Morphing Air Conditioner into Autocascade System

**mytekcontrols** · 08-27-2008, 07:33 AM

The new machined front panel for my AC-2 unit has arrived!

It looks very nice and shiny, and was shipped on a laminated card, and packaged inside of a sturdy box with inflated air-bag packing. As I said in an earlier post; the people at Front Panel Express do a great job

As you can see; I didn't have much room for the TC Meter, hence the necessity for mounting it so close to the top edge. But as you may recall from some of my earlier photos, the expansion tank really fills up most of this area to the left, and the foamed stack takes up all the space to the right. I just hope that I planned this layout properly, and that everything fits

I'll be buttoning up the unit later today, so hopefully I'll have some pics of the completed unit by tomorrow.

**runmc** · 08-27-2008, 07:41 AM

Nice!!

**NeverMore** · 08-27-2008, 04:18 PM

Originally Posted by mytekcontrols

The new machined front panel for my AC-2 unit has arrived!

It looks very nice and shiny, and was shipped on a laminated card, and packaged inside of a sturdy box with inflated air-bag packing. As I said in an earlier post; the people at Front Panel Express do a great job

As you can see; I didn't have much room for the TC Meter, hence the necessity for mounting it so close to the top edge. But as you may recall from some of my earlier photos, the expansion tank really fills up most of this area to the left, and the foamed stack takes up all the space to the right. I just hope that I planned this layout properly, and that everything fits

I'll be buttoning up the unit later today, so hopefully I'll have some pics of the completed unit by tomorrow.

That is BEAUTIFUL.

**mytekcontrols** · 08-27-2008, 05:46 PM

First of all; thank you everyone for very kind words

is that lasercut engraved or a sticker?

It is all engraved, and then filled with paint. not sure if it is laser cut or machined, but judging by the quality of the fine lined print it wouldn't surprise me in the least that it was laser cut.

Great design there mate!

Yep I am very happy with how it turned out. It's always a tricky thing to figure out how to best layout such a thing, and to get everything in just the right place, and to the right dimensions.

Well as it turns out, I did get it right, and everything went together smoothly when I did the final assembly today. I will have pics to show you guys tomorrow, complete with frost on the cold probe.