Thread: Mad Scientist Gauge Panel

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Well, awhile back I purchased a few things to make me a mad scientist panel. I bought this:



And these:



I disassembled them for parts and then came up with an idea. I built a panel out of 1/4" luaun plywood and some 2X2s. I stained it with some wood stain then applied a shiny spray lacquer. I cut out openings for the black gauge and the outlet first because of their difficult outline. Here's a pic of just the panel...and Mrs. Terror Tom goofing around.



I then fastened all the gauges and the bits and pieces together and got this:



I wired the gauges to the panel after drilling a few holes. And this is the back of the finished panel:



Tell me what y'all think. I just saw that I misspelled "Gauge" in the title.... EDIT-Fixed the title. Thanks, Ghost of Spookie!

Looks good! If you don't care about the temp/barometer gauges (assume that's what they are), I'd suggest seeing if you could take the gauges apart and add a slow spinning motor to them. Gauges with moving dials are always more Flashy. Any backlighting to them might also add to the scene. Nice job mounting everything.

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Looks great. A few random pulsating lights would be a great effect.

Looks excellent!
I want to do a panel similar to yours and use it as a control panel for my electric chair.
I've already saved a bunch of parts, I just need to find the time to do it!

I like it! Looks good. I might add a frame to the panel so it looks more like a finished box. A few lights would be nice, and (as Ghost of Spookie suggested) you could take apart a guage or two and put in the workings from a clock, so the dial would spin (second hand).