I have sort of a cottage industry thing going for some "expression" controllers for music synthesizers. To date, I've been building the wooden enclosures out of 1x2x8" birch blocks, with a route/channel down the middle to contain the electronics, a few holes drilled for mounting hardware and wiring, and a buffed-out walnut polyurethane finish. They look like this:
The problem is that I'm not setup as a woodshop, and while it's fun in moderation, I'm not very fast or consistent at the art of manipulating wood. Let's put it this way- If I never touch my router again, I will still have lived a happy and complete life.
I now have a need to build more of these little buggers faster and better - with tighter tolerances in the fit-and-finish of the enclosure. My woodworking skills and equipment are not up to this challenge, and I'd rather focus on the electronics side of things anyway - since that's really what this is all about.
What I'm hoping to do is try and draw up the enclosure design in some sort of CAD application, and send the file to a shop for CAM fabrication of a bunch of these enclosures. Does anyone here have personal experiennces with this kind of stuff? words of wisdom? or better- any references to a shop that is equipped and willing to do this type of work?
Thanks in advance!
