Ham radio instrument panel

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My husband is a volunteer member of the NYS emergency response team. He’s currently building a compact ham radio he can take on the road.

This pile of bits needed an instrument panel. Glowforge to the rescue.

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I was handed this cardboard mockup.

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Inkscape to the rescue. A lot of measuring and a lot of guides, and 3 draft versions later, we have a winner.

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Call sign is blurred. I used medium proofgrade cherry ply.

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Miraculously everything fits.

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He’s currently working on connecting everything to the actual radio part, and making it fit in this frame, which fits in a rolling tote. The bottom part of the frame will also hold the batteries.

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Clearly, this needs more work on his part, but my work is done!

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That turned out great!

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Fine job on that! :kissing_heart: :ok_hand:

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so cool!

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Stuff like that is so cool…and fun. I love it!

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Thanks, @rvogt , @PrintToLaser , @pubultrastar , @Xabbess !

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That turned out great!

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That is spectacular!! And I can see others needing/wanting this for similar purposes. Fantastic job to both of you!

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This is great! I’m sure it is very satisfying to see your part of the project turn out so well.

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Thanks @grottfam and @ellencadwell !
You bet @LauraZM !

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That’s something that your husband can brag about how great his wife is. Beautiful job.

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Great practical cut!

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I love how people keep pushing Inkscape beyond it’s intended use. Nice job.

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Thanks! You’re probably right.

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Isn’t that what it is for???
Actually, I may have to reinstall it. Can’t seem to find the toggle to hide the guides.

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WHAT? this is SO cool! Your husband being a volunteer HAM and also your build looks wonderful!

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Very nice, thank you for sharing. How did you learn Inkscape. I have been playing around with it and have learned a few things, but would like to be able to design from scratch. Being able to design from scratch is the key to being productive on my Glowforge.

Thank you

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Logos by Nick is a great resource for Inkscape.

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Any tool is for whatever you can use it for but Inkscape was really designed to be an art program and if you find yourself doing a lot of projects like this you’ll come to appreciate some kind of CAD as it will make getting dimensions right so much easier.
And as I always say,use what you know so if you only do dimension work once in a while then Inkscape is perfect.

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Logos by Nick is the best resource. After crashing around for awhile, I invested in his master class- well worth it.

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