RE: Double socket KAT5 modules (was one of many KAT5 Website Updated threads!)

["James Hoye" <james.hoye@xxxxxxx>]

> >Ah, a local machining company is pressing them for him out of
> sheet metal.
> >Flat panels are easy, but a contoured faceplate with recessed
screw holes
> >etc. is a bit more difficult (read expensive tooling setup costs).
>
> Initial setup may not exactly be cheap, but once you have a
> production line
> going, you're away....
> Screw holes don't have to be recessed. cup screws can look nice too!!!
> Perhaps said company would cut holes in flat sheets & then bend
> to required
> shape.....
> Whoever makes the RPP faceplates you can get in B&Q manages to
> cut holes in
> steel alright.
> Actually, there's a thought - you make plastic inserts that fit the
RPP
> modular face plates - much easier to cut plastic!
> I use RPP CAT5 sockets & they don't look so bad mixing plastic
& brushed
> steel......

The problem Keith had was that the cost of the box for the electronics was
rapidly approaching/overtaking the cost of the board and components
themselves :(
If you are ordering 10,000 items, then a 500 quid setup cost only adds 5p
to
each unit - when producing them in tens or hundreds at most....

> This brings me back to my earlier comment about forgetting SCART
sockets &
> just using S-Video & phono or whatever - much easier to drill
holes for!

Yeah - the scart socket is so crap!

James H