Page 3 of 3 FirstFirst 123
Results 21 to 26 of 26
  1. #21
    150+ Forum Groupie
    Join Date
    Dec 2010
    Location
    CUPAR FIFE SCOTLAND NEAR ST ANDREWS
    Posts
    180
    Contribute If you enjoy reading the
    content here, click the below
    image to support MyCockpit site.
    Click Here To Contribute To Our Site

    Re: My Home made 737 Panels

    [QUOTE=JohnB;156125]Hi All
    After chatting here ( and making a couple of members some panels). I thought I would start a topic showing the 737 panels I have made so far.

    I have all my panels in bubble wrap awaiting a move to a new house (when I can build my pit finally)

    This pic is the basic panels for the FWD Overhead...this was one of my first projects on getting the laser machine...I have never been one to start gently in at the deep end every time!
    Attachment 10100
    This is with a few switches fitted and screwed to the back panels (the back panel is made up from 9 or 10 A4 sheets).


    I also made the annunciators
    Attachment 10101

    I made one set for a fellow builder.
    Here's the finished item
    Attachment 10102

    The, working, gauges in it are also my work.

    John[/QUOTE
    Hi john

    i would just like to say you do a fantastic job on the panels .
    John made me dummy oxygen panels for my sim and they look great ,
    i gave him the dimensions on a piece of paper and he made them both from scratch ,so if there
    is anything you need making for your sim - johns the man ! 😃
    regards

    dave -

    licensed aircraft engineer

  2. #22
    300+ Forum Addict


    tiburon's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2007
    Location
    Amsterdam
    Posts
    350
    Contribute If you enjoy reading the
    content here, click the below
    image to support MyCockpit site.
    Click Here To Contribute To Our Site

    Re: My Home made 737 Panels

    Yep, he did the same for me : made me a cargo fire flip cover.
    John is a building force to be reckoned with

    Martin
    Gigabyte GA-Z97X - Intel i7 4790K@4,6 GHz - GSkill TridentX F3-2400C9D-8GTXD - 2 X Samsung 840 EVO 120GB - Seagate SSHD 2TB - Asus GTX780 DC2 OC 3GD5 - Windows 10 Professional 64

  3. #23
    25+ Posting Member



    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Location
    SE England
    Posts
    32
    Contribute If you enjoy reading the
    content here, click the below
    image to support MyCockpit site.
    Click Here To Contribute To Our Site

    Re: My Home made 737 Panels

    Aw shucks guys

    Thank you ....


    John

  4. #24
    25+ Posting Member



    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Location
    SE England
    Posts
    32
    Contribute If you enjoy reading the
    content here, click the below
    image to support MyCockpit site.
    Click Here To Contribute To Our Site

    Re: My Home made 737 Panels

    Here's a pic of the oxygen mask thingy That Dave has mentioned

    IMAG1727.jpg

    John

  5. #25
    25+ Posting Member
    Join Date
    Nov 2009
    Location
    Australia
    Posts
    47
    Contribute If you enjoy reading the
    content here, click the below
    image to support MyCockpit site.
    Click Here To Contribute To Our Site

    Re: My Home made 737 Panels

    Hi Warran,

    can I ask what technique and paint you used to get that great gloss finish?

    Quote Originally Posted by JohnB View Post
    Hi Warren

    Thank you for your kind words

    With regards to the machine you may be sorry you asked

    Well it started out as a very cheap Chinese K40 machine off Ebay.

    I had read reviews about how the control boards pack up and how horrible the software is.
    They sell hundreds of these things so you ask yourself 'can they really be that bad?' so I bought one, expecting the worse, well I got what I expected ...the worst!!!!. After a month the controller board went wrong (although while working I was surprised how well the machine worked)..I returned this to the seller as requested and they claimed it never arrived (even with proof of delivery!)
    So I bought a 'proper' control board with the necessary drivers for the stepper motors...Then I had to buy a new power supply as the one with the machine was "the wrong type". Add to that some decent quality mirrors and lens (although the supplied one did do the job).

    Anyway to cut a long story short I have an expensive cheap Chinese laser but the upgrades do mean I can use the stuff to drive a big machine up to about 120 watts (i think).

    All in all I guess it has cost £1100 or so...still cheap for a laser though and now its a decent laser ..Thank God for my credit card.

    It is probably the best purchase I have made especially for the sim...as soon as you get used to thinking in flat sheets and 2D then you'd be amazed what you can make
    This for example

    ...made from LOTS of bits cut on the laser glued together a bit of car body filler and paint.

    also the knob on the Aileron panel.

    Its capable of very fine work too I get accuracy to about .3mm

    Not sure what else to tell about it if you have any questions feel free to ask


    John

  6. #26
    Warren fsaviator's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Location
    Dupont, WA
    Posts
    489
    Contribute If you enjoy reading the
    content here, click the below
    image to support MyCockpit site.
    Click Here To Contribute To Our Site

    Re: My Home made 737 Panels

    Quote Originally Posted by pvjen1 View Post
    Hi Warran,

    can I ask what technique and paint you used to get that great gloss finish?
    It wasn't me... sorry

Page 3 of 3 FirstFirst 123