAG (International Audio Group) : These are very nice aluminum chassis with hardwood caps.Not cheap but very nice just the same.
http://iagaudio.com/products.asp?id=4


Enclosures And Cases Dot com :Nice selection of quality chassis-cast tube,rack style,desktop,flanged
http://www.enclosuresandcases.com/index.html


AmpboxAudio : So far only two offering but those two are really nice.One is a drop in for the Tripath amp,the other is a "Eurobox" and accepts standard Euro-cards-
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/ampbox/index.html

Germany

Fischer Elektronik
http://www.fischerelektronik.de/


Zero Cases : Unusual but very nice deep drawn metal enclosures (custom work available)-
http://catalog.zerocases.com/


OTHER HARDWARE

BrownDog Adapters: IC adapter boards
http://cimarrontechnology.com/index.asp


Just a really nice knob
http://www.welbornelabs.com/hardware.htm
The knob is no longer listed on the website !.Will update link if it re-appears.

Wood Knobs
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/quackfat/_wsn/page5.html

DIY Wood Knobs
http://www.audiotweaks.com/diy2/scott_knobs/page01.htm


Anyway, you could aways make your own.. metal supermarkets is cheap and quick, and you could always ask your local community college to let you use their shop.. you could get a very industrial and nice, albeit heavy, case in about a hour and cost you little. meh. I'll stop talking.. I suggest par-metals =p
 
May 19, 2006 at 5:53 AM Post #3 of 5
ack. I totally forgot about that list. Please ignore this thread and move on... nothing to see here
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